Radical left is a synonym for the "farthest left" of left-wing politics. It is also present in the names of several political movements, several which are not of the far-left:
- Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZA), a left-wing political party in Greece
- Det Radikale Venstre, a centrist social-liberal party in Denmark
- Radical Left (France), a liberal parliamentary group during the French Third Republic
- Radical Left Front, a former alliance of political parties in Greece
- Radical Party of the Left, a social-liberal party in France
- Radicals of the Left, a defunct green and social-liberal party in Italy
Famous quotes containing the words radical and/or left:
“Considering that, all hatred driven hence,
The soul recovers radical innocence
And learns at last that it is self-delighting,
Self-appeasing, self-affrighting,
And that its own sweet will is Heaven’s will;”
—William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)
“Belief is with them mechanical, voluntary: they believe what they are paid for—they swear to that which turns to account. Do you suppose, that after years spent in this manner, they have any feeling left answering to the difference between truth and falsehood?”
—William Hazlitt (1778–1830)