It's strange to hear a person referring to a monolithic "Left". Makes me think of a bunch of aging red diaper babies, with beards and long braids, singing drear

It's strange to hear a person referring to a monolithic "Left". Makes me think of a bunch of aging red diaper babies, with beards and long braids, singing dreary protest songs over a bland vegan potluck ... Not that there's anything wrong with that - just sounds very 1930s-1960s. What is "The Left (tm)" now? Occupy? The Green Party? Unions? University student groups?