New Left

The New Left is a term used in political discourse to refer to radical left-wing movements from the 1960s onwards. They differed from earlier leftist movements that had been more oriented towards labor activism, and instead adopted a broader definition of political activism commonly called social activism. The "New Left" was an intellectually driven movement which attempted to correct the perceived errors of "Old Left" parties in the post-WWII period. The movement began to wind down in the 1970s, when activists either committed themselves to party projects, developed social justice organizations, or became inactive in the movement.

External links

• Mills, C. Wright. Letter to the New Left. New Left Review. London, No. 5, September-October 1960. From Marxist Internet Archive. Retrieved April 26, 2005.
• Novack, George, writing as "William F. Warde". Who Will Change The World? The New left and the Views of C. Wright Mills. International Socialist Review New York, Volume 22, No. 3, pp. 67-79. 1961. Transcription/Editing: 2005 by Daniel Gaido. HTML Markup: 2005 by David Walters. George Novak Internet Archive. Retrieved April 26, 2005.