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t. e. Right-wing terrorism, hard right terrorism, extreme right terrorism or far-right terrorism is terrorism that is motivated by a variety of different right-wing and far-right ideologies. It can be motivated by Ultranationalism, neo-Nazism, anti-communism, neo-fascism, ecofascism, ethnonationalism, religious nationalism, anti-immigration ...
- Left-wing Terrorism
Left-wing terrorism has its roots in the 19th and early...
- Terrorism
v. t. e. Terrorism, in its broadest sense, is the use of...
- Left-wing Terrorism
Jun 26, 2017 · As right-wing extremism recovered from its low ebb in the early-to-mid 2000s, the number of terrorist incidents associated with it increased, as well as the number of terrorism-related deaths, creating a slow but steady and worrisome increase that has persisted over much of the past 15 years, only receding slightly in the last three years, largely because of fewer mass shooting incidents in ...
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Articles relating to right-wing terrorism, terrorism that is motivated by a variety of different right-wing and far-right ideologies, most prominently by neo-Nazism, neo-fascism, ecofascism, white nationalism, white separatism, ethnonationalism, religious nationalism, and anti-government patriot / sovereign citizen beliefs and occasionally by ...
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- The Rise in Far-Right Extremism
- Factors Driving Far-Right Extremism
- Far-Right Extremism in Europe
- Policy Implications
Right-wing extremism in the United States appears to be growing. The number of terrorist attacks by far-right perpetrators rose over the past decade, more than quadrupling between 2016 and 2017. The recent pipe bombs and the October 27, 2018, synagogue attack in Pittsburgh are symptomatic of this trend. U.S. federal and local agencies need to quick...
Terrorist attacks by right-wing extremists in the United States have increased. Between 2007 and 2011, the number of such attacks was five or less per year. They then rose to 14 in 2012; continued at a similar level between 2012 and 2016, with a mean of 11 attacks and a median of 13 attacks; and then jumped to 31 in 2017.7 FBI arrests of right-wing...
Why is there a rise in far-right attacks? Several factors may have contributed to this growth. First, right-wing extremists are increasingly using the internet and social media to issue propaganda statements, coordinate training (including combat training), organize travel to attend protests and other events, raise funds, recruit members, and commu...
Like the United States, Europe faces a growing threat from extreme right-wing groups. As Figure 3 highlights, extreme right-wing attacks have significantly increased—from 0 in 2012 to 9 in 2013; 21 in 2016; and 30 in 2017. 32 European Union Security Commissioner Sir Julian King has expressed serious concern about the “growing menace” of right-wing ...
Right-wing extremism is nothing new in the United States. After the Civil War, President Ulysses S. Grant conducted an aggressive—and ultimately successful—campaign against the Ku Klux Klan and its offshoots (such as the Knights of the White Camellia) from the 1860s to the 1870s. Grant deployed federal soldiers to arrest Klan members, enlisted U.S....
Jan 5, 2022 · Let’s start with some good news. According to statistics from the New America Foundation, 2021 saw zero deaths in the United States from right-wing terrorist attacks. As discussed below, other ...
In comparison to terrorist attacks committed by right-wing perpetrators, terrorist attacks by Islamist perpetrators had 131% higher odds of resulting in fatalities (b = 0.84, SE = 0.20, OR = 2.31, P < 0.001) and attacks by left-wing extremists had 45% lower odds of resulting in fatalities (b = −0.61, SE = 0.18, OR = 0.55, P < 0.001 ...
