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In reply to the discussion: What is the "hard left"? [View all]Voltaire2
(13,604 posts)organizations like the IWW. They were all "hard left" as they advocated revolution rather than reform.
The Socialist Party of America was probably the most politically successful marxist reform party of the same era and is an example of what is not the "hard left".
But that was a long time ago. There was a revival of the hard left in the 60's and 70's, with new marxist and anarchist organizations advocating for revolution rather than reform. There are still hard left organizations, but they have little influence. There are also obviously many leftist organizations and factions advocating reform - the Green Party, the progressive caucus in the House, Bernie Sanders and his supporters within the Democratic Party, etc.
Here on DU "hard left" appears to simply be a derogatory label with no particular meaning (like the revolution vs reform distinction I proposed) used to insult people one disagrees with.