âWe want revengeâ: Violent demonstrations signal a fractured left
By Marissa J. Lang and Kimberly Kindy
January 25, 2021 â 8.05am
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Washington: The hundreds of far-left and anarchist demonstrators who gathered in protest mere hours after President Joe Biden swore the oath of office last week, amid a prevailing calm helped greatly by the presence of thousands National Guard troops nationwide, signal a fracturing on the left that could become a scourge for the new administration, political leaders and experts say.
Violent and destructive activity among far-left groups has been increasing nationwide, according to a recent study by the Transnational Threats Project at the Centre for Strategic and International Studies, a non-profit policy research group. Though nearly 70 per cent of terrorist attacks and plots in the US last year were committed by white supremacists and far-right militia groups, according to the study, the portion l
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