LEFT -WING EXTREMISM: The Current Threat - FAS

left -WING extremism : The Current Threat Prepared for Department of Energy Office of Safeguards and Security Washington, DC. Prepared by Karl A. Seger, Center for Human Reliability Studies Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education Oak Ridge, TN. April 2001. ORISE 01-0439. i TABLE OF CONTENTS. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ..ii I. LEFTIST extremism IS ALIVE AND 1. TERROR NETWORK .. 1. extremism ON THE left AND RIGHT .. 3. THE 5. II. LEFTIST MOVEMENTS IN THE UNITED 7. THE CUBAN CONNECTION .. 7. LEFTIST AGENDAS IN THE UNITED STATES .. 9. Provisional Party of 9. Stream of Knowledge .. 11. SEDITION?.. 12. III. THE Threat TO GOVERNMENT AGENCIES .. 14. 14. TERRORIST threats .. 15. ROLE OF THE PERSONNEL SECURITY 16. IV. THE INTERNATIONAL 18. THE INTERNATIONAL Threat .. 18. NEXT STEP: WORLD TRADE 20. LEFTIST TERRORISM .. 22. Europe .. 22. South America .. 23. REFERENCES .. 25. i EXECUTIVE SUMMARY. left -WING extremism often has developed from working-class movements seeking in theory to eliminate, not preserve, class distinctions.

Left -wing extremism continues, indeed, to be a potential threat to U.S. government agencies. The challenge in responding to this threat is to ensure that the rights of individuals to form and express their own beliefs are balanced with the need to provide security and protection against terrorism and espionage that may be committed by the

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