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Trans movement

Given that increasing numbers of women who describe themselves as liberal and feminist are rejecting trans extremism, isn't it time we started regarding trans activists as far left? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 36.11.228.207 (talk) 09:40, 11 April 2022 (UTC)

Then you have to start by changing Transgender rights movement and explaining when the word liberal (or feminist for that matter) started to mean far left. Doug Weller talk 10:51, 11 April 2022 (UTC)

I don't see any connection between the transgender movement and the Left. Leading supporters include Chelsea Clinton, George Clooney, Whoopi Goldberg and Caitlyn Jenner, all of whom are on the right of the Democratic Party or in Jenner's case are Republican. Meanwhile, Kim Jong un remains silent on the issue. If it's extremism, it's far center politics, if the term has any meaning. It ties in with centrist politics. Their focus is the freedom of the individual, which is how the debate is presented. TFD (talk) 15:54, 12 April 2022 (UTC)

Wiki Education assignment: Introduction to Policy Analysis

This article was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment, between 28 March 2022 and 30 May 2022. Further details are available on the course page. Peer reviewers: Jnicholls02.

The lead section is comprehensive and accurately explains the varying definitions of far-left politics. The lead also mentions the article's major sections and does not include any information not found later in the article. The lead is concise and does not include unnecessary text. The content of the article is relevant to the topic, does not include irrelevant information, and is up to date. This article does not deal with one of Wikipedia's equity gaps. The article is neutral in its tone and does not try to persuade the reader one way or another. All aspects of far-left politics are represented. All facts presented are backed up by reliable second-hand sources that are mostly current. The authors are somewhat diverse, though they tend to lean male and Eastern European in origin. There are not better sources available and all the links work as intended. The article is well written and organized, and is free of grammatical and spelling mistakes. There are no images on this page, and the addition of them would strengthen the article. The discussions in the Talk tab are all about semantics or an extreme opinion that gets taken down by other writers. This article is C-Class and part of the Politics Wiki Project. The way that Wikipedia addresses these issues is similar to the way we address them in class, in both cases the information is presented in a concise and unbiased format. However, in class we study specific events or ideas more closely than in the article. The article's overall status is average, but could certainly use some work. The article's strengths are that it is comprehensive and unbiased. The article could be improved by adding more information about specific far-left militant groups and terrorist groups. While noted, they are not discussed in depth. The article should also discuss far-left parties in more detail. The article is underdeveloped, but with a few additions could become a completed piece. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jnicholls02 (talk • contribs) 00:28, 3 May 2022 (UTC)

political repression, indoctrination, xenophobia, and mass killings

Nothing in the main prose about any of this, yet the lead states: "In addition, governments ruled by political parties who either self-describe or are identified by scholars as far-left have caused political repression, indoctrination, xenophobia, and mass killings." This reads like an MOS:OP-ED/WP:AWW where an editor has made the statement, and then dumped three cites at the end, pointing to scholars who have mentioned involvement in political repression, indoctrination, xenophobia, and mass killings. We need a secondary that states "governments ruled by political parties who either self-describe or are identified by scholars as far-left have caused political repression, indoctrination, xenophobia, and mass killings" otherwise this is as good as WP:OR. But, if it's not dealt with in the main body at all, it shouldn't be in the lead. Acousmana 17:11, 17 July 2022 (UTC)

I agree. And which political parties that formed governments ever self-described themselves as far left? TFD (talk) 04:06, 30 September 2022 (UTC)

WikiProjects of interest

I reverted this edit to the WikiProject banners because the same changes were previously reverted by Ohnoitsjamie and no discussion has taken place to justify this inclusion of additional WikiProjects. I fail to see how the inclusion of banners for both WikiProject Crime and WikiProject Terrorism are relevant to this article when this article distinguishes the subject from Left-wing terrorism. One needs to draw the line somewhere and, to me, the descent of a political belief into criminal activity to achieve political ends marks the boundary of the topic in question. While this article might refer to Left-wing terrorism and various groups that have resorted to militant action, it doesn't explain why such criminal activity is, necessarily, part of the political belief system of the far-left, or even the far-right. The use of violence suggest to me that the politics has failed and the need for violence and terrorism is indicative of something else that is no longer political. - Cameron Dewe (talk) 02:44, 1 October 2022 (UTC)

comparison to Far-Left politics

There is no needed to include a comparison to Far-right politics in the introduction. Far-Right politics is already mentioned in See More section as a means of cross-pollination and education. Maintaining both the Far-Left and Far-Right introductions as commensurate stand-alone theses is needed to prevent perceived bias, as both sides are on the same ordinal political measurement system. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:646:8C01:6940:758A:E2B8:2142:376A (talk) 22:07, 30 September 2022 (UTC)

I have removed the reference and I request that it not be re-instated unless a consensus arises against that notion.Lmomjian (talk) 03:13, 5 October 2022 (UTC)

Editors continue to reinstate reference to far-right as an integral component of the opening paragraphs describing the far-left, I await their responses here on why that is necessary.Lmomjian (talk) 20:00, 6 October 2022 (UTC)

See the discussion below. — Czello 20:14, 6 October 2022 (UTC)