Alternative Left

The alternative left, or alt-left, has been associated with violent rioters in the manner of antifa by those on the reactionary right. The mainstream left, on the other hand, either denies we exist all together or accuses us of being "class reductionist" or "brocialists." We are neither of these things. So what then is the Alternative Left? There's no one ideology. No party line. Rather, an overall sympathy with liberal and progressive ideas but a distaste with how leftist thinking has gone. Alternative left can be used to describe people who are, to varying degrees, left of center, but may believe any or all of the following: * Believe that the most pressing forms of injustice and inequality of today are economic. * Favor free speech and are civilly and culturally libertarian - especially on college campuses - but distrust libertarian views on economics. * Don't like political correctness and think social justice warriors are obnoxious, but aren't willing to abandon social liberalism all together. * Oppose racism and sexism, but think that equality and universality should actually mean equality and universality. Racism means racism against ANY race, including white people. Sexism means sexism against any gender, including males. Feminism and anti-racism are essentially good ideas worth fighting for, but double standards and prejudices that favor groups that are rationalized on the basis of the group's historical "marginalization" actually defeat the purpose of egalitarian politics, turn people against these causes and are usually self serving and opportunistic. * In the same way, it doesn't make sense to you that so many leftists ruthlessly attack Christian fundamentalism in the name of science, secularism and women's rights, while defending similar criticisms of Islamic fundamentalism with cries of "racism" and "Islamophobia." * Progressive thought needs to get real about economics. Vague and utopian "anti-capitalism" is useless. Neither pur