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[Donna Halper]

>Glen wrote--
>
>Not so, Donna,  The word "progressive" has been used as a synonym for
>"Communist" for something like 100 years.  In its latest manifestation, an
>example would be the Progressive Labor Party, http://www.plp.org/

Actually, we are both right.  Many times in the history of language, 
words have taken on several meanings.  The word "conservative" used 
to mean somebody who was opposed to progress, somebody who wanted 
things to stay the same as they had always been.  These days, the 
word refers to a political strategy.  Similarly, there are 
"progressives" who are pretty close to Communists, like the ones that 
you mentioned.  But that doesn't mean all people who have used the 
word "progressive" were communists-- when I first heard it in the 
70s, as I said, it was a political word that had nothing to do with 
communism.  The right wing has for years tried to claim all liberals 
are commies, but Glen, you know that isn't true, and I hope that 
isn't what you are implying.