Left-wing politics

Left-wing politics is a kind of politics that supports social equality and egalitarianism.

What a person means by left-wing depends on where the person lives. In Western Europe, Canada, Australia and New Zealand, left-wing politics is often associated with social democracy and democratic socialism.

• Democratic socialism
• Eco-socialism
• Left-wing libertarianism
• Social democracy
• Socialism

• Egalitarianism
• Democracy
• Human rights
• Secularism
• Social equality
• Labor rights / workers' rights

• Buhle, Mari Jo; Buhle, Paul; Georgakas, Dan (1998). Encyclopedia of the American Left. Oxford University Press, USA. ISBN 978-0-19-512088-2.
• Lin Chun, The British New Left, Edinburgh : Edinburgh Univ. Press, 1993
• Eley, Geoff (2002). Forging Democracy: The History of the Left in Europe, 1850-2000. Oxford University Press, USA. ISBN 0-19-504479-7.
• Marxism on Terrorism Archived 2012-07-20 at the Wayback Machine by John Molyneux
• Terrorism and Communism by Karl Kautsky
• Leftism in India Archived 2012-02-22 at the Wayback Machine

• Right-wing

• The Marxists Internet Archive (a free online Marxist library)
• Leftist Parties of the World Archived 2019-07-01 at the Wayback Machine List of present-day leftist parties and organizations of the world, with links to their websites.

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