Old Left
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The Old Left refers to the earlier generation of socialist and communist movements and parties, primarily focused on class struggle, labor rights, and economic redistribution within a Marxist framework.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Old Left canonical | 3 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
communist movement
ⓘ
left-wing current ⓘ political tendency ⓘ socialist movement ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Communist parties
ⓘ
labor parties ⓘ socialist parties ⓘ trade unions ⓘ |
| declinedRelativeTo | New Left after the 1960s ⓘ |
| emergedInCentury | 19th century ⓘ |
| emphasizes |
centralized organization
ⓘ
economic class over cultural issues ⓘ industrial working class ⓘ party discipline ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
collective class interests
ⓘ
material conditions of workers ⓘ |
| hasCoreFocus |
class struggle
ⓘ
economic redistribution ⓘ labor rights ⓘ trade unionism ⓘ workers’ control of production ⓘ |
| hasIdeology |
Marxism
ⓘ
communism ⓘ socialism ⓘ |
| historicalPeakPeriod |
early Cold War era
ⓘ
interwar period ⓘ |
| includesTendency |
orthodox communism
ⓘ
revolutionary socialism ⓘ social democracy ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Friedrich Engels
ⓘ
Karl Marx ⓘ Second International Marxism ⓘ Vladimir Lenin ⓘ |
| isContrastedWith |
New Left
ⓘ
post-1960s identity-based left ⓘ |
| lessEmphasisOn |
cultural politics
ⓘ
identity politics ⓘ |
| prioritizes |
nationalization of key industries
ⓘ
state intervention in the economy ⓘ welfare state expansion ⓘ |
| seeks |
overthrow or transformation of capitalism
ⓘ
proletarian political power ⓘ |
| usesStrategy |
general strikes
ⓘ
mass party organization ⓘ parliamentary struggle ⓘ revolutionary insurrection ⓘ |
| wasProminentInCentury | 20th century ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.