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As with all political alignments, the exact boundaries of centre-left versus far-left politics are not clearly defined and can vary depending on context. [2] Far-left ideologies often include types of socialism, communism, and anarchism. [3] [4] The radical-left is situated between the far-left and social democracy.
However, Evan Smith in Against the Grain: The British Far Left from 1956, [4] uses the term 'far left' "to encompass all of the political currents to the left of the Labour Party," including "anarchist groups". The scope of this article limits the discussion of far left politics to the period since 1801 i.e. the formation of the United Kingdom.
Proponents of horseshoe theory argue that the far-left and the far-right are closer to each other than either is to the political center. In popular discourse, the horseshoe theory asserts that advocates of the far-left and the far-right, rather than being at opposite and opposing ends of a linear continuum of the political spectrum, closely resemble each other, analogous to the way that the ...
The history of left-wing politics in the United States consists of a broad range of individuals and groups that have sought fundamental egalitarian changes. [1] 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 .
What distinguishes the extreme far left from the far right, however, is an abhorrence for meaningless violence, death and terrorism − at least against people, anti-fascists and experts on the ...
In early September, the AfD became the first far-right party since the Nazi era to win outright a state election. Victory in Thuringia, a former East German state, was followed by a close second ...
Some on the left worry infighting in the name of purity like that in Rhode Island could lead to a vicious cycle and help return the left to the wilderness of the pre-Sanders era.
Far-left politics are political views located further on the left of the left-right spectrum than the standard political left. The term has been used to describe ideologies such as: communism, anarcho-communism, left-communism, Marxism–Leninism, Trotskyism, and Maoism. [1] [2