political radicalism
Fringe ideological advocacy
Political radicalism is advocacy for fundamental, sweeping change to political or social systems rather than gradual reform.
The term applies across the spectrum—left-wing radicals may seek to abolish capitalism, right-wing radicals to dismantle government institutions.
What counts as radical shifts with time and place; yesterday's radicalism often becomes today's mainstream.
Her political radicalism made her suspect during the McCarthy era.
- Black Panther PartyRevolutionary socialist organization
- class struggleConflict between economic groups
- anarchismPhilosophy rejecting state authority
- civil disobediencePeaceful refusal to obey
- French RevolutionLate-1700s republican upheaval
syndicalism · Occupy Wall Street · Zapatistas · socialism · Haitian Revolution · protests · red flag · guerrilla warfare · Russian Revolution · sabotage · communism · Bolsheviks · strikes · Marxism · Arab Spring · direct action · Weather Underground · up against the wall
- Sixties Activismanti-war movement, anti-war protests, campus protests, counterculture, draft resistance
political radicalismcentrism
Middle-ground political stance
moderation · bipartisanship · pragmatism · fence-sitting · triangulation
political radicalismgradualism
Philosophy of incremental change
incrementalism · conservatism · reformism · evolutionary change · traditionalism
political radicalismpragmatism
Practical problem-solving philosophy
realpolitik · compromise · establishmentarianism · institutionalism · technocracy
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