A Perspective of American Left and Right Wing Terrorist Groups

The left and right wing groups are similar in that they both engage in acts of terrorism, and
engage in criminal activities to raise money for the cause.  On the other hand, left-wing and
right-wing terrorists appear to be different from each other along several dimensions:

Right Wing                                                          Left Wing
associated with Christian Identity, Protestantism      religion is the opiate of the masses

openly racist; anti Jew; anti Black                            generally non-racist; minority members

anti gun control; anti tax                                           gun control and tax issues not on the agenda

driven by religious, racist, anti federal                      driven by political, socio-economic issues
    government issues

pro capitalism/anti socialism                                     anti capitalism/pro socialism

anti welfare                                                              pro welfare

located in rural areas                                                located in urban areas

centrally organized; national                                    decentralized/cellular organization

fixed physical locations                                            diverse physical locations

survivalist training, survivalist training camps            no survivalist perspectives

apocalyptic leanings, army of God                          no apocalyptic leanings

attack Jews, Blacks, liberal organizations,              attack government and business personnel and
    ATF, IRS                                                                   offices
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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