what is radical-left politics?
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Communism would be a wonderful example of that.
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Assuming that you mean politically, here's my take, and I know this has change from how the sides used to be:\n\nliberal: progressive in introducing legislation to fix issues/problems, bigger government/more involvement, federal rights, higher taxes on rich to support the needs of the poor\n\nconservative: more status quo, states rights, less government involvement ("laissez-faire") especially federal, lower taxes for people to use their money to fix their own problems\n\nI'm usually a left-leaning moderate, so I generally have likes/dislikes about both sides.  Hope that helps.
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Yes and no. Yes because either criticism or slamming U.S. foreign policy is seen as a one way ticket to sitting with the radical left. No, Americans tend to overcome their sensitivity with humor or do not care much for different point of views. It seems everyone tends to walk on eggshells now a days.
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Don't despair.  All things in life are circular and cyclical. What does that mean?  Eventually the people with the greatest of political power/those in control will lose their status because of their success affords them more opportunity to fail and then they are thereby exposed.  The further things swing to right, the more they will eventually have to go to the left.  So, the more successful they are at advancing a far right extremist political agenda, the greater the eventual swing back to the left will be so maybe/probably one day National Health Care, equal marriage rights for all people, things which are tauted as extreme left positions will be seen as possible and fair.
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What is the ideology of the US Libertarian Party? I've not heard of it, but I'm from Europe so I may be able to help you out.
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The movement is more to the left.  It is a natural progression since the poor have been left out of the political process for years.  I don't like the leaders that are using this voter block because they are anti-US.
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to the poster above me, communism and liberalism are polar opposites in the economic and political spectrum. Liberalism is supported by free market capitalism. Communism, as defined by Marx, is the successful outcome of Marxism when the need for the State ends and the state is destroyed.\n\nTo answer your question, they seem to come from all walks of life. They're not fascists, at least not all of them. They are for the most part followers and will never act on their own. This explains their need for rightwing pundits to tell them what to do and what to think.
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Lefties are just liberals of any party\nindependants are the '3rd party' after democrats and republicans.\nThere are dozens or more, but the main ones would be:\nGreen - Ralph Nader and enviromentalists\nLibertarian - Government should protect borders and EVERYTHING else should be privatized.\nThere are too many more to list here
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Log on to http://politicalcompass.jpagel.net/\n\nLiberal has many definitions, just ask Merriam-Webster. But the answer you are looking for is "left-winger" or "socialist".\n\nOn the economic scale, liberals prefer government authority to intervene and engineer the economy, to take private property through taxation and the rights of the individual through regulation, in order to create a more "fair" society. This means if I own a business, and you own nothing, you are somehow entitled to the money I earn.\n\nOn the social scale, liberals prefer less government authority, in other words, they wish to legalize all behavior which is considered to be immoral and is currently illegal. (such as the use of hard drugs, all forms of gambling, all forms of sexual perversion). On the one hand, they like government intervention when it suits thier pocketbook, but they dislike it when the government restricts thier addictive behaviors.\n\nThese definitions may seem to have a conservative bias to them. However, we are only speaking in generalities. There are "liberal" groups which I support, such as People for the ethical treatment of animals (PETA), and non-biased environmentalist groups. I also do not support government regulation of our freedom of speech.\n\nSome would consider the so-called right to be liberal, because conservatives are in favor of the free market, or laizee-faire (sp?) capitalism. They support the right to own private property and engage in private business. Privacy is a very liberal concept, whereas statism (public regulation) is a very communist (authoritarian) concept.\n\nAnd while most conservatives frown on many different kinds of immoral behavior, we all support the presumption of innocence, the right to a fair and speedy trial, the right to an attorney, the right to appeal, the right to a jury of your peers, and all other constitutional rights, which makes us the most progressive people on the planet, unless you consider child pornography or drug abuse "progress" or "enlightened".\n\nThat might help you understand the difference between left-wing authoritarianism and liberalism, as well as the difference between the so-called left and the so-called right.\n\nLiberals, before you attack me, go to the link provided above, and fill out the simple questionaire. On the political spectrum, I am an absolute centrist, not left-winger or a right-winger, nor am I an authoritarian nor a libertarian. Therefore I am neither extremist nor biased.\n\nThere is no such thing as a simple dichotomy between liberals and conservatives. The fact is, the definitions overlap all too frequently to declare one to be completely opposed to the other.\nThere is more to politics than "Democrat good, Republican bad".\n\nIf you are a moderate you support neither extreme liberalism nor extreme communism (they are directly opposed, one supports total freedom, the other total government), which would make you a conservative, which definiton means "moderate" or "rational". I would define conservatism as centrism and objectivism (look it up).\n\nThis does not mean all people who are labeled "conservative" are moderate or rational. There are plenty of theocrats out there who believe that thier view of God and only thier view should be law. There are plenty of "conservatives" who are actually libertarians who want to legalize and deregulate everything, which would be both a disaster for the environment, and for our moral standards.\n\nFootnote:\nIf all you can do is attack me for my opinion, then you are not a liberal, because liberals are supposed to be open-minded and tolerant people. Why so much hatred, then? I don't hate liberals. I just disagree with political extremism on the left and the right.
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The left wing is socialistic and views it as the government's responsibility to redistribute wealth to help the poor.  The right wing views capitalism as an important motivator for a productive economy and does not want the government to interfere with private business.  The left wing views the government as the solution to economic problems while the right wing views government interference in the economy as a bad thing and that economic problems are best solved without government intervention.  Of course nearly everyone is somewhere in between the two edges of the political spectrum.
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An anarchists dream come true.\n\nThis is more like it.\n\nThe Liberal Agenda\n\n•attack American traditions, specifically Christian traditions and the traditional American family\n•engage in "get-even" policies that support discrimination when it benefits historically disadvantaged groups\n•punish and/or discourage achievement through taxation and fiscal policies\n•use the rulings of the Judicial branch of the government as de facto law, irrevocable by anything short of Constitutional amendment or a future court ruling, thus bypassing the legislative process. Roe V. Wade is the most frequently cited example of "judicial activism". (48 million dead and counting)\n•weaken the military strength and morale of the country by vilifying the practice of armed combat and hesitating to use force when it appears necessary\n•use regulatory bodies over private enterprise to accomplish social goals and restrict competition (government, education, labor and health care)\n•establish secular and progressive social policy, including support for gay marriage, abortion, liberal drug policy, euthanasia and prostitution legalization.\n•implement a foreign policy supporting the selected protection of human rights and multiculturalism through activism, social intervention and violence (social anarchism)
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CENTRIST\n\n \n\nCENTRISTS espouse a "middle ground" regarding government\n\ncontrol of the economy and personal behavior. Depending on\n\nthe issue, they sometimes favor government intervention\n\nand sometimes support individual freedom of choice.\n\nCentrists pride themselves on keeping an open mind,\n\ntend to oppose "political extremes," and emphasize what\n\nthey describe as "practical" solutions to problems.\n\n \n\nFunny, but I always have to be in the "middle".
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Political pluralism refers simply to there being a plurality of political stances. For instance in America, there are liberals, conservatives, populists, communists, socialists, libertarians etc.
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what does this have to do with politics?
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Progressivism is any school of thought that advocates moderate or radical change to political institutions and policies.  In other words, it's a synonym for one of the various meanings of the word "liberal."\n\nDon't plagiarize this for your paper!
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In Britain, left wing idealogy, overtook common sense years ago. Now we are under threat. Thankyou politicians.
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Liberal Party is the name of dozens of political parties around the world. It usually designates a party that is ideologically liberal, meaning that they advocate individual rights and civil liberties, and sometimes left wing, meaning that they are egalitarian and believe in the redistribution of wealth from rich to poor. However, there are also many Liberal Parties which subscribe to classical liberalism and therefore support a mostly unregulated free market, or who are actually more conservative in nature than their opponents, or whose views are right wing, libertarian, or difficult to categorise.