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The '''left–right political spectrum''' (also called a "'''uniform linear political spectrum'''") is a system of classifying political positions, [[wikipedia:Ideology|ideologies]] and [[Political party|parties]] from [[wikipedia:social equality|social equality]] on the left to [[wikipedia:Social stratification|social hierarchy]] on the right. The intermediate stance is called [[centrism]] and a person with such a position is a [[moderate]] or centrist. On this type of [[political spectrum]], [[#Left-wing politics|left-wing politics]] and [[#Right-wing politics|right-wing politics]] are often presented as opposed, although a particular individual or group may take a left-wing stance on one matter and a right-wing stance on another; and some stances may overlap and be considered either left-wing or right-wing depending on the ideology.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Milner|first=Helen|date=2004|title=Partisanship, Trade Policy, and Globalization: Is There a Left–Right Divide on Trade Policy|url=https://www.princeton.edu/~hmilner/forthcoming%20papers/ISQ_milner_judkins2004.PDF|journal=International Studies Quarterly|volume=48|issue=|pages=95–120|doi=10.1111/j.0020-8833.2004.00293.x|pmid=|accessdate=|via=}}</ref> In [[France]], where the terms originated, the left has been called "the party of movement" and the right "the party of order".<ref>Knapp & Wright, p. 10.</ref><ref>Adam Garfinkle, Telltale Hearts: The Origins and Impact of the Vietnam Antiwar Movement (1997). Palgrave Macmillan: p. 303.</ref><ref>"[http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/left Left (adjective)]" and "[http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/left?show=1&t=1325146819 Left (noun)]" (2011), ''Merriam-Webster Dictionary''.</ref><ref>Roger Broad, ''Labour's European Dilemmas: From Bevin to Blair'' (2001). Palgrave Macmillan: p. xxvi.</ref>
In the [[United States]], a 2005 [[wikipedia:Harris Insights & Analytics|Harris Poll]] of American adults showed that the terms ''left wing'' and ''right wing'' were less familiar to Americans than the terms "[[Liberalism|liberal]]" or "[[Conservatism|conservative]]".<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20100209185224/http://www.harrisinteractive.com/harris_poll/index.asp?PID=542 Political Labels: Majorities of U.S. Adults Have a Sense of What Conservative, Liberal, Right Wing or Left Wing Means, But Many Do Not], The Harris Poll #12 (February 9, 2005).</ref>
== Left-wing politics ==
{{wikipedia|Left-wing politics}}
{{wikipedia|Liberalism}}
{{wikipedia|American left}}
{{see also|Liberalism}}
{{ambox|text=The following was copied from English Wikipedia's "Left–right political spectrum" article; the [[wikipedia:Left–right political spectrum#United States]] section.<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Left%E2%80%93right_political_spectrum&oldid=1000589292</ref> Future versions should be less specific to the United States, and have fewer red links. -- [[User:RobLa|RobLa]] ([[User talk:RobLa|talk]]) 09:53, 16 January 2021 (UTC)}}
[[Wikipedia:Michael Kazin|Michael Kazin]] writes that the left is traditionally defined as the social movement or movements "''that are dedicated to a radically
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▲[[Michael Kazin]] writes that the left is traditionally defined as the social movement or movements "that are dedicated to a radically [[egalitarian]] transformation of society" and suggests that many in the [[American Left|left in the United States]] who met that definition called themselves by various other terms.<ref>Michael Kazin, ''American Dreamers: How the Left Changed a Nation'' (2011: First Vintage Books ed., 2012), p. xiv.</ref> Kazin writes that American leftists "married the ideal of social equality to the principle of personal freedom" and that contributed to the development of important features of modern American society, including "the advocacy of [[equal opportunity]] and equal treatment for women, ethnic and racial minorities, and homosexuals; the celebration of sexual pleasure unconnected to reproduction; a media and educational system sensitive to racial and gender oppression and which celebrates what we now call [[multiculturalism]]; and the popularity of novels and films with a strongly altruistic and [[anti-authoritarian]] point of view."<ref>Michael Kazin, ''American Dreamers: How the Left Changed a Nation'' (2011: First Vintage Books ed., 2012), p. xiii-xiv.</ref> A variety of distinct left-wing movements existed in American history, including [[Labor history of the United States|labor movements]], the [[Farmer-Labor]] movement, various [[democratic socialist]] and [[History of the socialist movement in the United States|socialist movements]], pacifist movements, and the [[New Left]].<ref>Michael Kazin, ''American Dreamers: How the Left Changed a Nation'' (2011: First Vintage Books ed., 2012), p. xix.</ref>
** [[wikipedia:equal opportunity]]
** [[wikipedia:multiculturalism]]
** [[wikipedia:anti-authoritarian]]
== Right-wing politics ==
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