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  2. Left-wing politics - Wikipedia

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    v. t. e. Left-wing politics describes the range of political ideologies that support and seek to achieve social equality and egalitarianism, often in opposition to social hierarchy as a whole [1][2][3][4] or certain social hierarchies. [5] Left-wing politics typically involve a concern for those in society whom its adherents perceive as ...

  3. History of left-wing politics in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Left-wing activists in the United States have been credited with advancing social change on issues such as labor and civil rights as well as providing critiques of capitalism. [ 1 ] Many communes and egalitarian communities have existed in the United States as a sub-category of the broader intentional community movement, some of which were ...

  4. Left-wing populism - Wikipedia

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    Left-wing populism, also called social populism, is a political ideology that combines left-wing politics with populist rhetoric and themes. Its rhetoric often includes elements of anti- elitism, opposition to the Establishment, and speaking for the "common people". [1] Recurring themes for left-wing populists include economic democracy, social ...

  5. American Left - Wikipedia

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    The American left can refer to multiple concepts. It is sometimes used as a shorthand for groups aligned with the Democratic Party. At other times, it refers to groups that have sought egalitarian changes in the economic, political, and cultural institutions of the United States. [1] Various subgroups with a national scope are active.

  6. Far-left politics - Wikipedia

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    Radical-left politics, rejecting both neo-liberal social-democracy and revolutionary action, instead seeking to enact change from within government, [8] [9] prioritize equality of outcome over equal opportunity. [10] Post-Soviet radical left-wing movements in Europe and the United States are associated with anti-globalization and anti ...

  7. List of left-wing political parties - Wikipedia

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    Bhutan – Druk Chirwang Tshogpa. Bolivia – Movement Without Fear, Revolutionary Left Party. Bosnia and Herzegovina – League of Communists of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Social Democratic Union of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Brazil – Brazilian Labour Party (1945), Free Fatherland Party.

  8. Populism in the United States - Wikipedia

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    In American political rhetoric, "populist" was originally associated with the Populist Party and related left-wing movements, but beginning in the 1950s it began to take on a more generic meaning, describing any anti-establishment movement regardless of its position on the left–right political spectrum. [17]

  9. Counterculture of the 1960s - Wikipedia

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    The New Left is a term used in different countries to describe left-wing movements that occurred in the 1960s and 1970s in the Western world. They differed from earlier leftist movements that had been more oriented towards labour activism, and instead adopted social activism.