Was thinking about this intellectual period last night. I don't know a lot but I get the vague impression of it being too much on the revisionist side for my taste, although the label New Left is so broad that I'm sure there's a huge span of thought that it gets applied to.
What theory still holds up from that time, what theorists do you agree/disagree with, what texts would you recommend to people who want to understand more about this time, t's origins,links to the French 1968 movement ,etc?
They may include Maoists as well.
It's more of an "era" in leftism than an actual coherent movement.
But they tend to be anti-Soviet and influence our opinions about the Soviet Union nowadays as well.
For example:
You never hear about how the Soviet Union really helped African liberation during the 50s, 60s, 70s, and 80s.
Or how they really excelled in the physical and social sciences.
You only hear about the bad, like Gorbachev and some of the revisionist factions in power at the time.