Category:Left-wing terrorism

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Articles relating to left-wing terrorism, terrorism motivated by left-wing or far-left ideologies, committed with the aim of overthrowing current capitalist systems and replacing them with communist or socialist societies. Left-wing terrorism can also occur within already socialist states as criminal action against the current ruling government. The majority of left-wing terrorist groups originated in the aftermath of World War II and were predominantly active during the Cold War.