We're progressives. Hear us roar!

We're progressives. Hear us roar in numbers too great to ignore . . .
Shakespeare's Sister writes about what progressives have done:

Thanks to progressives, we have Social Security, a minimum wage, welfare, a 40-hour work week, overtime pay, job protections, equal opportunity, and labor unions—all of which are resoundingly supported by a plurality of Americans, and all of which are also perpetually under attack from conservatives.
Thanks to progressives, we have legalized birth control and safe and legal abortions . . . strides made toward full equality for all . . . voting rights and civil rights protections . . . rural America has electricity, schools are desegregated, we have a National Endowment for the Arts, we have Public Broadcasting . . .
Wanting drinkable water, breathable air, a functioning safety net, universal healthcare, alternative energies, true equality, fair elections, fair taxation, improved public education, and increased workers’ rights isn’t radical. It’s a worthy and achievable agenda, and, perhaps more importantly, it’s what America wants . . .
the Dems need to stop being ashamed of progressives. We are the history of much of what is right with America, and I’m sick and bloody tired of the compulsion to categorize us as anything less. You, and everyone else who looks down their noses at progressives, can shove your contempt for us straight up your arses, you ungrateful pricks.

And I feel the same way about progressives in Canada -- who, as well as all the stuff listed above, also brought in medicare for Canadians.
Now, to be fair, I know conservatives here have done their bit for the country too -- what springs immediately to my mind is the GST and NAFTA.