Recommended Websites:

The following websites provide information about leftist and rightist organizations, movements, and goals:

• Afrikaner Resistance Movement (South Africa):
• Earth Liberation Front:
• Front National (France):
• National Liberation Army (Colombia):
• Sinn Féin (UK):
• Socialist International:

Web Exercises:

Using this chapter’s recommended websites, conduct an online investigation of left-wing dissident movements.

1. How would you describe the self images presented by left-wing dissident movements?
2. Review the goals and objectives of these organizations. Do they seem reasonable to you? Do they justify violent behavior?
3. If you were a violent leftist dissident, how would you design your own website?

Using this chapter’s recommended websites, conduct an online investigation of right-wing dissident movements.

1. How would you describe the self images presented by rightist dissident movements?
2. Review the goals and objectives of these organizations. Do they seem reasonable to you? Do they justify violent behavior?
3. If you were a violent right-wing dissident, how would you design your own website?

For an online search of violent left-wing dissident movements, readers should activate the search engine on their Web browser and enter the following keywords:

• “Marxist Revolution”    “National Liberation”  The names of specific dissident organizations

For an online search of violent right-wing dissident movements, readers should activate the search engine on their Web browser and enter the following keywords:

• “Aryan Revolution”   “Neo-Nazism”   The names of specific dissident organizations