Leftist politicians and sympathizers were discriminated against and often fired from work.

Leftist critics usually argued that the United States itself created a " moral equivalence " when some of its actions, such as President Ronald Reagan's support for the Contra insurgency against the Sandinista government in Nicaragua, put it on the same level of immorality as the Soviet Union.

The collapse of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold War put practically all Leftist parties in Europe on the defensive, and made neoliberal reforms the order of the day, many Eurocommunist parties split, with the Right factions ( such as Democratici di Sinistra or Iniciativa per Catalunya ) adopting social democracy more whole-heartedly, while the Left strove to preserve some identifiably Communist positions ( Partito della Rifondazione Comunista or PSUC viu / Communist Party of Spain ).

Leftist and socialist groups included the Provisional Irish Republican Army, the Basque Fatherland and Liberty, the Umkhonto We Sizwe, the Polisario Front, the Palestine Liberation Organization and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, while others were on the Far Right such as the Moro National Liberation Front.

Leftist groups have also criticized Ramos for his economic reforms such as privatization, deregulation and trade liberalization, claiming that the economic growth posted during his presidency was " artificial.

" Leftist " ideologies, such as American liberalism, socialism and communism, are arranged by Pournelle in the upper right-hand quadrant of high state control and high rationalism.

Leftist websites such as Utopia, Red China, and Maoflag were full of angry commentary over Bo's dismissal.

Buchman believed that both fascism and communism had their roots in materialism, which he called " the mother of all ' isms '" and, as such, materialism was democracy's greatest enemy: " People get confused as to whether it is a question of being Rightist or Leftist.

It counted among its supporters Indian Leftist author Arundhati Roy and United Nations Assistant General Secretary Denis Halliday, though consciously avoids a hierarchical structure.

Though the radical Leftist movement has seen many ideological splits since late 70s, naxalism continues to inspire a number of Leftist groups across the country.

Leftist historians like Bernt Engelmann, on the other hand, have argued that organized communism was not yet politically relevant in Germany at the time.

According even to a Leftist scholar like James Petras, the MST is undoubtedly a modernizing social movement, in that his main goal is to convert fallow states into viable units producing a marketable surplus-" to occupy, resist and produce ", as the movement's own motto goes.

While Foucault himself was deeply involved in a number of progressive political causes and maintained close personal ties with members of the far-Left, he was also controversial with Leftist thinkers of his day, including those associated with various strains of Marxism, proponents of Left libertarianism ( e. g. Noam Chomsky ) and Humanism ( e. g. Jürgen Habermas ), for his rejection of what he deemed to be Enlightenment-derived concepts of freedom, liberation, self-determination and human nature.

On September 12, 1949, in response to Robeson's controversial status in the press and Leftist affiliations, National Maritime Union convention considered a motion that Robeson's name be removed from the union ’ s honorary membership list ; the motion was withdrawn for lack of support among members.

As a result, the parliamentary elections due to be held later that year were boycotted by a group of four political societies ; Al Wefaq, a Shia Islamist group, thought to be the most popular political society in the country, National Democratic Action, the largest Leftist political society, Islamic Action Society, a marginal Shia Islamist society, and the Nationalist Democratic Rally Society, a marginal Arab Nationalist society.

The Leftist political parties have made strong representations to the civil aviation ministry to allow Begumpet airport to continue to be used for low cost civil aviation purposes for which it seems ideally suited.

" Pink tide " is a term being used in contemporary 21st century political analysis in the media and elsewhere to describe the perception that Leftist ideology in general, and Left-wing politics in particular, are increasingly influential in Latin America.

Other represented parties are the Portuguese Communist Party ( 16 MPs ), the Green Party ( 2MPs ) and the Leftist Bloc ( 8MPs ) all to the left of the governing coalition.

Hacking observes, " the label ' social constructionism ' is more code than description " of every Leftist, Marxist, Freudian, and Feminist PostModernist to call into question every moral, sex, gender, power, and deviant claim as just another essentialist claim — including the claim that members of the male and female sex are inherently different, rather than historically and socially constructed.

* Hong Kong – Fireworks are banned for security reasons – some speculate a connection between firework use and the 1967 Leftist Riot.

Leftist political and anti-colonialist issues in Iraq, Palestine, Haiti, Cuba, Latin America, the Philippines, Korea and elsewhere around the world are of particular interest to the IAC.

Cui Zhiyuan, a leading New Leftist intellectual, believes that it is imperative that socialism and capitalism are not viewed as opposing one another.

Both groups claimed the name " Japan Socialist Party " and are known as the Rightist Socialist Party of Japan and Leftist Socialist Party of Japan, respectively.

Both groups claimed the name " Japan Socialist Party " and are known as the Rightist Socialist Party of Japan and Leftist Socialist Party of Japan, respectively.

Volksfront's website states that it does not tolerate illegal activity, and asserts that " It is a fact that Volksfront members are far less likely per capita to commit any crime than members of the United States Congress or radical Leftist organizations.

But we should add a major new component to our strategy: the conservative movement is now mature enough to sustain a counteroffensive on that last Leftist redoubt, the college campus ... We are now strong enough to establish a contemporary presence for conservatism on campus, and contest the Left on its own turf.

Most of the women are running for Leftist parties or as independents, with no Islamist party being represented by a woman, although salafist party Asalah is the only group to publicly oppose women's candidature in parliamentary elections.

Leftist trees are advantageous because of their ability to merge quickly, compared to binary heaps which take Θ ( n ).

Both films star Robert De Niro and espouse a Leftist revolutionary viewpoint common to their era.

Leftist filmmakers Joris Ivens and Henri Storck directed Borinage ( 1931 ) about the Belgian coal mining region.

Leftist economic beliefs range from Keynesian economics and the welfare state through industrial democracy and the social market to nationalization of the economy and central planning.

* Marxism, Liberalism, And Feminism ( Leftist Legal Thought ) New Delhi, Serials ( 2010 ) by Dr. Jur.

However, from the very beginning in Iran, Ibrahim Ahmad's Leftist politics, " intellectualism ", and support for Qazi Muhammad put him at odds with the faction of the KDP loyal to Mulla Mustafa Barzani and his traditionalist-conservative tribal support base.

The election of Árbenz alarmed U. S. State Department officials, who stated that Arana " has always represented < nowiki ></ nowiki > only positive conservative element in < nowiki ></ nowiki > Arévalo administration ", that his death would " strengthen Leftist < nowiki ></ nowiki > materially ", and that " developments forecast sharp leftist trend within < nowiki ></ nowiki > government.

Despite a holiday trip to the Soviet Union in 1936, he remained unsympathetic to the popular-front, Leftist politics of many of his literary and critical contemporaries.

Leftist political elements, led by resurgent Indonesian Communist Party ( PKI ) under Musso took advantage of public disaffections by launching rebellion in Madiun, East Java, on 18 September 1948.

The Spectator described her as, " at heart, an old, isolationist, pacifist Leftist " and called on her to resign, and the New Statesman accused her of allowing the Foreign Office to become subservient to 10 Downing Street after the tenures of Jack Straw and Robin Cook.

During the Hong Kong 1967 Leftist Riots, the then Form 6 pupil Tsang Tak-sing was expelled from the school and prosecuted for distributing leaflets promoting Communism and Public order crime.

The First Route Army, north of Nanking in Jiangsu Province ; the Second Route, to the west of the First and centered around the city of Xuzhou, and the Third on the west of Xuzhou closer to Wuhan in the South, protecting against any intervention by the Leftist Wuhan forces.

President Rene Preval on his campaign for his second terms vow on his Maillages Routiers to rebuild the majority of those roads that was disintegrate rapidly and build new one that will enable the country to move forward ; when he could not get fund from the world Bank went Literally and beg Foreign donor for assistant which was heavily criticize by many politicians in the media, but was greatly embrace by a population desperate to see road pave come in to their town.

The media received more freedom to criticize politicians and governments, while revolutionary and socialist movements became more apparent.

Adherents commonly criticize politicians who identify as pro-life but nevertheless oppose funding for pre-natal vitamins, child nutrition programs, or universal health care.

Generally more left-wing in their approach to current events than their mother party, Jusos tend to criticize leading politicians, whatever their affiliation.

In the present day, Sebastianism is used by some intellectuals and politicians in Portugal to criticize the Portuguese society in general and in particular fields such as the economy, saying it is Sebastianist, that is, they are assuming Sebastian will return and solve all their problems so they can ignore them.

's statement indicates some less trivial differences between the groups: they criticize UFPJ for its willingness to embrace even moderate politicians, such as John Murtha and conservative politicians like Ron Paul, who are disaffected with the war, while A. N. S. W. E. R.

Andrew Sullivan takes nominations on his blog for the Yglesias Award, a tongue-in-cheek honor " for writers, politicians, columnists or pundits who actually criticize their own side, make enemies among political allies, and generally risk something for the sake of saying what they believe.

In the history of the United States, " waving the bloody shirt " refers to the practice of politicians referencing the blood of martyrs or heroes to criticize opponents.