Trump administration designates 4 left-wing European networks as terrorist organizations

If you read the full article you see how the Associated Press tries to diminish the seriousness of left-wing terrorism, although it does provide some facts at the beginning and the end.

I thought this was going to be about the BBC.

ABC, NBC, CBS, BBC?...................

bttt

Investigating these groups may lead to proving ties to US leftist agitators and terrorists.

The leftist media is deep in denial.

Armed Proletarian Justice is the name of the group that took responsibility for planting a bomb, which failed to explode, outside the Athens riot police building in December 2023

Locally, would the alphabet organizations responsible for planting the J6 bombs qualify as terrorist groups?

Being declared a terrorist organization has severe legal consequences, including the freezing of all assets within a country’s jurisdiction, a prohibition on any financial transactions with the organization, and the potential for criminal prosecution of anyone providing support to it. This designation also stigmatizes and isolates the group, hinders its ability to raise funds, and alerts other governments to concerns, while the organization can seek judicial review of the designation.
Let’s focus on domestic terrorists.
Start arresting known antifa and their supporters. Every single one rioting recently at Berzerkely should have been arrested and charged.
Have they challenged their designation as terrorists?

BBC for sure.

Ping. Four groups are:

Informal Anarchist Federation (Federazione Anarchica Informale) aka International Revolutionary Front (IRF aka Fronte Rivoluzionario Internazionale aka FRI)

Armed Proletarian Justice (APJ) aka Ένοπλη Προλεταριακή Δικαιοσύνη)

Revolutionary Class Self-Defense aka Revolutionary Self-Defense aka Organization for Revolutionary Self-Defense (Οργανισμός Επαναστατικής Αυτοάμυνας)

Antifa Ost aka Antifa East aka Hammerbande aka Hammer Gang (Lina Engel’s group)

Thanks for the ping… reminds of all the leftist enthusiasm for the assassination of white collars over here.

There is an “Anarchist Federation” group in the states:

Matthew Daniel Temael’s jail booking in Putnam County, Fla.
The website of extremist antifa-linked group, Anarchist Federation, put out a fundraising notice on Nov. 19 [2023] about Temael, who uses “she/her” pronouns.
“Dandelion is a transfemme Palauan youth anarchist incarcerated in Florida,” reads the post. “We aim to free her and help support her needs while she is inside.”
Temael was indicted by a Putnam County grand jury on charges of first-degree homicide, first-degree arson, burglary and vehicle theft. Because a judge denied Temael bond, the far-left activists say funds raised for their comrade will go to “maintaining inside contact, software, or other materials,” as well as support for other “marginalized relatives in captivity with her.” Toward the end of the campaign, it says the money will also go to the unnamed people running the campaign.
It is unknown when Temael relocated to Florida but she is originally from Brooklyn Park, Minn.—near Minneapolis—and has a history of militant far-left activism there. In July 2021, Temael was involved in a direct action in Pennington County, Minn. where she climbed on an excavator and locked herself there. Temael was charged with a felony and misdemeanor trespass on critical infrastructure. Temael’s LinkedIn says she was a student at Augsburg University in Minneapolis until 2021 studying “Youth Studies.”
—— ANDY NGO REPORTS: Florida Trantifa activist allegedly murdered man, set his home on fire, Post Millennial, Nov 20, 2023 , by Andy Ngo

It’s the same ideology motivating it, and the same tactical legacy. The anarchist movement used to mail letter bombs to CEOs.

What needs to be tracked here are the interconnections between these groups and other groups operating in the US, often via other countries. For instance, FAI is linked to the Greek groups listed and has cells throughout Latin America, and they are tied to the old Animal Liberation Front/Earth Liberation Front network, which goes by other names now. The ALF/ELF ties are particularly relevant to the Seattle Antifa end of the network (note the ALF/”furry” affinity), which paradoxically (but not surprisingly) intersects with the neo-Nazi movement on the West Coast.

Look into the Black Rose Anarchist Federation.

Related to the Greek groups, another group of interest is Conspiracy Cells of Fire aka aka Conspiracy of Fire Cells aka Conspiracy of Fire Nuclei (Συνωμοσία Πυρήνων της Φωτιάς or Synomosía Pyrínon tis Fotiás or SPF):

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conspiracy_of_Fire_Nuclei

Compare their symbolism with the Symbol of Chaos:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symbol_of_Chaos

A variant of this symbol is used in Chaos Magick (Chaos Magic), a branch of Crowleyan Satanism linked to Nazi accelerationist groups (predecessors of 764 like the Process Church of the Final Judgment—compare their MO for recruiting online with that used by Thee Temple ov Psychick Youth before the Internet) as well as the anarchist movement:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaos_magic

Note the mention of Russian neo-Nazi Aleksandr Dugin in the Symbol of Chaos article.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleksandr_Dugin

In 1980, Dugin joined the “Yuzhinsky circle [ru]”, an avant-garde dissident group which dabbled in Satanism, esoteric Nazism and other forms of the occult.[29] The Yuzhinsky circle gained a reputation for Satanism, for séances, a devotion to all things esoteric – mysticism, hypnotism, Ouija boards, Sufism, trances, pentagrams and so forth.[30][31] In the group, he was known for his embrace of Nazism which he attributes to a rebellion against his Soviet upbringing, as opposed to genuine sympathy for Hitler.[32] He adopted an alter ego with the name of “Hans Sievers”, a reference to Wolfram Sievers, a Nazi researcher of the paranormal.[33] Under the pseudonym, transcribed as Hans Zievers in Cyrillic, he recorded a musical album in 1981-1984.[34]

Studying by himself, he learned to speak Italian, German, French, English,[35] and Spanish.[36] He was influenced by René Guénon and by the Traditionalist School. In the Lenin Library, he discovered the writings of Julius Evola, whose book Pagan Imperialism he translated into Russian.[37][38]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurasia_Party

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julius_Evola

Evola advocated that “differentiated individuals” following the left-hand path use dark violent sexual powers against the modern world. For Evola, these “virile heroes” are both generous and cruel, possess the ability to rule, and commit “Dionysian” acts that might be seen as conventionally immoral. For Evola, the left-hand path embraces violence as a means of transgression.

This is a useful piece on the interconnections between various groups in the FAI orbit:

https://www.ispionline.it/en/publication/2020-pandemic-and-its-effect-anarchist-activity-26157

Compare the “Mutual Aid Disaster Relief” tactics with those of Riot Kitchen (-> CHAZ), a Seattle-based participant in the 2020 Kenosha riots. The riot was organized by supporters of Bernie Sanders who had originally targeted the DNC convention and then cut a deal with Biden to support him if he supported the Green New Deal, arranged via Biden SEIU liaison Mary Kay Henry (see July 9 announcement from SEIU at https://www.seiu49.org/news/biden and subsequent July 20 action co-opting BLM called Strike for Black Lives). They were allied with CPUSA, the CPUSA spinoff Committees of Correspondence for Democracy and Socialism aka CCDS, DSA, RCP, FRSO/Liberation Road/BLM, etc. Essentially, they formed a new Popular Front in 2020, with Vietnam War antiwar movement veterans from SDS/WUO playing a lead organizing role (including Bill Ayers mentoring the pro-Iran protest movement and Indivisible). Here are some notes from the 2020 CDDS national convention naming members of the coalition:

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Socialist Education Project report
CCDS National Convention
August 2020
The CCDS socialist education project held a planning workshop at the 2016
national convention in San Francisco, cosponsored by the Democracy Project. In
the four years since then the SEP has met monthly and consistently organized
over 40 “Fourth Monday” online Zoom discussions on a broad range of current
political topics, featuring a presentation followed by Q&A and discussion.
Participation has ranged from 15-75 people, including CCDS members and friends.
The monthly discussions have provided an opportunity for left unity work.
Participants have included not only members of CCDS, but also Liberation Road
(Freedom Road Socialist Organization), DSA, CPUSA, Left Roots supporters,
Organizing Upgrade, Inside/Outside initiative, Green Party, Progressive
Democrats, Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom, United for
Peace and Justice, as well as labor organizations.
In 2020, the February program for black history month was organized by the
Democracy Project on the life of Jack O’Dell in the struggle against racism. Bill
Fletcher facilitated this discussion. Also co-sponsored with Liberation Road were
programs during the pandemic entitled, “Elections 2020: Covid 19, the Left and
the uprising against racist violence,” and “Race and Mass Incarceration in the time
of Covid-19,” as well as “New Political Openings in the time of Covid-19.” Work
with LR introduced different participatory formats for presentations and
discussion.
The September 2020 SEP program features Pem Davidson Buck, author of the
book, “The Punishment Monopoly: Tales of My Ancestors, Dispossession, and the
Building of the United States.” She also wrote, “Worked to the Bone: Race, Class,
Power and Privilege in Kentucky”
I. Publications, books
During the period 2016-2020, CCDS published five books through Changemaker
Press:
· 2017 – “The Russian Revolution & the Soviet Union: Seeds of 21st century
socialism” (edited by SEP)
· 2018 – “Taking Down White Supremacy: A Reader on Multiracial and
Multinational Unity” (edited by SEP)
In addition, SEP made contributions to Dialogue and Initiative, CCDS annual
reader:
· 2016 – Dialogue and Initiative: “CCDS, the Left & the Progressive Majority:
Past, Present, Future” (edited by D&I Board)
· 2017 – Dialogue and Initiative: “For Jobs, Equality, Democracy and Peace”
(edited by D&I Board)
· 2018 – Dialogue and Initiative: “Elections, Issues, Movements, Socialism,
Theory” (edited by D&I Board)
II. Sunday School/powerpoints – In-depth learning accompanied by a power
point presentation. Posted at the Online University of the Left:
 Sand and Blood (posted at the Online University of the Left)
 U.S. constitution (posted at OUL)
 Catastrophic Climate Change, presented by David Schwartzman (posted at
OUL)
 Imperialism and Dependency in Latin America (available from SEP)
 Class and Race (available from SEP)
 Next Sunday School is Sept. 20 on China and the new cold war, and Chinese
socialism (first of two-part series).
III. Speakers Bureau — for online and in-person presentation. This project is not
functioning at this time.