The phrase "leftist groups" refers to organizations or political movements that hold progressive or liberal views, supporting social equality, government intervention, and advocating for the redistribution of power and wealth in society.
Sentences with «leftist groups»
Many filmgoers became aware of the infamous power grab of Pol Pot, leader of the Khmer Rouge, a radical leftist group whose legacy included the direct killing (via execution) or indirect (via universal forced labor and food shortages), of hundreds of thousands, perhaps millions of Cambodians in the 1970s (the subject of the film «The... (thecriticalcritics.com)
In Turkey, dozens of pro-Kurdish and leftist groups appealed to world powers to press for the Turkish and Syrian rebel forces to withdraw from Afrin and avoid a «human tragedy». (cnbc.com)
Incumbent and deeply unpopular Socialist Francois Hollande, should he choose to run, will compete in a primary of the «governmental left» that is deeply divided between a pro-market minority and a large, unreformed leftist group. (blackrockblog.com)