Are there left wing militias?

[Renew Deal]

Everyone talks about right wing militias. Are there left wing militias with armed members running around the woods talking about healthcare and the environment?

[dweller]

1. Doves take wing from the scimitar moon tips

Repeat
Doves take wing from the scimitar moon tips

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[Hekate]

5. The significant owl hoots in the night

Gather at dawn. Bring sandwiches.

[DBoon]

15. Don't you mean the Superb Owl?

[Bluethroughu]

2. I've yet to know of any

Unless you mean, those armed with signs and songs.

[roamer65]

3. Sign me up if there are any.

Especially if there is any Cuban rum or cigars.

[RainCaster]

4. We have guitars, the right has banjos

[RichardRay]

20. Wrong

Pete Seeger?
Bela Fleck?

Go to the Telluride or Grand Targhee Bluegrass Festivals. Plenty of progressive folks. With banjos.

[RainCaster]

24. You're right. I was thinking of Deliverance

BTW, I do love bluegrass. Play mando & guitar.

[Azathoth]

6. Not today. Revolutionary Marxist groups used to be a thing, although not so much in the US

If you're talking Europe, Red Army Faction and the like were serious groups back in the day.

[LeftInTX]

7. Not that I know of in the US

[misanthrope]

25. Fidel really had a ratty beard

Spotty and unkempt. Have some pride, man.

[turtleblossom]

8. Uhhmmm....can't think of any. I do consider myself a left-winged Christian, though.

[MustLoveBeagles]

9. Not that I'm aware

The left wing extremists sometimes damage property and sabotage equipment but take great pains to avoid physical violence and loss of life. Plus there are far fewer of them the right wing variety.

[NRaleighLiberal]

10. I have radical gardens with weird tomatoes! 🍅

[PoliticAverse]

11. There have been some...

https://capitolweekly.net/black-panthers-armed-capitol/

[greenjar_01]

12. There are actually antifascists groups that have been fighting these right wing dipshits for years

They of course won't get a thank you here, but they're out there.

The alt-right is learning right now that Black Bloc is not an identity or fashion statement, but a street protest tactic for unarresting people and not being identified after the fact. The right is used to cosplaying and LARPing in the woods, and outside of a small group of hardcores, has little experience of the law crashing down on them, which lefty groups have dealt with for decades. So the right wing "militias" are more visible, largely because visibility has not been a deficit for them. But don't get it twisted: the Proud Boys and similar groups have had their asses handed to them in street battles as much as they've been handed it out.

[Gore1FL]

13. There are militias that counter the white nationalist movement.

I don't know if I would consider them left-wing.

[Dr. Strange]

14. Does the NFAC count?

I wouldn't classify them as right-wing, but I'm not sure if that automatically makes them left-wing?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Not_Fucking_Around_Coalition

[LeftInTX]

28. Forgot about them

I guess they came and went

https://i2.wp.com/blackhammer.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/NFAC-800x445-1.jpp

[RANDYWILDMAN]

16. Yeah they come out every saturday with Honk for Peace signs

Very nice people always wanted peace

Never forget we have been engaged in a war for 18 years and those darn peace-niks always there

[magicarpet]

17. Macrame Militias,...... with hemp and beads.

[Xolodno]

18. Pretty much all the well organized left wing militias...

...were taken down by the FBI a long time ago.

Remember watching on the news, perhaps 15-20 years ago or more? Some eco-terrorists set fire to a few gas guzzling SUV's at a dealership....and that was it. Don't know if they got caught or realized they were polluting more by setting them on fire.

[Solly Mack]

19. I've got a bunch of garden gnomes.

[dweller]

21. ahem ...

https://m.

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[MontanaMama]

22. Well, yes.

My left wing militia likes to go to the farmer’s market on Saturdays...then get some coffee...go home and get a snack and then go hiking with our dogs....Pretty radical I know. If things get really crazy, I might get on my bike and ride up to Stuart Peak....if the snow isn’t too deep.

[Progressive Jones]

23. The first rule of Left Wing Militias...

There are no Left Wing militias.

[Turbineguy]

26. Yes

They drive around in Volvo limousines with a "Save the Whales" bumpersticker.

[Silent3]

27. I don't know if you'd call it a "militia", but we do have the Antifa Navy

And many a glorious battle they have won!

[Chainfire]

29. I can neither confirm or deny left wing militas.

Because they don't talk about it on social media. That is why you havent seen any mug shots!

There has been a black armed group in the news lately. The NFA, I think they call themselves.

[uponit7771]

30. Good question, there's no TRUE group called ANTIFA its 100% made up winger shit

[roamer65]

31. We need the "Mao Tse-tung Hour"

Like from the movie “Network”, produced in 1976.

[Warren_Pointe]

32. I can neither confirm nor deny the existence of Leftist militias

But there is a Socialist Rifle Association. https://socialistra.org

[DemocraticPatriot]

33. 'Redneck Revolt' is the closest thing I am aware of...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redneck_Revolt

"Redneck Revolt is an American far-left political group[1][2][3] that organizes predominantly among white working-class people. The group supports gun rights and members often openly carry firearms. Its political positions are anti-capitalist, anti-racist and anti-fascist. Founded in Kansas in 2009, members were present at several protests against Donald Trump and against the far-right in 2017."