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'''Hard left''' is political and perjorative<ref name="Wilson1996">{{cite book|author=John Wilson|title=Understanding Journalism: A Guide to Issues|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=axT2G0W9sl0C&pg=PA203|year=1996|publisher=Psychology Press|isbn=978-0-415-11599-5|page=203|quote=Condemnation by label is a favourite tactic of political antagonism...Descriptions like 'hard left', 'far left' ... all have extra connotations, political under-meanings to damage the people they describe}}</ref> term similar in meaning to ''[[far left]]''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/hard-left_1|title=hard-left (ˈhɑːdˌlɛft)}}</ref> and often used in contrast with the ''[[soft left]]'',<ref name="Alexander2002">{{cite book|author=Gerard Alexander|title=The Sources of Democratic Consolidation|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Z15RTQUM3_4C&pg=PA75|date=1 January 2002|publisher=Cornell University Press|isbn=0-8014-3947-7|page=75}}</ref> particularly when discussing [[Multi-tendency|political tendencies]] within the [[Labour Party (UK)|UK Labour Party]] and is used to describe the [[British Left |
'''Hard left''' is political and perjorative<ref name="Wilson1996">{{cite book|author=John Wilson|title=Understanding Journalism: A Guide to Issues|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=axT2G0W9sl0C&pg=PA203|year=1996|publisher=Psychology Press|isbn=978-0-415-11599-5|page=203|quote=Condemnation by label is a favourite tactic of political antagonism...Descriptions like 'hard left', 'far left' ... all have extra connotations, political under-meanings to damage the people they describe}}</ref> term similar in meaning to ''[[far left]]''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/hard-left_1|title=hard-left (ˈhɑːdˌlɛft)}}</ref> and often used in contrast with the ''[[soft left]]'',<ref name="Alexander2002">{{cite book|author=Gerard Alexander|title=The Sources of Democratic Consolidation|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Z15RTQUM3_4C&pg=PA75|date=1 January 2002|publisher=Cornell University Press|isbn=0-8014-3947-7|page=75}}</ref> particularly when discussing [[Multi-tendency|political tendencies]] within the [[Labour Party (UK)|UK Labour Party]] and is used to describe the [[British Left]], both inside and outside the Labour Party.<ref name="AndersonMann1997">{{cite book|author1=Paul Anderson|author2=Nyta Mann|title=Safety First: The Making of New Labour|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qVKNAAAAMAAJ|date=January 1997|publisher=Granta Books|isbn=978-1-86207-070-7}}</ref> |
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The term has been used by Labour's political opponents, notably during the [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]]'s election campaigns of the early 1990s, and in the conservative media;<ref>{{cite book|author1=James Curran|title=Culture Wars: The Media and the British Left|publisher=Edinburgh University Press|date=29 July 2005|pages=196,209}}</ref> however, [[centre-left]] and non-[[Partisan (political)|partisan]] publications occasionally use the term.<ref>Use by BBC: |
The term has been used by Labour's political opponents, notably during the [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]]'s election campaigns of the early 1990s, and in the conservative media;<ref>{{cite book|author1=James Curran|title=Culture Wars: The Media and the British Left|publisher=Edinburgh University Press|date=29 July 2005|pages=196,209}}</ref> however, [[centre-left]] and non-[[Partisan (political)|partisan]] publications occasionally use the term.<ref>Use by BBC: |
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Hard left is political and perjorative[1] term similar in meaning to far left[2] and often used in contrast with the soft left,[3] particularly when discussing political tendencies within the UK Labour Party and is used to describe the British Left, both inside and outside the Labour Party.[4]
The term has been used by Labour's political opponents, notably during the Conservative Party's election campaigns of the early 1990s, and in the conservative media;[5] however, centre-left and non-partisan publications occasionally use the term.[6]
The term hard left was sometimes used in the 1980s to describe Trotskyist groups such as the Militant tendency, Socialist Organiser and Socialist Action.[7] The hard left was more influenced by Marxism, while the soft left had a more gradualist approach to building socialism. Politicians commonly described as being on the hard left of the Labour Party include Derek Hatton, Ken Livingstone,[8] Dennis Skinner,[9] Eric Heffer[10] as well as a number of political parties and organisations on the British left, many of which are ordinarily described as far left.
See also
References
- ^ John Wilson (1996). Understanding Journalism: A Guide to Issues. Psychology Press. p. 203. ISBN 978-0-415-11599-5.
Condemnation by label is a favourite tactic of political antagonism...Descriptions like 'hard left', 'far left' ... all have extra connotations, political under-meanings to damage the people they describe
- ^ "hard-left (ˈhɑːdˌlɛft)".
- ^ Gerard Alexander (1 January 2002). The Sources of Democratic Consolidation. Cornell University Press. p. 75. ISBN 0-8014-3947-7.
- ^ Paul Anderson; Nyta Mann (January 1997). Safety First: The Making of New Labour. Granta Books. ISBN 978-1-86207-070-7.
- ^ James Curran (29 July 2005). Culture Wars: The Media and the British Left. Edinburgh University Press. pp. 196, 209.
- ^ Use by BBC:
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- "Kinnock attacks hard left", BBC World Service. 18 September 1998.
- Shepherd, Jessica. "NUT members decry rising influence of 'hard left' within teachers' union", The Guardian. 1 April 2013.
- Merill, Jamie. "Labour sets 100 staff to root out ineligible supporters as hard-left groups deny infiltrating election to support Jeremy Corbyn" The Independent. 8 August 2015.
- ^ Eric Shaw (1 January 1988). Discipline and Discord in the Labour Party: The Politics of Managerial Control in the Labour Party, 1951-87. Manchester University Press. p. 267. ISBN 978-0-7190-2483-2.
- ^ Hill, Dave (2002). Marxism Against Postmodernism in Educational Theory. Lexington Books. p. 188. ISBN 0739103466.
- ^ Andrew Roth (20 March 2001). "Dennis Skinner". The Guardian. Andrew Roth's parliament profiles.
- ^ Thorpe, Andrew (2008). A History of the British Labour Party (3rd ed.). Palgrave Macmillan. p. 228. ISBN 1137248157.