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seriously? left wing terrorism?

why not an article on market terrorism? or liberal terrorism? or wikipedia terrorism? or scientific terrorism? 79.166.46.182 (talk) 21:11, 11 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Why not left wing terrorism? There are articles on right wing terrorism.

The truth sets you free. 2603:6080:5B00:268:C584:EB82:B391:9D02 (talk) 14:48, 18 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

The right actually commits acts of terrorism where as most accused terrorists on the left are fighting right wing terrorism 2601:19C:4A00:A8B3:403D:532D:9893:FB5C (talk) 12:29, 24 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia has this because of WP:EVENT, you see many examples of left wing terrorist attacks.Wikipedia has one for right wing terrorism and this article has more than enough WP:RS per Wikipedia policy. LuxembourgLover (talk) 13:44, 3 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Is an image of the aftermath of the 1983 United States Senate bombing a good example of 'left-wing terrorism'? Neither Resistance Conspiracy case nor even 1983 United States Senate bombing itself emphasize the 'left-wing' ideology of the perpetrators. It's also odd to use an image of a relatively obscure bombing which is not even mentioned in the body of the article. This bombing was also in a country which, per the article has had only a single far-left attack in the past two decades. This bombing seems like an unusual case, and therefor doesn't seem like a good example of the entire topic. Grayfell (talk) 22:33, 11 February 2024 (UTC) Grayfell (talk) 22:33, 11 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Resistance Conspiracy was part of the May 19th Communist Organization. The political angle is explicit. That it's not covered in this article could be improved. Psychopomplemousse (talk) 11:32, 12 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

References

^ "CQ Almanac Online Edition". library.cqpress.com. Retrieved 2023-11-10.

This article needs to be revisited

The actions of the left do not fit the dictionary definition of terrorism 2601:19C:4A00:A8B3:403D:532D:9893:FB5C (talk) 12:27, 24 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Terrorist actions have been carried out by people across the political spectrum, that does not mean that everyone across the political spectrum is a terrorist. TFD (talk) 14:37, 24 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

There's a very long tradition of left-wing terrorism, from propaganda of the deed (explicitly so) and insurrectionary anarchism to guerrilla warfare and Marxist-Leninist vanguard. Psychopomplemousse (talk) 11:28, 12 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

First sentence in lead

It would be normal for this to be discussed in the body of the text. But my problem is that the only thing I can find relevant in the source is " Leftist organizations draw on Marxist and various neo-Marxist theories to justify their revolutionary strategy. A few groups are anarchist or anarchist-syndicalist or environmentally- oriented leftist groups that espouse the destruction of global capitalism. These groups are united by their anti-capitalist orientation and insistence on the need for a social revolution that frees the exploited (i.e., workers/peasants, other oppressed peoples, animals and the environment) from the capitalist system to become participants in a communal/collectivist or socialist-communist economic sysems." Doug Weller talk 10:38, 28 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Over time, editors change both text and sources.Here's a link to how it appeared when I re-created the article fifteen years ago.

I think it is important that most sources draw a clear distinction between left-wing and anarchist terrorism. The only reason they might be combined is that anarchist terrorism today is fairly minor compared with left-wing terrorism and they are part of the Left.

As the sources point out, anarchist terrorism had its high mark from the late nineteenth century until the 1920s, while left-wing terrorism was prevalent in the 1970s to 1980s. Left-wing terrorism was carried out by highly organized groups with international affiliations that wanted to establish a socialist state with themselves in charge, and they claimed responsibility for their attacks. Anarchist terrorism was carried out by individuals or tiny groups with no international affiliations who d wanted to destroy government and did not claim responsibility. Unlike left-wing terrorists, anarchist terrorists tended to be loners with deep psychological problems. Also, anarchists do not base their beliefs on Marxism. TFD (talk) 14:03, 26 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Use of 2018 source needs sorting

I’m in bed, but if no one else fixes it I’ll look tomorrow. Doug Weller talk 20:14, 25 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

[1] "CQ Almanac Online Edition". library.cqpress.com. Retrieved 2023-11-10.

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