Left-wing populism
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.