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| | Left-wing politics - Encyclopedia.WorldSearch |
 | | In politics, left-wing, political left, leftism, or simply the left, are terms that refer (with no particular precision) to the segment of the political spectrum typically associated with any of several strains of socialism, social democracy, or liberalism (especially in the American sense of the word), or with opposition to right-wing politics. | | | For example, the Democratic Leadership Council (in which Bill Clinton was active) is generally considered to form the right wing of the U.S. Democratic Party (which outside the US is considered to be right of center), but in terms of the whole country he was generally perceived as being on the moderate left. | | | The terminology of left-right politics was originally based on the seating-arrangement of parliamentary partisans during the French Revolution. |
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| | Leftism |
| | In politics, left-wing, political left, or simply the left, are terms which refer (with no particular precision) to the segment of the political spectrum typically associated with any of several strains of socialism, | | | green politics is "on the left"; nonetheless, their economic policies can generally be considered left-wing, and when they have formed political coalitions (most notably in Germany, but also in local governments elsewhere), it has almost always been with groups that would generally be classified as being on the left. | | | Left wing can also refer to a player's position in sports such as soccer and ice hockey. |
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| | Fascism in Germany today |
| | Richard Stösss Politics against Democracy: Right-wing Extremism in West Germany is a discussion of the development of right-wing extremism in Germany between the end of World War II and 1989, the year the original German edition was published, from a liberal perspective. | | | The final chapters examine explanations of the rise of right-wing extremism in the east, their limits and the favourable circumstances for right-wing extremism in united Germany. | | | But, in the west, it also gives legitimacy to the idea of an anti-fascist movement, as opposed to exclusively state initiated measures against right-wing extremism which Stöss and most of the BMI authors advocate. |
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| | TAP: Vol 12, Iss. 21. Radical in the Center. Richard D. Kahlenberg. |
| | Campaign finance, says John Wilson, author of How the Left Can Win Arguments and Influence People, explains the central paradox of American politics: As voters have become more progressive--on civil rights, the environment, gender equality, and a host of other issues--both the Republican and Democratic Parties have shifted to the right. | | | The Radical Center: The Future of American Politics | | | This article may not be resold, reprinted, or redistributed for compensation of any kind without prior written permission from the author. |
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| | Political blog list |
| | Left of center blog on Politics and college life from west central Minnesota. | | | Open source software guru Eric Raymond is also a Libertarian, and slams the left and right equally in this recently rejuvenated weblog. | | | This is not your typical left vs. right blog. |
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| | JournalX |
| | Republican or Democrat, Nader or No Nader, and Left of Right, everyone is talking politics. | | | If the labor movement and the radical left more generally is able to revitalize itself in the next forty years, October 17, 2004 may be a date that perceptive historians point to as marking a turning point in American politics. | | | It's a real shame, because there is a great need for serious strategic analysis today, and the often dogmatic and sectarian quibbling over Kerry is a real obstacle to creating the kind of unified left that is so necessary in the United States. |
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| | The Spirit of Resistance Lives |
| | Since 1998, Z Video has produced over 50 videos on politics, economics, foreign policy, etc. These are available for personal, classroom, and organizing use. | | | The above link accesses the current table of contents and you can access the rest from there. | | | ZMI is a nine day school held every other year providing classes in alternative media skills, mainstream media, organizing skills, and radical theory, strategy, and vision. |
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| | Left wing -- Britannica Student Encyclopedia |
| | After Sun's death in 1925 his widow remained involved in Nationalist politics and stayed with the left wing... | | | a term that today refers to politically liberal beliefs, in contrast to politically conservative ones; sometimes used disparagingly in U.S. to describe extremism among liberal Democrats, as “right wing” is used to describe very conservative Republicans; in Europe the term includes radicals, Communists, Socialists, anarchists, and others; custom originated in French… | | | More results on "Left wing" when you join. |
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| | deseretnews.com Policy group tackles Utah's radical politics |
| | Political extremism in Utah comes from both the left and the right, but understanding both views could lead to lasting compromises. | | | Although Crim said he takes "heat from extreme left for this dialogue," he believes it is important for both sides of the political spectrum to work together and compromise. | | | Mero shared characteristics of the right-wing extremism of Utah politics: self-righteousness, an uncommonly angry mind, self-absorbed patriotism, irrational speculation, exclusivity, disdain for democracy, perversely worshipful view of America's Founding Fathers and disdain for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. |
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| | Welcome to TheologyWeb ~ Revolutionizing Theology Discussion |
| | Maybe this should be posted in a political discussion thread, but I guess it has to do with both, escathology AND politics: The Godly Must Be Crazy What do you think of that article? | | | A City Lies in Ruins, Along with the Lives of the Wretched Survivors by Michael Georgy in Fallujah and Kim Sengupta http://www.commondreams.org/headlines04/1115-01.htm After six days of intense combat against the Fallujah insurgents, US warplanes, tanks and mortars have left a shattered landscape... |
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| | Far right - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | The imprecise use of the terms "left" and "right" in politics, and there being no absolute consensus as to what the "archetypes" of left and right are, has led to a number of disputes over the proper usage of "far-right" and "far-left" other than as general terms of derision. | | | In his essay "Left and Right: the Prospects for Liberty" [1] and "Confessions of a Right-Wing Liberal" [2], Murray Rothbard even put libertarianism on the "left", claiming that conservatives are the right and socialists merely "middle-of-the road". | | | The terms "left" and "right" used in this way arose during the French Revolution. |
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| | Right-wing politics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | In politics, right-wing, the political right, or simply The Right, are terms that refer to the segment of the political spectrum often associated with any of several strains of conservatism, the religious right, and areas of classical liberalism, or simply the opposite of left-wing politics. | | | Some consider the political Right to include those forms of liberalism that emphasize the free market more than egalitarianism in wealth, but many free-market advocates, including most libertarians, share certain political ideologies with the left-wing and conceive of a two-dimensional political spectrum that they say more accurately portrays their political position. | | | Many libertarians do not consider themselves to be right wing and reject the traditional two-dimensional political spectrum, preferring to think in terms of liberty vs. authority rather than socialism vs. capitalism. |
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| | Right-wing politics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Those on the right are sometimes called "reactionary" by their opponents, a pejorative that first arose to refer to those whose politics was formed in reaction against the French Revolution, or more currently "wingnuts", derived from "right-wing nut". | | | For example, the Log Cabin Republicans align on the right in the context of the U.S.'s gay community, but generally appear within the Republican Party as part of the left wing of the party. | | | A more obscure strand of right wing thought, often associated with the original right wing from the times of monarchy, supports the preservation of wealth and power in the hands that have traditionally held them, social stability, and national solidarity and ambition. |
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| | Spark - Political Theory |
| | Introduction Feminism Marxism Left of Centre Politics Right of Centre Politics Extreme Right Wing Politics Political Theory | | | / Extreme Right Wing Politics / Political Theory / | | | Insanity refers to right wing sites which are so far out as to make you cry, which refer to any amount of government greater than anarchy as socialism, and which lean heavily towards paranoia and conspiracy theory. |
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| | Far-left - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | The far-left and the Radical Left often overlap in terms of belief, tactics, strategy and organizational affiliation, but the far-left is a more general term that can include groups and politics that the Radical Left in particular might explicitly oppose and denounce. | | | Sometimes the term "far left" is used pejoratively by those on the right wing to describe any view they perceive as hostile to capitalism. | | | In nations where Communist parties are not acceptable, like the United States, it can simply mean to the "Left of the most left-wing member of the legislature." "Far-Left" can also describe groups who support an intense "cultural revolution" on anti-traditional lines, like the most extreme thinkers in Radical Feminism. |
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| | Far-right - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | The imprecise use of the terms "left" and "right" in politics, and there being no absolute consensus as to what the "archetypes" of left and right are, has led to a number of disputes over the proper usage of "far-right" and "far-left" other than as general terms of derision. | | | More generally, the term has been applied to any stream of political thought that rejects democracy in favour of some form of elite rule (including monarchy, plutocracy and theocracy). | | | This page was last modified 10:27, 22 June 2005. |
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| | TAP: Vol 12, Iss. 17. Politics of Identity. Wendy Kaminer. |
| | That may sound obvious, but it challenges a fundamental premise of left-wing crusades for diversity: the belief that heterosexual women, lesbians and gays, and racial minorities are united by their respective histories of subordination, resulting in reliably liberal group-think (so long as they are true to themselves). | | | Voluntarism, the formation of political associations, can be divorced from identity politics. | | | This article may not be resold, reprinted, reproduced, adapted, distributed, publicly displayed, transmitted or copied in any way, in whole or in part (with the exception of individual, personal, non-commercial use) without prior written permission from the author. |
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| | NOW with Bill Moyers. Politics & Economy. Colombia/United States Timeline PBS |
| | Colombia has been embroiled in civil war for the past 38 years, involving the government, the military, right-wing paramilitaries, left-wing revolutionary guerillas, coca growers, drug traffickers, and the United States. | | | The United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC) is the umbrella organization for right-wing paramilitaries operating in the northern parts of the the nation. | | | Its primary mission is to overthrow the state and establish a communist-agrarian state. |
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| | The Progressive: Fury and fun. (right wing terrorism)(Editorial) @ HighBeam Research |
| | The thesis of the massive piece was helpfully spelled out on the jump-page title, The Radical Right has an Unlikely Soulmate in the Leftist Politics of the Sixties. | | | But everything's the left's fault, even the grotesque bombing by the far right, which claimed 167 Americans. | | | I wasn't particularly eloquent, and I was mad at myself for that, but I was even angrier because I sensed that the Times was about to publish a piece on the far right that would pin their violence on us, the left. |
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| | Alan Maass: Nader and the Politics of Lesser Evils |
| | The logic is self-defeating--preventing the U.S. left from ever developing a genuine political alternative outside the Democratic Party and allowing the Democrats to move ever rightward politically without fear of losing their liberal voting base. | | | This reasoning allows Democrats like Al Gore to position themselves just barely to the left of their Republican opponents, offering nothing to the party's liberal and working-class base but their claim to be the "lesser evil." | | | But votes for Pat Buchanan of the right-wing Reform Party were greater than George Bush's margin of defeat in Wisconsin, Oregon, Iowa and New Mexico in 2000--yet no one called Buchanan a "spoiler." |
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| | A Networked World: Networks |
| | For months the various left wing pundits have been fulminating and strategising in public and the Howard Dean campaign was developed, energised and then organised online as more and more people who have no other outlet for their political expression have found each other through blogs, aggregators and online tools such as meetup.com. | | | Fact is, this is a brutal time to be in GOoPer politics. | | | But American politics is about money at some level and, while the Dotcoms struggled to build a business case for being online, people like Dean, and other Open Source politicians have had no trouble at all. |
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| | Pat Ward Speaks Out |
| | Purely for the record, I am not right wing, left wing, liberal, religious, anti-religious, racist, homophobic, xenophobic, or politically correct. | | | He is particularly interested in archaeology, literature and international politics. | | | After working for many years in the gas industry he set up his own business, which he still runs today. |
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| | Pat Ward On...Politics |
| | As I say on my Home Page, I am not right wing, left wing, liberal, religious, anti-religious, racist, homophobic, xenophobic, or politically correct. | | | The Hijacking of Political Satire: Where is it now? | | | A look at the many-faceted society that is Britain today, with particular reference to historical examples. |
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| | The Electoral-Based Community |
| | THIS SEEMS LIKE A MAJOR MISCALCULATION, because the politics of the left-wing blogs are far out of the American mainstream. | | | Shortly thereafter, Durbin learned that the left-wing blogosphere was not won over by his charm offensive and that liberal bloggers far prefer substance (in this case, determined and unflinching opposition to the Bush war effort) to touching the hem of a senator's garment. | | | Where most of the 120 million Americans who voted in the last election bear a benign indifference to political matters, the left half of the blogosphere seethes with hatred for George W. Bush and his supporters. |
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| | Labourhistory |
| | Left Wing Communism, An Infantile Disorder, takes up this question in detail, and the documents of the early Comintern congresses contain a detailed account of the struggles that took place on this question, with the Russian Bolsheviks always on the side of participation in the mass Labor parties in the English-speaking countries. | | | The GLW editorial is obviously written primarily for internal consumption among the members and supporters of the DSP and the Socialist Alliance, relying on the fact that many of them are new to politics, and don't know much history. | | | NSW Socialist Left, these wage-freeze proposals were defeated due to the agitation of the NSW and Victorian Socialist Lefts. |
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| | Guns and Australian Society - Articles |
| | It is legitimised in much left-wing political activity, in the protests such as those that led to Indian independence from Britain, and celebrated in modern liberal values on the environment, race and sexuality. | | | Guns and Politics in Australian Society collecting articles to establish a broad picture of the politics of guns. | | | In politics though, police efforts are reactionary, over-prescriptive and challenge Australians to defend their freedoms. |
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| | Disengagement Turns Israeli Politics Upside Down - by Ferry Biedermann |
| | But moderate Palestinians and left-wing Israelis still support the plan not because they trust Sharon or believe in unilateral steps, but first because any withdrawal from Palestinian territory should be welcomed, and secondly because such steps may create their own dynamic unintended by anybody involved. | | | The Oslo agreement makes Gaza and the West Bank one political unit. | | | The U.S. administration may not intend the disengagement plan to lead to further delays in the peace process, but it is such assurances that may lead Sharon to think he can achieve exactly that. |
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| | Twentieth Century Atlas - Death Tolls |
| | Take a look at three major histories of the Spanish Civil War and try to find which side was responsible for more political executions: Gabriel Jackson said it was the Right Wing with 200,000 killings, compared to 20,000 by the Left. | | | Stanley Payne put the heavier guilt on the Leftists: 72,000, compared to 35,000 killed by the Right. | | | Lethal Politics : Soviet Genocide and Mass Murder Since 1917 (1990), Does the same for the Soviet Union. |
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| | Left-wing politics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | In politics, left-wing, political left, leftism, or simply the left, are terms that refer (with no particular precision) to the segment of the political spectrum typically associated with any of several strains of socialism, social democracy, or liberalism (especially but not exclusively in the American sense of the word), or with opposition to right-wing politics. | | | Many Greens deny that green politics is "on the left"; nonetheless, their economic policies can generally be considered left-wing, and when they have formed political coalitions (most notably in Germany, but also in local governments elsewhere), it has almost always been with groups that would generally be classified as being on the left. | | | The UK political coalition RESPECT argue that anti-war feeling is key to the growth of the left while leading members of the French left-wing group ATTAC claim that to much focusing on the war will lead the left away from focus on economic issues. |
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