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Parent topics
- Liberalism [r]: Economic and political doctrine advocating free enterprise, free competition and free will. A shortcut word grouping a swath of people who allegedly hold similar values. The liberal ideal does not really exist, as no two people would likely define it exactly the same. Some of the generalizations that people make about liberals include that they are open to social change, not tied to traditional family values, not militaristic, lacking in fiscal restraint, and socially tolerant. [e]
- American conservatism [r]: A diverse mix of political ideologies that contrast with liberalism, socialism, secularism and communism. [e]
Subtopics
Progressive Era
- Progressive Era [r]: The period of political, administrative and social reform that began in the 1890s and ended after World War I. [e]
- Louis D. Brandeis [r]: (1856-1941) A highly influential American lawyer and theorist of Antitrust during the Progressive Era. [e]
- Victor Berger [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Merle Curti [r]: (1897–1997) American "Progressive" historian and a leader in social and intellectual history. [e]
- Vernon Louis Parrington [r]: American historian, literary critic, and a leader of the Progressive movement. [e]
Cold War
- Saul Alinsky [r]: (1909-1972) A leftist community organizer probably best known for developing procedures for groups to work the political system to their benefit, written as Rules for Radicals [e]
- Community activism [r]: Social process in which individuals advocate, either single or in organisations, for social progress in their localities. [e]
- Korean War [r]: (1950-1953) war on the Korean peninsula in which about 3 million people died (mostly civilians), begun when North Korea, backed by China, attempted to overrun South Korea, which had been placed under the control of U.S.-led United Nations forces after the surrender of Japan at the end of WW II. [e]
- National Lawyers Guild [r]: Add brief definition or description
Post-Cold War
- Alexis Albion [r]: Senior policy analyst at the Center for National Policy; professional staff member, 9-11 Commission; doctoral candidate in International History at Harvard University, specializing in intelligence history; formerly the historian of the International Spy Museum [e]
- Robert Borosage [r]: U.S. progressive activist and author, co-founder of Institute for America’s Future and Campaign for America’s Future [e]
- Campaign for America's Future [r]: Progressive political coordination center [e]
- Center for National Policy [r]: A U.S. think tank and interest group of declared progressive ideology, concerned with grand strategy [e]
- Congressional Progressive Caucus [r]: The largest sub-caucus within the Democratic Caucus of the U.S. Congress [e]
- Leo Gerard [r]: President, United Steelworkers; board member, Campaign for America’s Future [e]
- Institute for America's Future [r]: Nonpartisan progressive policy research institute established to study "kitchen table" issues. [e]
- Think tank [r]: An organization that presents ideas as expert analysis, the level of objectivity of which varies with the institution, but with an implication of at least some intellectual independence. [e]