New Left
noun
: a political movement originating especially among students in the 1950s, favoring confrontational tactics, often breaking with older leftist ideologies, and concerned especially with antiwar, antinuclear, feminist, and ecological issues
new leftist
noun
often New Left
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One detour led me to Paul Krassner, a founding member of the Yippies, a radical (and radically goofy) New Left group.
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Kaitlyn Tiffany,
The Atlantic,
20 June 2026
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Kaitlyn Tiffany,
The Atlantic,
20 June 2026
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“New Left.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/New%20Left. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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