Left-wing populism
Left-wing populism, also called social populism, is a political ideology that is a combination of left-wing politics with populism. 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
An Occupy Wall Street sign with the 99% slogan, a left-wing populist movement
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. Here to Stay? Populism as a New Party Type. European Review 16 (3) (June 2008). p. 319–336. doi:10.1017/S1062798708000288.
- ↑ Roth, Silke. Introduction: Contemporary Counter-Movements in the Age of Brexit and Trump. Sociological Research Online 23 (2) (17 April 2018). p. 496–506. doi:10.1177/1360780418768828.
- ↑ Hartleb, Florian. Rechts- und Linkspopulismus. Eine Fallstudie anhand von Schill-Partei und PDS (in de) (2004)Wiesbaden. p. 162.
