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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<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> during revolutionary struggle, or during the consolidation or maintenance of power after revolutionary victory (see ]).{{Citation needed|date=December 2010}} |
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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<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> during revolutionary struggle, or during the consolidation or maintenance of power after revolutionary victory (see ]).{{Citation needed|date=December 2010}} |
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Left wing revolutionary groups which engage in violence generally predicate it on one of two grounds: |
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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. {{citation needed|date=November 2010}} |
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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. {{citation needed|date=November 2010}} |
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== Western perspectives on terrorism committed by groups claiming adherence to Communist ideology == |
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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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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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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).