Historical Left

The Left group , later called Historical Left (<a href="/facts/Italian_language/YXsmvlQG">Italian</a>: Sinistra storica) by historians to distinguish it from the <a href="/facts/Left-wing_politics/JUcz1kvS">left-wing</a> groups of the 20th century, was a <a href="/facts/Liberalism/nj54a01U">liberal</a> and <a href="/facts/Reformist/yjFMfraA">reformist</a> <a href="/facts/Parliamentary_group/4SSNPoIx">parliamentary group</a> in <a href="/facts/Italy/tUf0PDYF">Italy</a> during the second half of the 19th century. The members of the Left were also known as Democrats or Ministerials. The Left was the dominant political group in the Kingdom of Italy from the <a href="/facts/1870s/NsuyfLpL">1870s</a> until its dissolution in the early <a href="/facts/1910s/bcEIRTdF">1910s</a>.
Different to its <a href="/facts/Historical_Right/sobhnRxG">Right</a> counterpart, the Left was the result of coalition who represented Northern and Southern <a href="/facts/Middle_class/6EUq9Mue">middle class</a>, urban <a href="/facts/Bourgeoisie/Ho3RUrlA">bourgeoisie</a>, small businessmen, journalists and academics. It also supported a <a href="/facts/Right_to_vote/HFFSpSCG">right to vote</a> and the <a href="/facts/State_school/l0PkjUuJ">public school</a> for all children. Moreover, the party was against the <a href="/facts/High_tax/E846gAeA">high tax</a> policies promoted by the Right. After the 1890s, the Left began to show more <a href="/facts/Conservative/2XdCcPzq">conservative</a> tendencies, including advocating breaking <a href="/facts/Strike_action/aCsc26tR">strikes</a> and <a href="/facts/Protest/XlKeUgBy">protests</a> and promoting an aggressive <a href="/facts/Colonialist/kvqx2DaV">colonialist</a> policy in <a href="/facts/Africa/XkqQUP9s">Africa</a>.

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Historical Left