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The term '''Communist terrorism''' has been used to describe forms of organized violence used by some Marxist, socialist, |
The term '''Communist terrorism''' has been used to describe forms of organized violence used by some Marxist,{{Citation needed|date=December 2010}} socialist,{{Citation needed|date=December 2010}} communist<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>{{Failed verification|date=December 2010}} or similar [[left-wing]]{{Citation needed|date=December 2010}} groups during revolutionary struggle, or during the consolidation or maintenance of power after revolutionary victory (see [[state terror]]).{{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,[citation needed] socialist,[citation needed] communist[1][2][failed verification] or similar left-wing[citation needed] groups during revolutionary struggle, or during the consolidation or maintenance of power after revolutionary victory (see state terror).[citation needed]
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Left wing revolutionary groups which engage in violence generally predicate it on one of two grounds:
- The concept - adapted from historical materialism - that all remnants of the previous mode of production must be 'swept away' to solidify the new mode of production. [citation needed]
- The belief among some later Marxists that lower classes lack an appropriate class consciousness (see false consciousness) 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.[3]
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.[4] 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.[5] 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).[6]
See also
Further reading
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- Deletant, Dennis (1999) Communist Terror in Romania, C. Hurst & Co, ISBN 1850653860
- Adelman, Jonathan (1984) Terror and Communist Politics: The Role of the Secret Police in Communist States, Westview Press, ISBN 0865312931
- Evgeni Genchev (2003) Tales from the Dark: Testimonies about the Communist Terror, ACET 2003, ISBN 9549320014
References
- ^ Martin, Gus (2009). Understanding Terrorism: Challenges, Perspectives, and Issues. SAGE. p. 44. ISBN 9781412970594.
{{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|coauthors=(help) - ^ Alexander, Yonah; Pluchinsky, Dennis A. (1October 1992). Europe's red terrorists: the fighting communist organizations (1st ed.). Routledge. p. 183. ISBN 978-0714634883.
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- ^ Paoletti, Ciro (30 December 2007). A military history of Italy. Praeger Publishers. ISBN 978-0275985059.
- ^ Wills, David C., The first war on terrorism: counter-terrorism policy during the Reagan administration, p. 219, Rowman & Littlefield, 2003
- ^ Crozier, Brian, Political victory: the elusive prize of military wars, p. 203, Transaction Publishers, 2005