info at pulpculture.org wrote:
>
> Does anyone know about the history of the use of "Progressive" as a
> political label? I always thought it was a word people used because they
> wanted to dissociate themselves from reds to indicate that they disavowed
> revolutionary social change and were in favor of slow, progressive social
> change.
>
I suspect the history would be a mess -- a mere list.
I often used the term (and still do some times) to indicate liberals who will work with reds!
Carrol