Right-wing terrorism
From The Art and Popular Culture Encyclopedia
On July 22, 2011, Norwegian right-wing extremist with Nazi sympathies, Anders Behring Breivik, carried out the 2011 Norway attacks, the deadliest attack in Norway since World War II. First he bombed several government buildings in Oslo, killing eight people and injuring more than 200. After the bombings, he went to Utøya island in a fake police uniform and began firing on people attending a political youth camp for the Worker's Youth League (AUF), a left-wing political party, killing 69 and injuring more than 110. |
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Right-wing terrorism is terrorism motivated by a variety of ideologies and beliefs, including Islamophobia, anti-communism, neo-fascism and neo-Nazism, and a mindset against abortion. This type of terrorism has been sporadic, with little or no international cooperation. Modern radical right-wing terrorism first appeared in Western Europe in the 1970s and it first appeared in Eastern Europe following the dissolution of the Soviet Union.
Right-wing terrorists aim to overthrow governments and replace them with nationalist or fascist-oriented regimes. The core of this movement includes neo-fascist skinheads, far-right hooligans, youth sympathisers and intellectual guides who believe that the state must rid itself of foreign elements in order to protect its rightful citizens. However, they usually lack a rigid ideology.
See also
- Anders Behring Breivik
- Far-right terrorism in Spain
- Left-wing terrorism
- Islamic terrorism
- Christian terrorism
- Conservative terrorism
- Zionist political violence
- Jewish religious terrorism
- Religious terrorism
- State terrorism
- Argentine Patriotic League
- Argentine Anticommunist Alliance