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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Predicate Object
instanceOf left-wing movement ⓘ
political movement ⓘ
social movement ⓘ
activeInPeriod 1960s ⓘ
1970s ⓘ
declinedIn late 1970s ⓘ
differsFrom Old Left ⓘ
emphasized civil rights ⓘ
direct action ⓘ
grassroots organizing ⓘ
participatory democracy ⓘ
student activism ⓘ
focusesOn anti-war activism ⓘ
cultural issues ⓘ
gender equality ⓘ
lifestyle politics ⓘ
racial justice ⓘ
university reform ⓘ
hasDemographicBase intellectuals ⓘ
students ⓘ
urban middle class ⓘ
young professionals ⓘ
hasIdeology Third World solidarity ⓘ
anti-authoritarianism ⓘ
anti-capitalism ⓘ
anti-imperialism ⓘ
civil rights advocacy ⓘ
democratic socialism ⓘ
environmentalism ⓘ
feminism ⓘ
libertarian socialism ⓘ
participatory democracy ⓘ
hasKeyConcept grassroots democracy ⓘ
participatory democracy ⓘ
personal politics ⓘ
the personal is political ⓘ
hasKeyDocument Port Huron Statement ⓘ
hasKeyOrganization Free Speech Movement ⓘ
German Socialist German Student Union ⓘ
Italian student movement ⓘ
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee ⓘ
Students for a Democratic Society ⓘ
hasMainRegion Canada ⓘ
France ⓘ
Italy ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States

West Germany ⓘ
Western Europe ⓘ
hasNotableEvent 1968 student protests in West Germany ⓘ
Free Speech Movement ⓘ
surface form: Berkeley Free Speech Movement

Columbia University protests of 1968 ⓘ
May 1968 protests in France ⓘ
influenced contemporary left-wing politics ⓘ
counterculture of the 1960s ⓘ
green politics ⓘ
identity politics ⓘ
new social movements ⓘ
influencedBy Marxism ⓘ
Old Left ⓘ
anti-colonial movements ⓘ
American civil rights movement ⓘ
surface form: civil rights movement

critical theory ⓘ
existentialism ⓘ
legacyIn anti-globalization movement ⓘ
environmental movement ⓘ
feminist movement ⓘ
opposed Cold War liberalism ⓘ
Soviet-style communism ⓘ
Stalinism ⓘ
Vietnam War ⓘ
bureaucratic trade-unionism ⓘ
traditional establishment politics ⓘ
relatedTo Old Left ⓘ

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Herbert Marcuse → influenced → New Left ⓘ
Rosa Luxemburg → influenced → New Left ⓘ
Beat Generation → influenced → New Left ⓘ
American folk music revival → associatedWith → New Left ⓘ
this entity surface form: American left-wing politics
Western Marxism → influenced → New Left ⓘ
People's Park → associatedWith → New Left ⓘ
Steve Weissman → partOf → New Left ⓘ
this entity surface form: American New Left
Eurocommunism → influencedBy → New Left ⓘ
Easter Aldermaston March → associatedWith → New Left ⓘ
this entity surface form: British New Left
People's Democracy → movement → New Left ⓘ
You don’t need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows → culturalImpactOn → New Left ⓘ
this entity surface form: New Left movement
Erica Sherover → movement → New Left ⓘ
FBI COINTELPRO operations → aimedAt → New Left ⓘ
this entity surface form: New Left organizations
C. Wright Mills → influenced → New Left ⓘ
Old Left → isContrastedWith → New Left ⓘ
Students for a Democratic Society → movement → New Left ⓘ
this entity surface form: American New Left
Port Huron Statement → movement → New Left ⓘ
this entity surface form: American New Left
Port Huron Statement → ideology → New Left ⓘ
Perry Anderson → movement → New Left ⓘ
Jerry Rubin → politicalIdeology → New Left ⓘ
Hornsey sit-in → movement → New Left ⓘ
Red Army Faction → inspiredBy → New Left ⓘ
Love Me, I'm a Liberal → associatedWith → New Left ⓘ
this entity surface form: American New Left
Jeremy Larner → movement → New Left ⓘ
this entity surface form: American New Left