Definition of Left-wing politics

In politics, left-wing or the left, on the left-right political spectrum, is associated with the interests of the working class. In France, where the term originated, the working class, or common people, were collectively known as the third estate, and their representatives sat to the left of the president's chair. The term has been associated, in varying degrees, with Classical Liberalism, Social (as opposed to Classical) Liberalism, Modern American Liberalism, Social Democracy, Socialism, Communism, Marxism, Syndicalism, Communalism, Communitarianism, Libertarian Socialism, Anarchism, Left-Libertarianism, Populism, Anti-colonialism, Green Politics, Progressivism, and the Religious Left.