American left-wing activists

Martin Luther King Jr. was an American civil rights activist and Baptist minister who was a prominent leader of the civil rights movement from 1955 until his assassination in 1968. He advanced civil rights for people of color in the United States through the use of nonviolent resistance and civil disobedience against Jim Crow laws and other forms of legalized discrimination, which most commonly affected African Americans.

Malcolm X was an African American revolutionary and Black nationalist leader who rose from a background of poverty, family disruption, and criminal activity to a prominent figure during the civil rights movement until his assassination in 1965. He discovered the religious organization the Nation of Islam while in prison and served as its spokesperson from 1952 until 1964. He was also a vocal advocate for Black empowerment and the promotion of Islam within the African American community. A controversial figure accused of preaching violence, Malcolm X is also a celebrated figure with Black people and Muslims worldwide for his pursuit of racial justice.

Jane Seymour Fonda is an American actress and activist. Fonda's work spans several genres and over seven decades of film and television. She is the recipient of numerous accolades, including two Academy Awards, two British Academy Film Awards, eight Golden Globe Awards, and a Primetime Emmy Award as well as nominations for a Grammy Award and two Tony Awards. Fonda is also the recipient of various honorary awards including the Honorary Palme d'Or in 2007, the AFI Life Achievement Award in 2014, the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement in 2017, the Cecil B. DeMille Award in 2021, and the Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award in 2025.

American writer (1924–1987)

American activist and journalist (born 1934)

American political activist, journalist, and convicted murderer of a police officer

American community organizer and writer (1909–1972)

Hasan Doğan Piker, known online by the name HasanAbi, is an American Twitch streamer, influencer, and left-wing political commentator. His content primarily consists of political and social commentary and media consumption. As of 2026, Piker's Twitch channel ranks among the platform's most-subscribed. Piker has been described as one of the biggest voices on the U.S. left. He began streaming on Twitch in March 2018, while working at The Young Turks (TYT).

American comedian and actor

Israeli-American author, rabbi, activist (1991-)

Hannah Einbinder is an American actress and stand-up comedian. She is best known for her starring role as struggling comedy writer Ava Daniels in the HBO Max dramedy series Hacks, for which she received a Primetime Emmy Award and a Critics' Choice Television Award, as well as four Golden Globe Award nominations.

eldest of the five children of John Paul Getty, Jr. (1956-2011)

professor and activist

American journalist and activist; soldier in Armed Forces of Ukraine

American Christian writer (1981–2019)

American YouTube personality and transgender rights activist

American activist (1902–1995)

American civil rights activist (1925–1996)

American labor organizer

American anarchist (1982-)

American political activist (born 1983)

American activist and attorney (1983–2023)

Katherine Marie Abughazaleh, known professionally as Kat Abu, is an American journalist, social media influencer, and politician. Abughazaleh rose to prominence while working at Media Matters for America, where she gained popularity for her criticism of Fox News personality Tucker Carlson. Abughazaleh's writing has been published by Mother Jones and The New Republic. A progressive and democratic socialist member of the Democratic Party, she was a candidate for the 2026 United States House of Representatives primary election in Illinois's 9th congressional district, placing second behind Evanston Mayor Daniel Biss.

American writer and political activist (1946–2023)

American feminist

American political activist (1939-2006)

American historian

American gun control activist (born 2000)

American academic and cultural critic (1933–2021)

American activist

political activist (1942-1969)

American leftist and YPG volunteer