New Left

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left-wing movement political movement social movement

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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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
New Left canonical	32
American New Left	5
American left-wing politics	1
British New Left	1
New Left movement	1
New Left organizations	1

Statements (74)

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 ⓘ

Referenced by (41)

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Mario Savio → politicalAlignment → New Left ⓘ

Herbert Marcuse → influenced → New Left ⓘ

Rosa Luxemburg → influenced → New Left ⓘ

Beat Generation → influenced → New Left ⓘ

Jack Weinberg → politicalAlignment → New Left ⓘ

American folk music revival → associatedWith → New Left ⓘ

this entity surface form: American left-wing politics

"bodies upon the gears" speech → associatedWith → New Left ⓘ

Counterrevolution and Revolt → mainSubject → New Left ⓘ

one-dimensional society → influenced → New Left ⓘ

An Essay on Liberation → mainSubject → New Left ⓘ

Western Marxism → influenced → New Left ⓘ

People's Park → associatedWith → New Left ⓘ

Art Goldberg → politicalAlignment → 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

Cold War liberalism → challengedBy → 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

The Politics of History → influencedBy → New Left ⓘ

Erica Sherover → movement → New Left ⓘ

FBI COINTELPRO operations → aimedAt → New Left ⓘ

this entity surface form: New Left organizations

Lynne Hollander → politicalAlignment → New Left ⓘ

C. Wright Mills → influenced → New Left ⓘ

Old Left → isContrastedWith → New Left ⓘ

Students for a Democratic Society → ideology → New Left ⓘ

Students for a Democratic Society → movement → New Left ⓘ

this entity surface form: American New Left

Italian student movement → ideology → New Left ⓘ

Port Huron Statement → movement → New Left ⓘ

this entity surface form: American New Left

Port Huron Statement → ideology → New Left ⓘ

Columbia University protests of 1968 → partOf → New Left ⓘ

second-wave feminism → influencedBy → New Left ⓘ

Perry Anderson → movement → New Left ⓘ

Jerry Rubin → politicalIdeology → New Left ⓘ

Hornsey sit-in → movement → New Left ⓘ

To Die for the People → movement → New Left ⓘ

Red Army Faction → inspiredBy → New Left ⓘ

Stuart Hall → politicalAlignment → New Left ⓘ

Love Me, I'm a Liberal → associatedWith → New Left ⓘ

this entity surface form: American New Left

The War Is Over → associatedWith → New Left ⓘ

Jeremy Larner → movement → New Left ⓘ

this entity surface form: American New Left