the New Left
/ðə ˌnjuː ˈleft/
/ðə ˌnuː ˈleft/
- a group of people who developed left-wing political ideas in many countries, especially the US, in the 1960s. They protested against the conditions of poor people in society, and against the Vietnam War, but they did not support the Soviet Union. The New Left included many students and writers.