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'''Ultra-leftism''' (Followers denoted as '''Ultra-leftist''' or sometimes '''Ultra''') is a derogatory label used by [[Marxism-Leninism|Marxist-Leninists]] or other [[Socialism|socialists]] to denounce other socialist or marxist ideologies as usually either [[Dogmatism|dogmatic]], [[Adventurism|adventurist]], or a 'left deviationist'. Ideologies which are commonly called ultra-leftist are [[Left communism|left communists]], but it can also include [[Trotskyism|trotskyists]], [[Hoxhaism|hoxhaists]], and [[Maoism|maoists]]. | '''Ultra-leftism''' (Followers denoted as '''Ultra-leftist''' or sometimes '''Ultra''') is a derogatory label used by [[Marxism-Leninism|Marxist-Leninists]] or other [[Socialism|socialists]] to denounce other socialist or marxist ideologies as usually either [[Dogmatism|dogmatic]], [[Adventurism|adventurist]], or a 'left deviationist'. Ideologies which are commonly called ultra-leftist are [[Left communism|left communists]], but it can also include [[Trotskyism|trotskyists]], [[Hoxhaism|hoxhaists]], and [[Maoism|maoists]]. | ||
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. | |||
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'Ultra' redirects here. For ultra-capitalist sympathisers, see Far-right.
Ultra-leftism (Followers denoted as Ultra-leftist or sometimes Ultra) is a derogatory label used by Marxist-Leninists or other socialists to denounce other socialist or marxist ideologies as usually either dogmatic, adventurist, or a 'left deviationist'. Ideologies which are commonly called ultra-leftist are left communists, but it can also include trotskyists, hoxhaists, and maoists.
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.