New Left
1960s–70s Western political movement
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| 2024 | Apple TV+ releases The Big Cigar, a series following Huey Newton's escape to Cuba. |
| June 2024 | Chomsky was discharged from the hospital to continue recovery at home. In the same month, false reports of his death circulated on social media, leading to retracted obituaries. |
| June 2023 | Suffered a stroke and moved to Brazil full-time. |
| November 5 2022 | Betsey Stone announces the SWP's opposition to the California abortion constitutional amendment in The Militant, arguing for addressing underlying social conditions. |
| February 2022 |
Saul Alinsky
Vaccine-mandate protesting truckers converge on Ottawa, Canada, further exemplifying political tactics reminiscent of Alinsky's confrontational strategies.
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| 2021 | David F. Walker publishes The Black Panther Party, a graphic novel featuring biographies of fifteen Black Panther leaders. |
| 2021 | Judas and the Black Messiah is released, starring Daniel Kaluuya and telling the story of Fred Hampton and the Chicago chapter of the Black Panther Party. |
| January 6 2021 |
Saul Alinsky
January 6 assault on the U.S. Capitol, which Politico later characterized as demonstrating 'Alinskyesque' disruptive tactics by right-wing activists.
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| 2020 |
Saul Alinsky
Reuters Agency fact-checked viral social media images misattributing quotes about a 'social state' to Alinsky's writings.
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| 2020 | Netflix releases The Trial of the Chicago 7, featuring Bobby Seale (portrayed by Yahya Abdul-Mateen II) and the Chicago Seven trial. |
| 2020 |
Japan Revolutionary Communist League
The organization became the Japan Section again within the Fourth International.
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| 2019 |
Saul Alinsky
Alinsky-inspired community organizing initiatives expanded to the Lyon metropolitan area in France.
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| 2019 | The film Seberg is released, starring Kristen Stewart as Jean Seberg, highlighting her support of the Black Panther Party and persecution under COINTELPRO. |
| 2018 |
Utopia
Utopia played a prominent role in the Jasic incident, using its platform to organize supporters of striking workers, student activists, and neo-Maoists protesting working conditions at the Jasic Technology Co., Ltd. factory in Shenzhen, Guangdong.
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| 2017 | Hired as a part-time professor in the University of Arizona's linguistics department, with duties including teaching and public seminars. |
| 2017 | Taught a short-term politics course at the University of Arizona. |
| October 2017 |
Saul Alinsky
Leaders of the Alliance Citoyenne and researchers Julien Talpin and Hélène Balazard founded the Alinsky Institute, a think tank focused on citizen empowerment in blue-collar and immigrant suburbs.
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| 2016 |
Saul Alinsky
Glenn Beck produces a four-part radio series critiquing Saul Alinsky's political philosophy, paradoxically suggesting that Donald Trump embodies Alinsky's tactical approach.
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| 2016 |
Saul Alinsky
Community organizing initiatives expanded to Aubervilliers and Seine St Denis in France.
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| April 19 2016 | Llewellyn Williams-Brooks completed an Honours Thesis at the University of Sydney titled 'Radical Theories of Capitalism in Australia: Towards a Historiography of the Australian New Left', providing academic analysis of the movement |
| 2015 |
Saul Alinsky
Donald Trump's presidential campaign begins, with political commentators noting his tactics align with Saul Alinsky's organizational and confrontational strategies.
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| 2015 | Purchased a residence in São Paulo, Brazil, and began splitting time between Brazil and the U.S. |
| 2015 | Released the documentary 'Requiem for the American Dream', which summarizes his views on capitalism and economic inequality. |
| 2015 | Chomsky and Valeria Wasserman acquired a home in Brazil. |
| 2014 |
Saul Alinsky
Similar Alinsky-inspired community organizing initiatives were established in Rennes, France.
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| 2014 | Chomsky married Valeria Wasserman. |
| February 2014 | Stuart Hall passed away, leaving a significant legacy in cultural studies and political theory. |
| 2013 |
Utopia
Utopia supported Bo Xilai during the Wang Lijun incident and continued to support him after he was removed from his position as Communist Party Secretary of Chongqing, during which the forum was shut down for several months.
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| 2012 |
Saul Alinsky
Alinsky's community-organizing methods were first implemented in France, leading to the creation of the Alliance Citoyenne in Grenoble.
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| April 2012 |
Utopia
Following the arrest and prosecution of Chinese politician Bo Xilai, Utopia was temporarily shut down along with several other leftist Chinese websites.
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| 2011 |
Utopia
Utopia organized a campaign against Chinese writer Mao Yushi and historian Xin Zilin, collecting a petition with 40,000 signatures from notable supporters criticizing their writings about Mao Zedong.
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| 2011 | Supported the Occupy movement, speaking at encampments and publishing on the movement, which he described as a reaction to a 30-year class war. |
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