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Key Points. Far-left groups in the United States in the 20th century largely focused on issue-specific causes such as Puerto Rican independence or environmentalism. Modern far-left groups largely focus on social justice issues. such as racial equality and immigration rights.
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Key Points. Far-left groups in the United States in the 20th century largely focused on issue-specific causes such as Puerto Rican independence or environmentalism. Modern far-left groups largely focus on social justice issues such as racial equality, immigration rights, and abortion.
Far-left politics, also known as the extreme left, are politics further to the left on the left–right political spectrum than the standard political left. The term does not have a single, coherent definition; some scholars consider it to be the left of communist parties, while others broaden it to include the left of social democracy.
From the mid-1990s, white supremacy and anti-government extremism would be the two most important segments of the American far right, each encompassing multiple movements of their own. The far right also contains several single-issue movements—movements centered around one narrow cause.
What explains support for far right parties, or the mobilizing capacity of far right organizations? Why do some activists turn to violence to achieve political ends? When, and how, does the internet play a role in radicalization? How do democracies prevent and counter far right motivated violence?
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Jun 30, 2022 · This piece explores the origins of the concept of right-wing political positions and how scholars and researchers have used differing theoretical and disciplinary frameworks to best explain how social movements, like populism, transform into sources of political violence.
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Far-left extremism in the United States largely centers around the notion of correcting an injustice but is otherwise broad in its ideological catchment. In the 20th century, U.S. left-wing extremism was synonymous with either communism or causes such as environmentalism.
