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New Leftist

  • a word derived from New Left.
    New Left
    noun
    a radical leftist political movement active especially during the 1960s and 1970s, composed largely of college students and young intellectuals whose goals included racial equality, de-escalation of the arms race, nonintervention in foreign affairs, and other major changes in the political, economic, social, and educational systems.

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Although never a New Leftist, the young Clinton was a “southern progressive” and “cautious radical,” the authors note, when he entered the Arkansas governor’s mansion in 1979.

From Slate Sep. 15, 2023

There is probably not even one so-called New Leftist who possesses all, or even most, of the beliefs you attribute to them.

From Time Magazine Archive

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