New Left
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The New Left was a broad 1960s–1970s political movement, especially among students and intellectuals in the United States and Western Europe, that emphasized civil rights, participatory democracy, and opposition to the Vietnam War and traditional establishment politics.
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Statements (74)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
left-wing movement
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political movement → social movement → |
| activeInPeriod |
1960s
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1970s → |
| declinedIn |
late 1970s
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| differsFrom |
Old Left
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| emphasized |
civil rights
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direct action → grassroots organizing → participatory democracy → student activism → |
| focusesOn |
anti-war activism
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cultural issues → gender equality → lifestyle politics → racial justice → university reform → |
| hasDemographicBase |
intellectuals
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students → urban middle class → young professionals → |
| hasIdeology |
Third World solidarity
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anti-authoritarianism → anti-capitalism → anti-imperialism → civil rights advocacy → democratic socialism → environmentalism → feminism → libertarian socialism → participatory democracy → |
| hasKeyConcept |
grassroots democracy
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participatory democracy → personal politics → the personal is political → |
| hasKeyDocument |
Port Huron Statement
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| hasKeyOrganization |
Free Speech Movement
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German Socialist German Student Union → Italian student movement → Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee → Students for a Democratic Society → |
| hasMainRegion |
Canada
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France → Italy → United Kingdom → United States → West Germany → Western Europe → |
| hasNotableEvent |
1968 student protests in West Germany
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Berkeley Free Speech Movement → Columbia University protests of 1968 → May 1968 protests in France → |
| influenced |
contemporary left-wing politics
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counterculture of the 1960s → green politics → identity politics → new social movements → |
| influencedBy |
Marxism
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Old Left → anti-colonial movements → civil rights movement → critical theory → existentialism → |
| legacyIn |
anti-globalization movement
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environmental movement → feminist movement → |
| opposed |
Cold War liberalism
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Soviet-style communism → Stalinism → Vietnam War → bureaucratic trade-unionism → traditional establishment politics → |
| relatedTo |
Old Left
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Referenced by (18)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
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Beat Generation
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Herbert Marcuse → Rosa Luxemburg → Western Marxism → one-dimensional society → |
influenced |
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"bodies upon the gears" speech
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American folk music revival ("American left-wing politics") → Easter Aldermaston March ("British New Left") → People's Park → |
associatedWith |
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Art Goldberg
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Jack Weinberg → Mario Savio → |
politicalAlignment |
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An Essay on Liberation
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Counterrevolution and Revolt → |
mainSubject |
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Cold War liberalism
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challengedBy |
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Eurocommunism
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influencedBy |
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People's Democracy
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movement |
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Steve Weissman
("American New Left")
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partOf |