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[[File:Bernie Sanders Rally Durham NC Speaking Right.jpg|right|thumb|[[Bernie Sanders]], a notable left-wing populist.]] | [[File:Bernie Sanders Rally Durham NC Speaking Right.jpg|right|thumb|[[Bernie Sanders]], a notable left-wing populist.]] | ||
'''Left-wing populism''' are [[Populism|populist]] tendencies which base their rhetoric around traditionally [[Leftism|left-wing]] topics and appeals to the oppressed segments of the [[Proletariat|working class]]. Left-wing populism is counter to [[Marxism]] in that it often bases itself on non-class rhetoric which denies the need for [[socialist revolution]] and a [[Dictatorship of the proletariat|proletarian dictatorship]], often seeking to work solely within the framework of [[bourgeois democracy]]. | '''Left-wing populism''' are [[Populism|populist]] tendencies which base their rhetoric around traditionally [[Leftism|left-wing]] topics and appeals to the oppressed segments of the [[Proletariat|working class]]. Left-wing populism is counter to [[Marxism]] in that it often bases itself on non-class rhetoric which denies the need for [[socialist revolution]] and a [[Dictatorship of the proletariat|proletarian dictatorship]], often seeking to work solely within the framework of [[bourgeois democracy]]. | ||
<blockquote>“Left-wing populism is historically different from socialist or social democratic movements. It is not a politics of class conflict, and it doesn’t necessarily seek the abolition of capitalism. It is also different from a progressive or liberal politics that seeks to reconcile the interests of opposing classes and groups. It assumes a basic antagonism between the people and an elite at the heart of its politics.” | |||
—John B. Judis, a liberal writer, The Populist Explosion (2016), p. 15.</blockquote> | |||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
* [[Right-wing populism]] | * [[Right-wing populism]] | ||
[[Category:Left-wing tendencies]] | [[Category:Left-wing tendencies]] | ||
Revision as of 18:39, 27 July 2025
Left-wing populism are populist tendencies which base their rhetoric around traditionally left-wing topics and appeals to the oppressed segments of the working class. Left-wing populism is counter to Marxism in that it often bases itself on non-class rhetoric which denies the need for socialist revolution and a proletarian dictatorship, often seeking to work solely within the framework of bourgeois democracy.
“Left-wing populism is historically different from socialist or social democratic movements. It is not a politics of class conflict, and it doesn’t necessarily seek the abolition of capitalism. It is also different from a progressive or liberal politics that seeks to reconcile the interests of opposing classes and groups. It assumes a basic antagonism between the people and an elite at the heart of its politics.” —John B. Judis, a liberal writer, The Populist Explosion (2016), p. 15.