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Far left and extreme left are terms used to discuss the position a group or person occupies within a political spectrum. The terms far left and far right are often used to imply that someone is an extremist. Some groups considered to be far left do not wish to govern within the current institutional framework, and this may be what distinguishes them from other left-leaning groups. However, these terms are controversial because the labels are considered by some to be subjective based upon the perspective of those who consider themselves “centrists” or slightly left or right of center with an underlying assumption that anything more radical than those views is ‘extreme’ or wrong. [1]
In several countries, the term far left has been associated with ideologies such as communism, socialism, social anarchism, anarchist communism, left communism, anarcho-syndicalism, Marxist-Leninism, Trotskyism and Maoism.
The terms far left and far right are based on the assumption that political views can be coherently divided according to a left-right spectrum. Therefore, the terms have been criticized by groups that believe politics is not one-dimensional, and that there are more than two kinds of political extremes.[2]
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[1] Wikipedia
[2] ibid