Meaning of New Left | Babel Free

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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.

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“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.”

“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.”

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