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Left-wing fascism and
left fascism are terms that have been used to describe tendencies in
left-wing politics that contradict or violate the
progressive ideals with which the Left is usually associated, such as free speech.
Syntagmas such as
left-wing fascism provide shorthand labels, but they lack extensive scientific precision (both for and against), not the least due to the broad meaning of each of the components. Considering the general classification of
fascism as being on the
far right by some, crossovers may be expected according to the
extremes meet theory (
French:
Les extrêmes se touchent). The touching point between the
far left and the far right may be the use of power and/or
political terrorism."
".... it is dangerous to assume clear distinctions between left, centre and right, and that various combinations are possible. ...."left fascism" during later years of the European
Years of Lead, ...was rife with red-black terrorist groups such as the German
Rote Armee Fraktion (RAF) and the Italian
Red Brigades, which had mixed left- and right-wing influences. ..."left-wing fascism" in the United States, as in Europe, is capable of combining very different ideological strains into a political formula that has the potential for mass appeal. ....it operates through mystified language, attributes faults "everywhere and always in an imperial conspiracy of wealth, power or status", and uses
anti-Semitism as a pseudo-
populist tool.
".... a tenet of "
left-wing fascism" in the United States is a rejection of American ideals and the
democratic system,
and an assertion of socialism as an idealized abstraction. ...."left-wing fascists" uniquely examine socialism without comment on the activities in the
Soviet Union. He also argues that the potential strength of left-wing fascism, which he alleges was practiced by
Lyndon LaRouche's
National Caucus of Labor Committees (NCLC), is in the combination of motivating principles for development of a new fascist
social order. The effectiveness of the NCLC is seen in the success in building single-issue alliances with the far right and
anti-Semitic Liberty Lobby,
Black Muslim movements and conservative
Teamsters Union officials.
In the late 20th and early 21st centuries, the term
left fascism has been used to describe unusual hybrid political alliances.
[4] Historian
Richard Wolin has used the term
left fascism in arguing that some European intellectuals have been infatuated with
post-modernist or anti-
enlightenment theories, opening up the opportunity for cult-like, irrational, anti-democratic positions that combine characteristics of the Left with those of fascism.
[5] Bernard-Henri Lévy, a philosopher and journalist, calls this political hybrid
neo-progressivism,
new barbarism or
red fascism. Lévy argues that it is anti-
liberal,
anti-American,
anti-imperialism, anti-Semitic and pro-
Islamofascist.
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