Wallace Progressive Party

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Wallace Progressive Party was a left-wing American political party formed around Henry A. Wallace’s 1948 presidential campaign, advocating New Deal-style economic policies, civil rights, and a conciliatory approach to the Soviet Union.

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Wallace Progressive Party canonical 1

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instanceOf political party ⓘ
third party in the United States ⓘ
advocatedPolicy New Deal-style economic policies ⓘ
anti–Jim Crow legislation ⓘ
civil rights for African Americans ⓘ
détente with the Soviet Union ⓘ
expanded social welfare programs ⓘ
peaceful coexistence with the Soviet Union ⓘ
racial desegregation ⓘ
strong labor rights ⓘ
associatedWith left-liberal activists ⓘ
some Communist Party USA members ⓘ
consideredAs successor to earlier Progressive Party movements in the U.S. ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
criticizedBy Republicans ⓘ
linked to: Republican Party

mainstream Democrats ⓘ
criticizedFor alleged Communist influence ⓘ
dissolutionReason electoral failure and Cold War anti-communism pressure ⓘ
electoralActivity ran Henry A. Wallace for president in 1948 ⓘ
era early Cold War ⓘ
foreignPolicyStance conciliatory approach to the Soviet Union ⓘ
foundedFor Henry A. Wallace 1948 presidential campaign ⓘ
historicalSignificance illustrated divisions in U.S. liberalism over the Cold War ⓘ
major left-wing challenge to the Democratic Party in 1948 ⓘ
ideology New Deal liberalism ⓘ
democratic socialism ⓘ
left-wing politics ⓘ
progressivism ⓘ
keyPerson Henry A. Wallace ⓘ
namedAfter Henry A. Wallace ⓘ
opposedPolicy Cold War confrontation ⓘ
Marshall Plan ⓘ
Truman Doctrine ⓘ
position left-wing ⓘ
result1948Election received over one million popular votes ⓘ
won no electoral votes ⓘ
runningMateIn1948 Glen H. Taylor NERFINISHED ⓘ
successor various local progressive and left-wing groups in the United States ⓘ
supportedGroup African Americans ⓘ
linked to: Black Americans

farmers ⓘ
labor unions ⓘ
liberal intellectuals ⓘ

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Progressive Party (United States, 1948) → alsoKnownAs → Wallace Progressive Party ⓘ