▁the ▁U . S . ▁New ▁Left ▁were ▁an arch ist ▁and ▁looked ▁to ▁libert arian ▁social ist ▁trad itions ▁of ▁American ▁radical ism , ▁the ▁Indust rial ▁Work ers ▁of ▁the ▁World ▁and ▁union ▁milit ancy . ▁ ▁This ▁group ▁co ales ced ▁around ▁the ▁historical ▁journal ▁Rad ical ▁America . ▁American ▁Aut onom ist ▁Marx ism ▁was ▁also ▁a ▁child ▁of ▁this ▁stream , ▁for ▁instance ▁in ▁the ▁thought ▁of ▁Harry ▁Cle aver . ▁Murray ▁Book chin ▁was ▁also ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁an arch ist ▁stream ▁of ▁the ▁New ▁Left , ▁as ▁were ▁the ▁Y ipp ies . ▁ ▁The ▁U . S . ▁New ▁Left ▁drew ▁insp iration ▁from ▁black ▁radical ism , ▁particularly ▁the ▁Black ▁Power ▁movement ▁and ▁the ▁more ▁explicitly ▁Ma o ist ▁and ▁milit ant ▁Black ▁Pan ther ▁Party . ▁The ▁Pan thers ▁in ▁turn ▁influenced ▁other ▁similar ▁milit ant ▁groups , ▁like ▁the ▁Young ▁L ords , ▁the ▁Brown ▁Ber ets ▁and ▁the ▁American ▁Indian ▁Mov ement . ▁The ▁New ▁Left ▁was ▁also ▁inspired ▁by ▁Student ▁Non vi ol ent ▁Co ordin ating ▁Committee ▁( SN CC ). ▁Stud ents ▁imm ers ed ▁themselves ▁into ▁poor ▁communities ▁building ▁up ▁support ▁with ▁the ▁loc als . ▁The ▁New ▁Left ▁sought ▁to ▁be ▁a ▁broad ▁based , ▁grass ▁roots ▁movement . ▁ ▁The ▁Vietnam ▁War ▁conducted ▁by ▁liberal ▁President ▁Ly nd on ▁B . ▁Johnson ▁was ▁a ▁special ▁target ▁across ▁the ▁world wide ▁New ▁Left . ▁Johnson ▁and ▁his ▁top ▁officials ▁became ▁unw el come ▁on ▁American ▁camp