New Left

English Proper noun New Left 1 en 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. en New Right en The ‘New Left’ The New York Times 1968-07-05 https://www.nytimes.com/1968/07/05/archives/the-new-left.html 0362-4331 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. https://web.archive.org/web/20250924144140/https://www.nytimes.com/1968/07/05/archives/the-new-left.html 24 September 2025 en w:Astra Taylor 4 The People's Platform: Taking Back Power and Culture in the Digital Age 2014 Henry Holt and Company 978-0-8050-9545-6 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. Translations political movement Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 新左翼 Finnish: fi uusvasemmisto en Leftism Liberalism