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• n  the ideology of the political left; belief in or support of the tenets of the political left

• Feelings of inferiority are characteristic of modern leftism as a whole, while oversocialization is characteristic only of a ce rtain segment of modern leftism; but this segment is .
• Perhaps an even more important factor is populist backing: leftism is on the rise again in Latin America for a reason, namely the burgeoning feeling around the region that a decade .
• Leftism is not a religion in the strict sense because leftist doctrine does not postulate the existence of any supernatural being.

News & Articles

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• Among China’s students, some hope for a return to Mao-era policies
  On the campus of Beijing Normal University, professors say they?ve noticed a trend that worries them: students embracing radical leftism. They advocate a return to the socialist state that Communist… Click to Continue »
  Aug. 6, 2013 - McClatchy Washington Bureau

Quotes

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• NR Narayana Murthy in Lanka Business Online
  I was a strong socialist. By the end of 1970 I got to the conclusion that leftism is just bogus. Socialism in India is meaningless. Creation of jobs requires entrepreneurship,the soft-spoken Murthy said.
• John Linder in Atlanta Journal Constitution
  Linder said Chambliss should be elected to the Senate to "stand against an avalanche of leftism."
• Barry Rubin in Global Politician
  Indeed, as Rubin says, "the Syrian regime is no longer a secular government fighting Islamism but rather the main Arab state promoting it. The dictatorship shed its leftism in the 1970s and its secularism under Bashar."