Can you elaborate somewhat, after all "extreme left" means very different things in different countries
okay, um: I'm extreme left of the American Democrats, but incredibly hampered by a feeling of fatigue and apathy with American politics anymore. The biggest time I've gotten a sense of political belonging was when I attended an anarchists gathering and sitting in on some of the workshops / discussions that were held and reading the literature. But as time went on it seemed to me to declare yourself as anarchist / anarcho communist, whatevs becomes a Thing to the point I can sympathise with Laura Jean Grace's line of thinking with "I was a Teenage Anarchist." I still harbor a lot of the beliefs though. I'm anti capitalist -- like Goh said about a mixed economy -- if you need socialist / communist practices to balance capitalism and prevent the massive inequalities we see today with unfettered capitalism, capitalism just does not work. And that's ignoring the fact that capitalism is a tool of oppression that keeps us focused on providing ourselves with the necessities of life -- food, shelter, clothing and entraps us into wage slavery. Capitalism is what leads to having more peopleless homes than homeless people.
Democrats here in America like to say its "Liberals" who brought us things like the 8/40 work week, paid holidays, etc, but really it was the anarchists who DIED to give us that. That's where my biggest focus is I think: worker's rights. I'm a member of a (unfortunately pretty weak) union, but I'm very much pro union -- anything to give us workers power to balance the corporations and the bosses so they don't trample all over us.
I actually support gun rights as well. Not to the extremes of some of the conservatives here, but in the context of our current political and social structure (where we have a corporatized State military) I think for the common citizen there should be a logical and reasonable point where "well regulated" intersects with "shall not be infringed" with the 2nd Amendment. I'm perfectly okay with citizens owning AR-15s, they aren't much different from your typical semi auto hunting rifle except they are made up to look scarier / military.
I'm pro choice, pro birth control pro healthcare pro marijuana pro education pro union pro guns pro inclusiveness pro womyn pro LGBT pro QUILTBAG pro fair trade anti death penalty anti war anti military anti religion anti corporatism anti neoliberalism anti facism anti nationalism
...I dunno I have a hard time rounding up my political thoughts anymore.
oh yea, ACAB.