Comments on: Ladora, IA: Stronghold of Socialism http://iowaprogress.com/2007/01/23/ladora-iowa-stronghold-of-socialism/ Politics in Iowa from a progressive viewpoint. Wed, 20 Aug 2008 20:54:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1 By: Ronald Kane Hardy http://iowaprogress.com/2007/01/23/ladora-iowa-stronghold-of-socialism/#comment-7120 Ronald Kane Hardy Thu, 25 Jan 2007 05:14:34 +0000 http://iowaprogress.com/2007/01/23/ladora-iowa-stronghold-of-socialism/#comment-7120 Iowa and the midwest has a long history of progressive - populist - socialist activism going back to the late nineteenth century and early 20th. Farm Labor Movement, Fighting Bob LaFollette (Wisc.) , etc. A resurgence of this in America is likely to occur again in the heartland (Iowa, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Kansas, Nebraska) as it did 100 years ago. The coasts think they are 'all that' but the midwest is truly radical in a deep and meaningful way. Iowa and the midwest has a long history of progressive - populist - socialist activism going back to the late nineteenth century and early 20th. Farm Labor Movement, Fighting Bob LaFollette (Wisc.) , etc. A resurgence of this in America is likely to occur again in the heartland (Iowa, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Kansas, Nebraska) as it did 100 years ago.

The coasts think they are ‘all that’ but the midwest is truly radical in a deep and meaningful way.

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