Left-wing populism
Left-wing populism, also called social populism, is a political ideology that is a combination of left-wing politics with populist. They believe in anti-elitism, are against the Establishment and speak for the "common people".[1]
They support ideas that are economic democracy, social justice, and anti-globalization.[2][3]
They are also against capitalism and military intervention.[4]
Left-wing Populism Media
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The left-wing populist 2011 Occupy Wall Street movement in Zuccotti Park, New York City
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Andrés Manuel López Obrador in 2018
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Stav Shaffir in 2015. She was an activist involved in Israel's social justice movement and broadly seen as a left-wing progressive firebrand.
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Tarō Yamamoto in 2020. He is mentioned as a (left-wing) liberal-populist.
Jean-Luc Mélenchon, founder and leader of La France Insoumise
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Alexis Tsipras of the Greek Syriza party
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Beppe Grillo, founder of the M5S, generally considered a big tent populist party with some left-wing tendencies
From the left to the right: Liviu Dragnea, Victor Ponta and Ion Iliescu
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Pablo Iglesias, leader of Podemos
References
- ↑ Albertazzi and McDonnell, p. 123.
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- ↑ Roth, Silke (17 April 2018). "Introduction: Contemporary Counter-Movements in the Age of Brexit and Trump". Sociological Research Online. 23 (2): 496–506. doi:10.1177/1360780418768828.
- ↑ Hartleb, Florian (2004). Rechts- und Linkspopulismus. Eine Fallstudie anhand von Schill-Partei und PDS [Right and left populism. A case study based on Schill Party and PDS] (in Deutsch). Wiesbaden. p. 162.
