Political violence

thumb|upright=1.1|Captured Viet Cong soldier, blindfolded and tied in a [[stress position by American forces during the Vietnam War, 1967]]

Extremism is "the quality or state of being extreme" or "the advocacy of extreme measures or views". The term is primarily used in a political or religious sense to refer to an ideology that is considered (by the speaker or by some implied shared social consensus) to be far outside the mainstream attitudes of society. It can also be used in an economic context. The term may be used pejoratively by opposing groups, but is also used in academic and journalistic circles in a purely descriptive and non-condemning sense.

acts of terrorism against individuals conducted by organs of a state

policy of political repression and violence against opponents

violence conducted with political goals

use of coercion against citizens by the Marxist-Leninist Eurasian state

organized communist killing of large numbers of non-combatants

terrorism committed in a country by its own natives or nationals, without support from abroad

terrorism caused by deliberately inflammatory rhetoric in mass media, which can provoke people with certain sets of personality traits and opinions into violence

violence in legislative bodies

individuals or groups that are wholly or partly independent of state governments and which threaten or use violence to achieve their goals

list of politically-motivated killings and atrocities committed against communists, alleged communists and related groups and their supporters

Blutmai (, ) was an outbreak of political violence that occurred in Berlin from 1 to 3 May 1929.

phrase coined by Chinese communist leader Mao Zedong

contention as to what terrorism is

period in Egypt between the Egyptian revolution of 2011 and the installation of a counterrevolutionary regime under the presidency of Abdel Fattah el-Sisi in 2014

Taiwanese political organization

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