S ). ▁Not ing ▁the ▁per version ▁of ▁" the ▁older ▁Left " ▁by ▁" St alin ism ", ▁in ▁their ▁ 1 9 6 2 ▁Port ▁Hur on ▁Stat ement ▁the ▁SD S ▁es ch ew ed ▁" form ulas " ▁and ▁" closed ▁theories ." ▁Instead ▁they ▁called ▁for ▁a ▁" new ▁left ▁. ▁. ▁. ▁committed ▁to ▁deliber ativ eness , ▁hon esty ▁[ and ] ▁reflection ." ▁The ▁New ▁Left ▁that ▁developed ▁in ▁the ▁years ▁that ▁followed ▁was ▁" a ▁lo os ely ▁organized , ▁mostly ▁white ▁student ▁movement ▁that ▁advoc ated ▁for ▁dem ocracy , ▁civil ▁rights , ▁and ▁various ▁types ▁of ▁university ▁re forms , ▁and ▁protest ed ▁against ▁the ▁Vietnam ▁war ". ▁ ▁The ▁term ▁" New ▁Left " ▁was ▁popular ised ▁in ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁in ▁an ▁open ▁letter ▁written ▁in ▁ 1 9 6 0 ▁by ▁soci ologist ▁C . ▁Wright ▁M ills ▁( 1 9 1 6 – 6 2 ) ▁entitled ▁Let ter ▁to ▁the ▁New ▁Left . ▁M ills ▁argued ▁for ▁a ▁new ▁left ist ▁ide ology , ▁moving ▁away ▁from ▁the ▁traditional ▁(" Old ▁Left ") ▁focus ▁on ▁labor ▁issues , ▁into ▁a ▁bro ader ▁focus ▁towards ▁issues ▁such ▁as ▁oppos ing ▁al ien ation , ▁anom ie , ▁and ▁author itar ian ism . ▁M ills ▁argued ▁for ▁a ▁shift ▁from ▁traditional ▁left ism , ▁toward ▁the ▁values ▁of ▁the ▁counter c ulture , ▁and ▁emphas ized ▁an ▁international ▁perspective ▁on ▁the ▁movement . ▁According ▁to ▁David ▁Burn er