New Left

English

Proper noun

the New Left

1. (historical, politics) A broad political movement, mainly in the 1960s and 1970s, made up of activists in the Western world who campaigned for a range of reforms on issues such as civil and political rights, feminism, and the legalization of drugs.

   Coordinate term: New Right

   • 1968 July 5, “The ‘New Left’”, in The New York Times‎^[1], →ISSN:

     The New Left is a product of popular affluence and social change—once the revolutionary goals of the European Left; it does not arise from mass oppression.

   • 2014, Astra Taylor, chapter 4, in The People's Platform: Taking Back Power and Culture in the Digital Age, Henry Holt and Company, →ISBN:

     In theory the New Left wanted to remake society, but in practice old divisions of labor went unchallenged: men got all the glory, becoming leaders and spokespeople, while women were left with the dull office work, their efforts invisible behind the scenes.