Left wing and right wing militancy
In the greater focus on the bigger wars in the world, the consequences of newer trends in extremist violence are being lost sight of
दुनिया में बड़े युद्धों पर अधिक ध्यान दिए जाने के कारण, चरमपंथी हिंसा के नए रुझानों के परिणामों पर ध्यान नहीं दिया जा रहा है।
In this article :
- Covered Ukraine - Israel war by news channels , neglected extremists
- violence domestic terrorism and violent extremism
- After independence we faced
- Trend in Europe
- protests in India
News channels and war news coverage
The nearly three-year-old war in Ukraine and the subsequent Israel-Hamas conflict in the Middle East seem to have temporarily eclipsed / not cover other kinds of violence, specially those by disparate extremist groups.
domestic terrorism and violent extremism
A RAND study
published a couple of years ago in the United States, under the preferred headline ‘Changing Face of Hate, domestic extremist violence’,
had indicated that important changes were constantly taking place in the realm of domestic terrorism and violent extremism.
Says that it is imperative for law enforcement officers to properly understand the nature of the changes so prepare for future eventualities.
Early post-Independence history
After independence we faced :
As anyone aware of India’s post-Independence history would know, in the initial years,
- communal violence
- resurgent Communist movement .
Communist movement
The ‘Tebhaga Movement’ in Bengal and the Communist uprising in Telangana in the late 1940s,
were stark reminders of what the Communists were attempting, but fortunately they could not succeed.
. In the late 1960s, and for many years thereafter till the end of the 20th century, Communist extremism did prove to be a major bane for the Indian state.
The Naxalite Movement
. For a time, it attracted the best and the brightest of youth in the country, though in course of time, the movement descended into mindless violence.
During its heyday, left-wing extremists or Naxalites could establish sizeable pockets of influence across
- West Bengal,
- Andhra Pradesh
- and Kerala.
The right wing’s spread
Trend in Europe
Xenofobic in Germany
In the recent period, for instance, Germany has turned increasingly xenophobic.
Domestic politics in that country today is highly polarised.
France faces an uncertain future
unsure whether further concessions would have to be made to the right wing, damaging France’s image as a ‘middle-of-the-road nation’.
This has implications not only for Europe but also for much of the world.
Most European leaders
appear unable to recognise the reality, or deal with a situation that it is not ready or prepared for.
Brexit verdict of 2016
it is even possible to view the Brexit verdict of 2016 (in the United Kingdom) as an early pointer to the shifting of the political centre rightwards in Europe.
All of this has implications for much of the world, India included. ‘Radicalization of mainstream right ideas’ and ‘mainstreaming of far right ideas’
Jihadist sympathisers) in the West
The world also cannot overlook, or ignore, its ‘date with destiny’, viz., the year 2001 unleashing of the largest mobilisation of right wing (Jihadist sympathisers) in the West in recent times
. It upended an unprecedented fractured threat landscape in the West, apart from certain other regions of the globe, causing governments to come under immense pressure.
Misinformation and disinformation
aggravated problems and helped feed right-wing extremist ideologies and movements.
The COVID-19 epidemic, in turn, helped to exacerbate a situation already in the making, with social isolation, unproven grievances, and little known factors acting as drivers for a radicalisation of ideas and mobilisation.
Today, a cross pollination of right-wing extremist ideologies is helping exacerbate situations of violent extremism of the right-wing variety.
The rise of the Islamic State
coincided with this, and, in course of time, was to cast a shadow over vast swathes of territory across the entire West Asia and extend its tentacles to many other regions as well.
It was a different kind of catalyst for change in so far as extremist right-wing militancy was concerned and led to rising levels of insecurity in multiple regions.
A definitive assertion that pro-Jihadist criminal activities
alongside individual home grown supporters backed by small cells (each comprising few operatives) were responsible for much of the disruption and violence in several regions of the globe, may have to wait.
.
The focus
law and order agencies across the globe are taking a closer look at the rising dimensions and implications of right-wing terror and the role of right-wing terror modules.
protests in India
specially in the south of the country, against action taken by the government in cracking down on organisations such as the
- Popular Front of India (PFI)
- and the Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI), both of which were termed as pro-right-wing extremist Muslim bodies.
right-wing terror modules and the increase in right-wing militancy
Undoubtedly, this was precipitated by concerns over the growing dimensions in India and across the globe of right-wing terror modules and the increase in right-wing militancy.
it has been possible to reach an understanding about the spread of right-wing tendencies among sections of the Muslim community, including youth, students, women and the working class.
right-wing and Islamist militancy
’. Growing concerns across the world about right-wing and Islamist militancy did call for the adoption of certain harsh measures, which need to be handled with care.
Security is not a ‘zero-sum-game’ and ‘eternal vigilance is the price of liberty’.
This is the message that is sought and sent out in the context of both growing right-wing extremist militancy and the yet-to-be extinguished left-wing extremist violent activities.
Source the hindu
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