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'''Communist terrorism''' or '''communist terrorist''' can refer to: |
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The term '''Communist terrorism''' has been used to describe forms of organized violence used by some Marxist, socialist, communist or similar ] groups during revolutionary struggle, or during the consolidation or maintenance of power after revolutionary victory (see ]).<ref name=martin>{{cite book |title=Understanding Terrorism: Challenges, Perspectives, and Issues |last=Martin |first=Gus |authorlink= |coauthors= |year=2009 |publisher=SAGE |location= |isbn=9781412970594 |page=44 |pages= |url=http://books.google.com.au/books?id=uJ6MeYq_FbkC |accessdate=}}</ref><ref name="Europe's red terrorists ">{{cite book|last1=Alexander|first1=Yonah |last2=Pluchinsky|first2=Dennis A. |title=Europe's red terrorists: the fighting communist organizations |edition=1st|date=1October 1992|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-0714634883|page=183}}</ref> |
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* ], terrorism by Marxist and other left-wing groups |
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* ], as practiced by Marxist organizations |
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* ], a campaign of mass arrests and executions during the Russian civil war. |
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* Soviet sponsored terrorism, see ] |
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;In propaganda |
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* ], a combatant in the Malayan Emergency, referred to by the British as ''Communist Terrorism'' |
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* ] forces involved in the second ] |
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* ] activity in South Vietnam |
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* Generally, any Marxism inspired ]s |
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Left wing revolutionary groups which engage in violence generally predicate it on one of two grounds: |
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*The concept - adapted from ] - that all remnants of the previous ] must be 'swept away' to solidify the new mode of production. {{fact|date=November 2010}} |
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*The belief among some later Marxists that lower classes lack an appropriate ] (see ]) and need to be shocked into awareness of their state. This kind of "liberating violence" is designed to spur the revolution on, often on the assumption that the lower classes will rise up once the weakness of the upper classes is exposed.<ref>Martin, pages 223-4</ref> |
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== Western perspectives on terrorism committed by groups claiming adherence to Communist ideology == |
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Terrorism in the form of 'communist fighting organizations' which operated in western Europe was seen as a threat by NATO and also by the Italian, German and British governments.<ref name="Ciro Paoletti">{{cite book|last=Paoletti|first=Ciro |title=A military history of Italy |date=30 December 2007|publisher=Praeger Publishers|isbn=978-0275985059}}</ref> In recent years, there has been a marked decrease in such terrorism, which has been substantially credited to the end of the Cold War and the fall of the U.S.S.R.<ref>Wills, David C., , p. 219, Rowman & Littlefield, 2003</ref> However, at its apogee, communism was argued by some to be the major source of international terrorism (whether inspired by the ideology or supported by its states).<ref name="books.google.com">Crozier, Brian, , p. 203, Transaction Publishers, 2005</ref> |
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==See also== |
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* ] |
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== Further reading == |
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* Deletant, Dennis (1999) ''Communist Terror in Romania'', C. Hurst & Co, ISBN 1850653860 |
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* Adelman, Jonathan (1984) ''Terror and Communist Politics: The Role of the Secret Police in Communist States'', Westview Press, ISBN 0865312931 |
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* Evgeni Genchev (2003) ''Tales from the Dark: Testimonies about the Communist Terror'', ACET 2003, ISBN 9549320014 |
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==References== |
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Left wing revolutionary groups which engage in violence generally predicate it on one of two grounds:
Terrorism in the form of 'communist fighting organizations' which operated in western Europe was seen as a threat by NATO and also by the Italian, German and British governments. In recent years, there has been a marked decrease in such terrorism, which has been substantially credited to the end of the Cold War and the fall of the U.S.S.R. However, at its apogee, communism was argued by some to be the major source of international terrorism (whether inspired by the ideology or supported by its states).
