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This is a partial list of symbols and labels used by political parties, groups or movements around the world. Some symbols are associated with one or more worldwide ideologies and used by many parties that support a particular ideology. Others are region or country-specific.
Extremism is "the quality or state of being extreme" or "the advocacy of extreme measures or views". [1] 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. [2]
Articles relating to extremism in politics, ideologies that are considered to be far outside the mainstream attitudes of society. Political agendas perceived as extremist often include those from the far-left politics or far-right politics as well as radicalism , reactionism , fundamentalism and fanaticism .
Extremist Groups: An International Compilation of Terrorist Organizations, Violent Political Groups, and Issue-Oriented Militant Movements is a reference book compiling information on over 200 groups classified as extremist.
Nonviolent extremism is the expression of extremist ideas through nonviolent means, without the use of terrorism or political violence. It can be contrasted with violent extremism. Nonviolent extremism manifests from the same ideologies as violent extremism, including right wing extremism, left wing extremism, and religious extremism.
Far-right politics, often termed right-wing extremism, is an umbrella term [1] that encompasses a range of ideologies that are marked by radical conservatism, authoritarianism, ultra-nationalism, and nativism. [2]
Within these, it is some of the more extreme environmental and anti-abortion groups that have turned most toward vandalism and terrorist activities. [ 3 ] One well-known form of special-issue terrorism is environmental or eco-terrorism , which in the 1980s was the only type of special-interest terrorism included in FBI statistics. [ 4 ]
Far-left politics, also known as extreme left politics or left-wing extremism, are politics further to the left on the left–right political spectrum than the standard political left. The term does not have a single, coherent definition; some scholars consider it to be the left of communist parties , while others broaden it to include the left ...