Best Leftist Groups and Movements

This is a historical movement in the US that was at its height in the 1950s and 1960s. It focused on ending segregation and discrimination against African Americans and other people of color. Its legislative achievements include the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Voting Rights Act of 1965, and the Fair Housing Act of 1968.

This movement focuses on reversing economic inequality by challenging corporate power and improving democracy. Supporters of this movement typically oppose major cuts to government social programs.

It originally started as Occupy Wall Street, then spread around the world. Its slogan is "we are the 99%," and it has been said to inspire people to support Bernie Sanders for president.

I agree with their goal, but some of the members in the group aren't all that good.

Medicare for All is both a policy and a movement in support of transforming the US healthcare system to something like Canada's healthcare system, in which the US government funds healthcare costs for everyone using tax revenues.

I'm into universal healthcare, but it concerns me that we don't have it yet.

I definitely agree with them. Many people are dying because they can't afford Medicare.

This was the "second wave" of feminism in the second half of the 20th century. It fought against sexism and male domination in societies around the world.

The animal rights movement fights for animals and against animal abuse, particularly in factory farming, which kills billions of animals every year.

Needs to be higher. It was because of this movement that women are allowed to vote in the US.

The labor movement took off in the 19th century in reaction to the terrible working conditions after the Industrial Revolution. Workers around the world (including the US) fought for strong unions, shorter workdays, a living wage, ending child labor, and safe, well-regulated working conditions.

This is a movement in support of increasing the minimum wage to $15 an hour, and they have succeeded in cities across the US.

While this movement is quite small, it is focused on liberating young people who are restricted by age of majority laws and prevented from exercising autonomy and participating in society. This movement was given a small boost by the youth-led gun safety movement March for Our Lives.

This movement believes in improving social, economic, and environmental conditions as a precondition for international trade, and in improving the economic power of exploited workers and marginalized developing countries.

This incipient movement is for banning government contracts for corporations that have a large wage gap between executives and the average worker.