The Progressive
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The Progressive is a left-leaning American magazine and website covering politics and culture. Founded in 1909 by U.S. senator
The publication covers
History
La Follette's Weekly
On the first page of its first issue, La Follette wrote this introduction to the magazine:
In the course of every attempt to establish or develop free government, a struggle between Special Privilege and Equal Rights is inevitable. Our great industrial organizations [are] in control of politics, government, and natural resources. They manage conventions, make platforms, [and] dictate legislation. They rule through the very men elected to represent them. The battle is just on. It is young yet. It will be the longest and hardest [battle] ever fought for Democracy. In other lands, the people have lost. Here we shall win. It is a glorious privilege to live in this time, and have a free hand in this fight for government by the people.[5]
Some of the campaigns La Follette's Weekly engaged in were non-intervention in World War I,[2] opposition to the Palmer Raids in the early 1920s, and calling for action against unemployment during the Depression. La Follette's wife, Belle, edited the publication's women's section, and also wrote articles for the publication condemning racial segregation.[1] An early associate editor was the writer Herbert Quick.[7]
The Progressive
During the 1940s, The Progressive adopted an anti-Stalinist view of the Soviet Union.[8][9]
During the early 1940s, the magazine argued that the United States should stay out of World War II.[2] Following the attack on Pearl Harbor, The Progressive declared its support for the American war effort.[2] However, The Progressive also condemned the dropping of the atom bomb on Hiroshima, in contrast to both The Nation and The New Republic's support for the bombing.[8] The Progressive reprinted an essay from The Christian Science Monitor by Richard Lee Strout, arguing that by using the bombs, "The United States has incurred a terrible responsibility to history which now, unfortunately, can never be withdrawn".[8]
In 1947, The Progressive's editors announced they were suspending publication. However, after readers raised $40,000 to save the magazine, The Progressive returned as a monthly magazine issued as a non-profit venture.[1][2]
In the 1950s, The Progressive criticized
In the 1960s, the magazine published five articles by
In 1984, The Progressive published "Behind the Death Squads" by Allan Nairn, a critique of U.S. policy in El Salvador.[2]
The Progressive opposed the
United States v. Progressive, Inc.
In 1979, The Progressive gained national attention for its article by
2011 Wisconsin protests
Located a few blocks from the Wisconsin State Capitol, The Progressive covered the protests that began in February 2011 in response to Governor Scott Walker's Wisconsin budget repair bill. Madison Magazine named The Progressive's political editor Ruth Conniff as one of its Editors' Choice in 2011 for her "frontline dispatches from inside and outside the State Capitol and the courtroom across the street".[13]
100th anniversary
For its 100th year in print, the magazine published a book featuring "some of the best writing in The Progressive from 1909 to 2009"[14] titled Democracy in Print, published by the University of Wisconsin Press.
Circulation
With a fall to 27,000 subscribers in 1999, in April 2004, following the Iraq War, The Progressive's circulation reached a record 65,000.[14] By 2010, circulation had settled near 47,000.[15]
The Progressive solicits gifts, grants, and sponsorships, publicizing donors who give a total of $5,000 or more per calendar year, according to its website.[16]
Notable contributors
Throughout the years, The Progressive has published articles by
.It has also published liberal politicians such as Russ Feingold, J. William Fulbright, Dennis Kucinich, George McGovern, Bernie Sanders, Adlai Stevenson, and Paul Wellstone.[20]
References
- ^ ISBN 978-0-415-96950-5.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Timeline", The Progressive magazine May 1, 2004.
- ^ ISBN 0299141306(p. 282)
- ISBN 978-0-942961-28-7. Retrieved 5 December 2015.
- ^ ISBN 978-0299232245.
- ^ "Staff & Board of Directors". Progressive.org. Retrieved 2024-03-17.
- ^ Ehrlich, Eugene and Gorton Carruth (1982). The Oxford Illustrated Literary Guide to the United States. New York: Oxford University Press. p. 337.
- ^ ISBN 0-87565-097-X.
- ISBN 1412816025.
The Progressive, an anti-Stalinist monthly
- ISBN 0870235540(p. 187).
- ISBN 978-0-230-34750-2.
- ^ "The Case Against the Iraq War, A Speech by Matthew Rothschild, Editor of The Progressive Magazine". The Progressive. August 28, 2002. Retrieved August 20, 2014.
- ^ "Editor's Choice: Four Individuals Worth Their Weight in BOM Gold". Madison Magazine. July 2011. Archived from the original on January 13, 2015. Retrieved August 11, 2012.
- ^ a b Ivey, Mike (April 29 – May 5, 2009). "Rebel with a cause". The Cap Times.
- ^ "PR News | AARP, Under Pressure, Quits Legislative Group - Tue., Aug. 9, 2016". www.odwyerpr.com. Retrieved 2024-03-20.
- ^ "Mission & History". Progressive.org. Retrieved 2024-03-20.
- ^ a b c "Advertisement for The Progressive". Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists: 42. December 1971.
- ^ a b c Advertisement for The Progressive, Mother Jones magazine, August 1976, p.4.
- ^ Bertrand Russell, "Who Is It That Wants War?" The Progressive, September 24, 1932.
- ^ "The Progressive Magazine to Celebrate Its 90th Anniversary in January". Common Dreams NewsWire. October 18, 1998. Archived from the original on May 16, 2008. Retrieved July 9, 2008.
External links
- Official website (subscription required)