*Congresspersons Lynn Woolsey and John Conyers, Ann Wright, Malik Rahim and John Cavanagh
The Congressional Progressive Caucus is an organization within the House and is made up of congress critters who are ostensibly working within the republic and its capitalist system, while their real goal is to subvert it, weakening its foundations and replacing them with the Marxist-socialist philosophy described as Progressivism.
It's website touts its history and mission: "The Congressional Progressive Caucus was established in the U. S. House of Representatives in the early 1990s. It reflects the diversity and strength of the American people, and we seek to give voice to the needs and aspirations of all Americans and to build a more just and humane society."
"The Progressive Promise, "Fairness for All," is rooted in three core principles: Fighting for economic justice and security for all; Protecting and preserving our civil rights and civil liberties; and Promoting global peace and security."
Most, if not all of its members also belong to the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA).
The DSA is a confederation of socialists formed in 1983 when a splinter group of the Socialist Party (Michael Harrington's Democratic Socialist Organizing Committee, DSOC) merged with the SDS splinter New American Movement (NAM).
The DSA has many celebrity members, including feminist Gloria Steinem, actor Ed Asner, black activist Cornel West, and libertarian socialist Noam Chomsky. It is also the chief American member group of the Socialist International, which includes the British Labour Party and the French Parti Socialiste.
The main aim of DSA was to convert the Democratic Party into a social democratic organization.
Officers
Barbara Lee, Co-Chair
Lynn Woolsey, Co-Chair
Directors
Bill Goold, Executive Director
Members
Neil Abercrombie (Hawaii)
Tammy Baldwin (Wisconsin)
Xavier Becerra (California)
Madeleine Bordallo (Guam)
Corrine Brown (Florida)
Sherrod Brown (Ohio)
Michael Capuano (Massachusetts)
Julia Carson (Indiana)
Donna Christian-Christensen (Virgin Islands)
William Lacy Clay, Jr. (Missouri)
John Conyers (Michigan)
Danny Davis (Illinois)
Peter DeFazio (Oregon)
Rosa DeLauro (Connecticut)
Lane Evans (Illinois)
Eni Faleomavaega (American Samoa)
Sam Farr (California)
Chaka Fattah (Pennsylvania)
Bob Filner (California)
Barney Frank (Massachusetts)
Raul Grijalva (Arizona)
Luis Gutierrez (Illinois)
Maurice Hinchey (New York)
Jesse Jackson, Jr. (Illinois)
Sheila Jackson-Lee (Texas)
Stephanie Tubbs Jones (Ohio)
Marcy Kaptur (Ohio)
Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick (Michigan)
Dennis Kucinich (Ohio)
Tom Lantos (California)
John Lewis (Georgia)
Ed Markey (Massachusetts)
Jim McDermott (Washington)
James P. McGovern (Massachusetts)
Cynthia McKinney (Georgia)
George Miller (California)
Gwen Moore (Wisconsin)
Jerry Nadler (New York)
Eleanor Holmes Norton (District of Columbia)
John Olver (Massachusetts)
Major Owens (New York)
Ed Pastor (Arizona)
Donald Payne (New Jersey)
Bobby Rush (Illinois)
Bernie Sanders (Vermont)
Jan Schakowsky (Illinois)
Jose Serrano (New York)
Louise Slaughter (New York)
Hilda Solis (California)
Pete Stark (California)
Bennie Thompson (Mississippi)
John F. Tierney (Massachusetts)
Tom Udall (New Mexico)
Nydia Velazquez (New York)
Maxine Waters (California)
Diane Watson (California)
Mel Watt (North Carolina)
Henry Waxman (California)
Supporting Organizations
An array of national progressive organizations will work to support the efforts of the caucus, including the Institute for Policy Studies, The Nation Magazine, Moveon.org, National Priorities Project, Jobs with Justice Campaign, Peace Action, Americans for Democratic Action, and Progressive Democrats of America. Also co-sponsoring the kickoff event were the NAACP, ACLU, Progressive Majority, League of United Latin American Citizens, Rainbow/Push Coalition, National Council of La Raza, Hip Hop Caucus, Human Rights Campaign, Association of Farmworker Opportunity Programs, and the Hip Hop Political Convention.