The Progressive is an American monthly magazine of politics and culture with a pronounced left-of-center perspective. It is known for its pacifism; its strong opposition to military interventions, such as the US-led invasion of Iraq in 2003. The magazine also devotes much coverage to civil rights, civil liberties, and environmentalism. It has opposed nuclear weapons from August 1945 to the present. In politics, left-wing, political left, leftism, or simply the left, are terms that refer (with no particular precision) to the segment of the political spectrum typically associated with any of several strains of socialism, social democracy, or liberalism (especially but not exclusively in the American sense of the word... Pacifism is opposition to the practice of war. ... The 2003 invasion of Iraq, also called simply the Iraq War or Operation: Iraqi Freedom, was a war that began March 20, 2003, fought between a group of troops consisting primarily of American and British, but also Polish, Australian and several other nations forces, and Iraq. ... Civil rights or positive rights are those legal rights retained by citizens and protected by the government. ... Civil liberties are protections from the power of governments. ... Environmentalism is activism aimed at improving the environment, particularly nature. ... The mushroom cloud of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki, Japan, 1945, rose some 18 km (11 mi) above the epicenter. ...

History

The Progressive was founded in January 9, 1909, by Wisconsin Senator Robert M. La Follette, Sr.. It was first called La Follette's Weekly; in 1929, it name was changed to The Progressive. One of the periods of glaciation was also termed the Wisconsin glaciation. ... Seal of the Senate The Senate is one of the two houses of the Congress of the United States, the other being the House of Representatives. ... Robert Marion La Follette, Sr. ...

Among the campaigns The Progressive has led was the fight to stay out of World War I, the Palmer Raids in the early 1920s, unemployment during the Depression, expose McCarthyism in the 50s, and US involvement in Indochina. Missing image Ypres, 1917, in the vicinity of the Battle of Passchendaele. ... The Palmer Raids were a number of attacks on Socialists and Communists in the United States from 1918 to 1921. ... The Great Depression was the global economic slump that began in 1929 and bottomed in 1933. ... McCarthyism, named after Senator Joseph McCarthy, was a period of intense anti-communism, and is also popularly known as the second Red Scare. ... Indochina, or French Indochina, was a federation of French colonies and protectorates in south-east Asia, part of the French colonial empire. ...

In the 1960s, it was a leading voice in civil rights movement, publishing the writing of Martin Luther King Jr. five times. In the 1970s, the magazine devoted attention to the emerging environmental movement, kicking it off with a special Earth Day issue in 1970 entitled The Crisis of Survival. Martin Luther King Jr. ... Earth flag Earth Day is a name used by two different observances held annually in the (northern) spring, both intended to inspire awareness of and appreciation for the planets fragile environment. ...

In 1979, The Progressive won national attention for its article by Howard Morland, The H-Bomb Secret: How we got it and why we're telling it, which the US government suppressed for six months. But the magazine prevailed in a landmark First Amendment case, United States v. The Progressive, Inc.. This was a historic case oveturning a prior restraint. The first ten Amendments to the U.S. Constitution make up the Bill of Rights. ... Prior restraint is a legal term which refers to a governments actions that prevent materials from being published. ...

In the 1980s, it published groundbreaking stories about U.S. support for death squads in Central America. A death squad is an extra-judicial group whose members execute or assassinate persons they believe to be politically unreliable or undesirable. ... Central America is the region of North America located between the southern border of Mexico and the northwest border of Colombia, in South America. ...

During the 1990s, The Progressive campaigned on behalf of immigrants, women on welfare, gays and lesbians, and prisoners. In recent years, it worked to end the economic sanctions on Iraq, to prevent US involvement in the Colombian civil war, to adopt a more liberal policy toward drugs, and to institute public funding of political campaigns. Immigration is the act of moving to or settling in another country or region, temporarily or permanently. ... Welfare has four main meanings. ... The gay rights movement is a collection of loosely aligned civil rights groups, human rights groups, support groups and political activists seeking acceptance, tolerance and equality for non-heterosexual, (homosexual, bisexual), and transgender people - despite the fact that it is typically referred to as the gay rights movement, members also... A civil war is a war in which the competing parties are segments of the same country or empire. ... The prohibition of drugs through legislation or religious law is a common means of controlling the perceived negative consequences of recreational drug use at a society- or world-wide level. ...

Contributors

Throughout the years, The Progressive has published leading social critics such as Jane Addams, Helen Keller, Jack London, Clarence Darrow, Upton Sinclair, Lincoln Steffens, Carl Sandburg, George Orwell, A.J. Muste, James Baldwin, I.F. Stone, June Jordan, Noam Chomsky, Edward Said and Nat Hentoff. It has also published liberal politicians such as Adlai Stevenson, J. William Fulbright, George McGovern, Russ Feingold, Paul Wellstone, Dennis Kucinich, and Bernie Sanders. Jane Addams Jane Addams (September 6, 1860 – May 21, 1935) was an American social worker, sociologist and reformer. ... Helen Keller, graduation from Radcliffe College, c. ... Jack London, probably born John Griffith Chaney (January 12, 1876 - November 22, 1916), was an American author of over 50 books. ... Clarence Darrow ca. ... American author Upton Beall Sinclair (September 20, 1878 – November 25, 1968) wrote in many genres, often advocating Socialist views, and achieved considerable popularity in the early twentieth century. ... Lincoln Steffens Joseph Lincoln Steffens (April 6, 1866–August 9, 1936), American journalist, was one of the most famous and influential practitioners of the journalistic style called muckraking. ... Time magazine, December 4, 1939 Carl Sandburg (January 6, 1878 – July 22, 1967), American poet, historian, novelist, and folklorist. ... George Orwell George Orwell was the pen name of British author Eric Arthur Blair (25 June 1903 – 21 January 1950). ... Abraham Johannes Muste (January 8, 1885_February 11, 1967) was a socialist active in the labor movement and the US civil rights movement. ... James Baldwin, photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1955 James Baldwin (August 2, 1924 - December 1, 1987) was an African-American novelist and essayist, probably best known for his novel Go Tell it on the Mountain. ... Isador Feinstein Stone (better known as I.F. Stone) (December 24, 1907 – July 17, 1989) was an iconoclastic American investigative journalist best known for his influential political newsletter, . Stone was born in Philadelphia. ... June Jordan (July 9, 1936-June 14, 2002) was an African-American writer and teacher. ... Avram Noam Chomsky (born December 7, 1928) is an Institute Professor Emeritus of linguistics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and creator of the Chomsky hierarchy, a classification of formal languages. ... Edward Wadie Said (إدوارد سعيد) (November 1, 1935 – September 24, 2003) was a well-known literary theorist, critic and outspoken Palestinian activist. ... Nat Hentoff (born June 10, 1925) is a civil libertarian, free speech absolutist, anti-abortion, Jazz aficionado and columnist for the Village Voice, Legal Times, Washington Times, Editor & Publisher, Free Inquiry and Jewish World Review. ... Portrait of Adlai Stevenson Adlai Ewing Stevenson II (February 5, 1900 – July 14, 1965) was an American politician and statesman, noted for his skill in debate and oratory. ... James William Fulbright (April 9, 1905 – February 9, 1995) was a well-known member of the United States Senate representing Arkansas. ... George Stanley McGovern (born July 19, 1922 in Avon, South Dakota) was a United States Congressman, Senator, and Democratic presidential candidate, losing the 1972 presidential election to incumbent Richard Nixon. ... Senator Russ Feingold Russell Dana Feingold (born March 2, 1953) is an American politician from the U.S. state of Wisconsin. ... Paul David Wellstone (July 21, 1944 – October 25, 2002) was an American politician and two-term U.S. Senator from Minnesota. ... Dennis John Kucinich (born October 8, 1946) is a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives, for the 10th District of Ohio ( map). ... Sanders, at the podium, announces National Dairy Equity Act Bernard (Bernie) Sanders (born September 8, 1941) has been a member of the United States House of Representatives since 1991, representing the state of Vermont; he will most likely run for the Senate, in the seat vacated by James Jeffords. ...

Currently the magazine's regular contributors include David Barsamian, Kate Clinton, Susan Douglas, Will Durst, Barbara Ehrenreich, Eduardo Galeano, Molly Ivins, Fred McKissack, John Nichols, Adolph L. Reed, Jr., and Howard Zinn. David Barsamian is an American radio broadcaster and writer. ... Kate Clinton has been an American comedian for over 22 years, specializing in political commentary from a gay point of view. ... Will Durst is a humorist and former contributing editor to both National Lampoon and George. ... Barbara Ehrenreich (born August 26, 1941) is a social critic and essayist. ... Eduardo Hughes Galeano (born September 3, 1940) is a radical Uruguayan journalist whose books have been translated into many languages. ... Molly Ivins (born August 30, 1944) is an American political commentator, journalist, and author based in Austin, Texas. ... This article is about John Nichols, the English printer and author. ... Howard Zinn speaks at Marlboro College on February 16, 2004. ...

The editor of The Progressive is Matthew Rothschild. Its editorial offices are in Madison, Wisconsin. Wisconsin State Capitol Madison is the capital of Wisconsin, a state of the United States of America. ...

External link

• The Progressive website (http://www.progressive.org/)