Left-wing

In politics, left-wing is a position that supports social equality and egalitarianism.

What a person means by left-wing depends on where the person lives.

• In Western Europe, Australia and New Zealand left-wing politics is often associated with social democracy and democratic socialism.

Related pages

Left-wing ideologies

• Socialism
• Social democracy
• Democratic socialism

Left-wing issues

• Egalitarianism
• Democracy
• Secularism

Bibliography

• Buhle, Mari Jo; Buhle, Paul; Georgakas, Dan (1998). Encyclopedia of the American Left. Oxford University Press, USA.

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• Lin Chun, The British New Left, Edinburgh : Edinburgh Univ. Press, 1993
• Eley, Geoff (2002). Forging Democracy: The History of the Left in Europe, 1850-2000. Oxford University Press, USA.

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• Marxism on Terrorism by John Molyneux
• Terrorism and Communism by Karl Kautsky
• Leftism in India

Related pages

• Right-wing

Other websites

• The Marxists Internet Archive (a free online Marxist library)
• Leftist Parties of the World List of present-day leftist parties and organizations of the world, with links to their websites.

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