Germany sees left-wing extremism becoming more clandestine, sophisticated, and violent

J Michael Waller / Center for Security Policy / September 17, 2021. Left-wing extremism is on the rise in Germany, with one in four groups prone to violence to overthrow the democratic constitutional government, according to the latest official Report on the Protection of the Constitution. “There are no signs that left-wing extremists will end … Read more

We lost an extraordinary friend and ally: Paul Behrends, 1958-2020

I wrote this as a tribute to one of my best friends who just died. In another age and place, Paul Behrends would have been straight out of Rudyard Kipling. The extraordinary life of the retired US Marine Corps reserve lieutenant colonel and longtime congressional staffer ended December 12 when Paul died from injuries near … Read more

Our Antifa study is the #1 Amazon title on terrorism

Our new Antifa monograph ranks #1 on Amazon for new titles about terrorism. Unmasking Antifa: Five Perspectives on a Growing Threat, hit the #1 mark within 24 hours of going on sale. It’s an important milestone also because Amazon, the world’s largest bookseller, now recognizes the study of Antifa as a study in terrorism. Center … Read more

‘Commies for Biden’

by J Michael Waller / American Greatness / November 1, 2020 Far from being “spontaneous” or “mythical,” today’s militant political violence is not only organized, it even has user manuals. In destroying statues and other symbols of American history, the new violent extremist movement cultivates its own history:Indoctrinate people without them realizing it, gradually and … Read more

Germany updates its report to predict Antifa-related ‘terrorist structures’

J Michael Waller / Center for Security Policy / September 15, 2020 – To understand Antifa and its broader movement free from the lenses of American politics, the German government is very helpful.  German domestic intelligence has a warning: Antifa and its allies are going to get more destructive and more violent.  “There is a … Read more

German internal security gives a quick and easy guide to Antifa

by J Michael Waller / Center for Security Policy / July 31, 2010 – Antifa is an organized “left-wing violent extremist” network with ideological goals “to eliminate the existing state and social order and thus the free democratic basic order,” according to new German internal security report. The report comes out as the United States … Read more

Antifa is heir to Germany’s Red Army Faction, daughter of terrorist Ulrike Meinhof says

By J Michael Waller / Center for Security Policy / June 3, 2020 – The only real difference between Antifa and the old Baader-Meinhof Gang of West Germany is that Antifa has no prominent leader and its members hide their identities, says German historian Bettina Röhl. Of all people, she should know. Röhl’s mother was … Read more

Delay NATO expansion, but for the right reason

by J Michael Waller, Wall Street Journal Europe, January 10, 1994 Download PDF The former Warsaw Pact states are justifiably pursuing the right goal of full NATO membership, but for the wrong reasons. Similarly, the Clinton administration is taking the correct approach by delaying that goal, but for entirely the wrong reasons. Rather than basing his … Read more