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.
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 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T239525 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: New Left Context triple: [Mario Savio, politicalAlignment, New Left]
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Progressive Alliance
The Progressive Alliance is an international network of social-democratic, socialist, and progressive political parties and organizations that collaborate to promote democracy, social justice, and sustainable development worldwide.
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Maoism
Maoism is a variant of communist ideology developed from Marxism–Leninism that emphasizes peasant-led revolution, protracted people’s war, and continuous class struggle under a vanguard party.
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Free Speech Movement
The Free Speech Movement was a landmark 1964–65 student protest at UC Berkeley that became a defining catalyst for campus activism and the modern free speech and civil liberties movement in the United States.
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Socialist Party of America
The Socialist Party of America was a prominent early 20th-century U.S. political party that advocated democratic socialism, labor rights, and social welfare reforms, and ran influential presidential candidates such as Eugene V. Debs and Norman Thomas.
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Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee was a major youth-led civil rights organization in the United States, best known for organizing sit-ins, Freedom Rides, and voter registration drives in the 1960s.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: New Left Target entity description: 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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A.
Progressive Alliance
The Progressive Alliance is an international network of social-democratic, socialist, and progressive political parties and organizations that collaborate to promote democracy, social justice, and sustainable development worldwide.
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B.
Maoism
Maoism is a variant of communist ideology developed from Marxism–Leninism that emphasizes peasant-led revolution, protracted people’s war, and continuous class struggle under a vanguard party.
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C.
Free Speech Movement
The Free Speech Movement was a landmark 1964–65 student protest at UC Berkeley that became a defining catalyst for campus activism and the modern free speech and civil liberties movement in the United States.
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D.
Socialist Party of America
The Socialist Party of America was a prominent early 20th-century U.S. political party that advocated democratic socialism, labor rights, and social welfare reforms, and ran influential presidential candidates such as Eugene V. Debs and Norman Thomas.
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E.
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee was a major youth-led civil rights organization in the United States, best known for organizing sit-ins, Freedom Rides, and voter registration drives in the 1960s.
- F. None of above. chosen
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 ⓘ |
| differsFrom | Old Left ⓘ |
| 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 ⓘ |
| 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 of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
West Germany ⓘ Western Europe ⓘ |
| hasNotableEvent |
1968 student protests in West Germany
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Free Speech Movement ⓘ
surface form:
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 ⓘ American civil rights movement ⓘ
surface form:
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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Subject: New Left Description of subject: 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.
Referenced by (41)
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