"Meet the New Left...Same as the old New Left. :)"
Well, I agree completely, but practically every person in the world, including nearly every conservative, buys the idea that there was one important difference.
While the Old Left was completely constructed by the Soviet Union, the New Left, while standing for essentially the same things, had no connection at all to the Soviet Union.
Even if it did, when the Soviet Union fell, the Russian government that emerged had no connection to the worldwide Left at all. Again, I don't believe this, but very close to everyone else on the planet does.