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Earth Liberation Front

Autonomous individuals or covert cells who, according to the ELF Press Office, use "economic sabotage and guerrilla warfare to stop the exploitation and destruction of the environment"

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Nov 26, 2025
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Which left-wing groups in the US have been designated as extremist or domestic terrorist threats since 2016?

Federal and academic sources and major news outlets show that U.S. authorities have primarily focused counterterrorism designations and formal labels on foreign organizations or on the broad phenomeno...

Nov 15, 2025
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What are the most significant left-wing extremist groups operating in the US since 2016?

Since 2016, reporting and academic analyses identify anarchist/anti‑fascist currents (often labeled “Antifa” or anarchist violent extremism), environmental/animal‑rights groups (e.g., ELF/ALF), and sm...

Nov 13, 2025
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What are examples of groups labeled as domestic terrorist organizations by the FBI?

The FBI does not maintain a single, formal public list that labels domestic organizations as “domestic terrorist organizations”; instead, it investigates of domestic violent extremists—including racia...

Nov 30, 2025

Which specific left-wing organizations have been labeled domestic extremist or terrorist by the FBI or DHS since 2016?

Federal agencies do not formally “label” U.S. political organizations as domestic terrorist groups; instead the FBI and DHS issue threat assessments and categorize types of domestic violent extremism ...

Jan 14, 2026

Which types of guns are commonly used in left-wing or anarchist violence and property-destruction incidents in the U.S.?

Left-wing and anarchist violence in the United States most commonly involves small arms when firearms are used—handguns and semi‑automatic rifles such as AR‑ and AK‑pattern platforms—and a parallel hi...

Jan 13, 2026

What major incidents of politically motivated shootings are associated with each party since 1990

Since 1990, the preponderance of clearly ideologically motivated, fatal mass shootings in the United States has been tied to right‑wing and white‑supremacist actors — with landmark attacks including O...

Dec 19, 2025

How do domestic extremist incidents compare in gun violence between right-wing and left-wing groups since 2000?

Since 2000, multiple government and academic datasets show right‑wing domestic extremists have inflicted more gun violence and far higher fatalities than left‑wing extremists, with right‑wing actors a...