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
The left-wing populist 2011 Occupy Wall Street movement in Zuccotti Park, New York City
Andrés Manuel López Obrador in 2018
Stav Shaffir in 2015. She was an activist involved in Israel's social justice movement and broadly seen as a left-wing progressive firebrand.
Tarō Yamamoto in 2020. He is mentioned as a (left-wing) liberal-populist.
Jean-Luc Mélenchon, founder and leader of La France Insoumise
Alexis Tsipras of the Greek Syriza party
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
Pablo Iglesias, leader of Podemos
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References
- ↑ Albertazzi and McDonnell, p. 123.
- ↑ Zaslove, Andrej (June 2008). "Here to Stay? Populism as a New Party Type". European Review. 16 (3): 319–336. doi:10.1017/S1062798708000288. S2CID 145702059.
- ↑ 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.
