Left-wing populism

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Top to bottom, left to right:
U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders campaigning in 2016; Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez in 2005; UK Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn in 2019; Colombian President Gustavo Petro in 2022.

Left-wing populism, also called social populism, is a

Socialist theory plays a lesser role than in traditional left-wing ideologies.[2][3]

democratic socialists, are examples of modern left-wing populist politicians in the United States.[8][9][10][11] With the rise of Syriza and Podemos during the European debt crisis, there has been increased debate on new left-wing populism in Europe.[12][13]

Traditionally, left-wing populism has been associated with the

social democratic positions.[19][20] Left-liberal economic populism appealing to the working class has been prominent in some countries, such as with Joe Biden of United States and Lee Jae-myung of South Korea, in the 2020s, where liberal and conservative parties are the main two parties.[21]

By country

Americas

Argentina

Néstor Kirchner (left) and Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (right) served as Presidents of Argentina from 2003–2007 and 2007–2015.

means-tested benefit to families with children who qualified for the subsidy, and progressive social reforms such as the recognition of same-sex marriage
.

Bolivia

The leadership of

Siles Zuazo practised left-wing populism[22] as well as that of former socialist President Evo Morales.[23]

Brazil

Lulism is a pragmatic

centre-left ideology to the extent that it is called "socialist neoliberalism",[24] but it appeals to a progressive, common-class image and also has populist elements in terms of popular mobilization.[25]

Ecuador

Rafael Correa, the former President of Ecuador, has stressed the importance of a "populist discourse" and has integrated technocrats to work within this context for the common Ecuadorians. Correa has blamed foreign non-governmental organizations for exploiting the indigenous people in the conflict between the indigenous peoples and the government.[26][27][28]

Mexico

Andrés Manuel López Obrador in 2018

The current governing party, the

National Regeneration Movement, is a left-wing populist party.[29]

United States

Bernie Sanders in 2020

The People's Party (United States), commonly known as the Populists, was a economically liberal movement, primarily agrarian in nature. They cast themselves in opposition to big business, particularly the railroads, and the political establishment controlled by them. It advocated for government intervention in the economy, such as the government ownership of railroads.[30][31]

radical movement.[33][34][35]

Meanwhile,

democratic socialists, are examples of modern left-wing populist politicians.[8][9][10][11] Sanders and Ocasio-Cortez's populist message tend to place the people in opposition to big business and the very wealthy. Ocasio-Cortez's Democratic primary victory over the establishment Democratic Caucus Chair Joe Crowley, a 10-term incumbent, was widely seen as the biggest upset victory in the 2018 midterm election primaries. The Nation magazine described Ocasio-Cortez as a "new rock star" who was "storming the country on behalf of insurgent populists."[36] Elizabeth Warren are also mentioned as a representative left-wing or liberal populist,[17][18][37] and Warren is sometimes evaluated as a social democrat.[19][20][38] Joe Biden is usually classified as a political moderate, but his economic policies occasionally have attracted the populist moniker.[39]

Venezuela

The presidency of Hugo Chávez resembled a combination of folk wisdom and charismatic leadership with doctrinaire socialism.[23]

Asia

Israel

Yesh Atid is a radical centrist or liberal party. In Israeli politics, "liberal" is not particularly a concept that is distinguished by left or right, but Yesh Atid is evaluated that it has a left-wing populist element in part. They criticize elitism that causes political corruption and demand a position on material redistribution.[14] However, Yesh Atid has an element of economic liberalism simultaneously.[40]

Tarō Yamamoto
in 2020. He is mentioned as a (left-wing) liberal-populist.

Japan

Tarō Yamamoto, is a representative Japanese left-wing populist movement. While he and his party use anti-established rhetoric, they are sometimes called "liberal populist". According to experts, Yamamoto uses a simple message to spotlight single individuals left behind, including people struggling with poverty or non-permanent employment, who used to devote themselves to radical conservatism.[15]

Reiwa Shinsengumi is also called a "progressive populist", because they are not rooted in the traditional Japanese socialist or Labor movement, but are

South Korea

South Korea's leftist political party, the

anti-neoliberalism and anti-imperialism. They support a national liberalist foreign policy hostile to Japan
.

Europe

Germany

Oskar Lafontaine, member of The Left

The Party of Democratic Socialism was explicitly studied under left-wing populism, especially by German academics.[57] The party was formed after the reunification of Germany, and it was similar to right-wing populists in that it relied on anti-elitism and media attention provided by charismatic leadership.[58] The party competed for the same voter base with the right-wing populists to some extent, although it relied on a more serious platform in Eastern Germany. This was limited by anti-immigration sentiments preferred by some voters, although the lines were, for example, crossed by Oskar Lafontaine, who used a term previously associated with the Nazi Party, Fremdarbeiter ("foreign workers"), in his election campaign in 2005.[58] The PDS merged into the Left Party in 2007.[59] The Left Party is also viewed as a left-wing populist party,[60] but it is not the basis of the party as a whole.

Greece

Alexis Tsipras of the Greek Syriza party

LGBT rights, Syriza is inclusionary. Syriza itself does not accept the label "populist".[61][62]

Italy

The Italian Five Star Movement (M5S), which became the largest party in the 2018 general election, has often been described as a big tent populist party,[63][64] but sometimes also as a left-wing populist movement;[65] the "five stars", which are a reference to five critical issues for the party, are public water, sustainable transport, sustainable development, right to Internet access, and environmentalism, typical proposals of left-wing populist parties.[66] However, despite its background in left-wing politics, the M5S has often expressed right-wing views on immigration.[67]

In September 2019, the M5S formed a government with the centre-left

government has been sometimes referred to as a left-wing populist cabinet.[70]

Netherlands

The

European superstate
.

Spain

Pablo Iglesias, leader of Podemos

The left-wing populist party

political establishment without taking sides in the regional political struggle.[73] In the 2015 election for the national parliament, Podemos reached 20.65% of the vote and became the third largest party in the parliament after the conservative People's Party with 28.71% and the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party with 22.02%. In the new parliament, Podemos holds 69 out of 350 seats, which has resulted in the end of the traditional two-party system in Spain.[74] In a November 2018 interview with Jacobin, Íñigo Errejón argues that Podemos requires a new "national-popular" strategy to win more elections.[75]

Left-wing populist political parties

Active left-wing populist parties or parties with left-wing populist factions

Represented in national legislatures

Not represented in national legislatures

See also

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  15. ^ . Sometimes regarded as a "liberal-populist" party, a new political party, Reiwa Shinsengumi, arose in a "riot" of people who believed they have been marginalized by Japanese capitalism and democracy.26 The party's charismatic leader, ... Yamamoto uses a simple message to spotlight single individuals left behind, including people struggling with poverty or non-permanent employment, who used to devote themselves to radical conservatism.
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