The term reactionary refers to viewpoints that seek to return to a previous state (the status quo ante) in a society. The term is meant to describe one end of a political spectrum whose opposite pole is "radical".
Fascism is generally considered to be reactionary, due to its glorification of ancient national history and some of the social arrangements prior to the Industrial Revolution of the 19th century. Reactionary movements are right wing.
The term political radicalism (or simply, in political science, radicalism) denotes political principles focused on altering social structures through revolutionary means and changing value systems in fundamental ways. The communist revolutions in Russia and China were radical departures from past political systems
A good example of reactionary politics is the efforts of Gov. Scott walker and Gov. John Kasich to strip collective bargaining form state workers.
Most of these labor batles had been fought at the beginning of the 20th century and many people were killed and injured during the labor movement. This is not a change that America needs and Walker's and Kasich's reactionary laws that followed did not go unnoticed.
In Ohio, the new labor law was overturned in a plebiscite. Gov. Scott Walker may be recalled In Wisconsin.
The Republicans were up to their old class warfare tricks and had hoped to play citizens against government workers.
In this case, it didn't work! The GOP overreached.
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