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<blockquote> ''<nowiki>'Ultra'</nowiki> redirects here. For ultra-capitalist sympathisers, see [[Far-right]].</blockquote> | <blockquote> ''<nowiki>'Ultra'</nowiki> redirects here. For ultra-capitalist sympathisers, see [[Far-right]].</blockquote> | ||
'''Ultra-leftism''' (sometimes abbreviated '''ultra''') is a derogatory label used by [[Marxism-Leninism|Marxist-Leninists]] or other [[Socialism|socialists]] to denounce other socialist or [[Marxism|Marxist]] ideologies as usually either [[Dogmatism|dogmatic]], [[Adventurism|adventurist]], or a left deviation. Ideologies which are commonly called ultra-leftist are mainly [[left communism]] but also include [[Trotskyism]], [[Hoxhaism]], and [[Maoism]]. The advocacy for [[Terrorism|terror]] is a common hallmark of ultra-leftism. | '''Ultra-leftism''' (sometimes abbreviated '''ultra''') is a derogatory label used by [[Marxism-Leninism|Marxist-Leninists]] or other [[Socialism|socialists]] (such as [[anarcho-communism|anarcho-communists]]) to denounce other socialist or [[Marxism|Marxist]] ideologies as usually either [[Dogmatism|dogmatic]], [[Adventurism|adventurist]], or a left deviation. Ideologies which are commonly called ultra-leftist are mainly [[left communism]] but also include [[Trotskyism]], [[Hoxhaism]], and [[Maoism]]. The advocacy for [[Terrorism|terror]] is a common hallmark of ultra-leftism. | ||
The term originated in the 1920s in the [[German Reich (1918–1933)|German]] and [[Kingdom of the Netherlands|Dutch]] workers movements, originally referring to a Marxist group opposed to both Marxism-Leninism and [[social democracy]], and with some affinities with [[anarchism]]. | The term originated in the 1920s in the [[German Reich (1918–1933)|German]] and [[Kingdom of the Netherlands|Dutch]] workers movements, originally referring to a Marxist group opposed to both Marxism-Leninism and [[social democracy]], and with some affinities with [[anarchism]]. | ||
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'Ultra' redirects here. For ultra-capitalist sympathisers, see Far-right.
Ultra-leftism (sometimes abbreviated ultra) is a derogatory label used by Marxist-Leninists or other socialists (such as anarcho-communists) to denounce other socialist or Marxist ideologies as usually either dogmatic, adventurist, or a left deviation. Ideologies which are commonly called ultra-leftist are mainly left communism but also include Trotskyism, Hoxhaism, and Maoism. The advocacy for terror is a common hallmark of ultra-leftism.
The term originated in the 1920s in the German and Dutch workers movements, originally referring to a Marxist group opposed to both Marxism-Leninism and social democracy, and with some affinities with anarchism.