leftist


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Synonyms for leftist

a person who belongs to the political left

believing in or supporting tenets of the political left

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Those mothers in the Senate hearing mirror the sentiments of many families who have lost sons and daughters to the bankrupt ideology of these terrorists and leftist groups," he added.
Ano warned parents of the active recruitment of leftist organizations in schools and universities nationwide.
Cory Booker, the Arrogant Leftist. As narcissistic as Buttigieg is self-effacing, Booker must wonder if the presidency is a step down from the lofty heroism of Spartacus, with whom he claims comradeship.
Zionism was not always a dirty word for leftists. Communists and socialists alike supported the creation of Israel in 1948, denouncing the neofeudal Arab regimes that tried to destroy the new Jewish state.
In an emailed statement, NYC Chairman Ronald Cardema called on Reserve Officers' Training Corps officers to "to speak out, to be the voice of nationalism in colleges and universities, and to fight all NPA-allied Anti-ROTC youth leaders in their respective schools." In an online exchange, Cardema stressedthat he only meant unspecified "leftist groups allied with the leftist [New People's Army]" are opposing mandatory ROTC out of support for communist rebels.
Its proponents argue that the old working class is gone, taking with it the traditional base of the leftist parties united by class consciousness and by the institutions that supported it, from labour unions to choral societies and women's clubs.
#ElSalvador is under the control of a Pro-Maduro Pro-Ortega and Pro-#China leftist government that is always against the U.S.
It was the Leftists that were the early jiyala protagonists of the Party fully committed to the transformation of society on socialist lines.Efforts were made to achieve Leftist ideals through the influence of the Leftist ministers in Bhuttos Cabinets but within a few years either they were purged or forced to leave the Cabinets due to mounting ideological rifts and frustrations which are the focus of research of Dr Naumana Kiran, an historian of the Punjab University.
3( ANI ): With the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) inching closer to forming the government in the Left bastion of Tripura, Union Minister of Dharmendra Pradhan on Saturday said the people have chosen to end 25 years of Leftist misgovernance.
PTI Kathmandu Ahead of the provincial and the federal elections in Nepal, the ruling Nepali Congress is likely to announce a coalition of right-wing forces with some smaller parties to counter the grand leftist alliance.
Anarsonattempt left very minor damage at the Paris building where French presidential candidate Marine Le Pen has her headquarters, a police source said, and Le Pen accused leftist groups of the attack.
Israeli occupation prime minister, Benyamin Netanyahu, on Sunday gave speech to his right-wing supporters in Rabin square, Tel Aviv, saying that the election of a leftist government will be a serious threat to "Israel."
The university has in the last few weeks been the centre of violent clashes between leftist students denouncing the brutality of Islamic State (IS) jihadists and the group's sympathisers.
In general, Wistrich finds that contemporary leftist anti-Zionism entails contemporary leftist antisemitism, and argues that "whether intended or not, the 'anti-Zionist' campaign on the Left strikes not only at Israel but at the security and standing of allJews" (470).