Publication details
Anarchistický terorismus v České republice po roce 1989
| Title in English | Anarchist Terrorism in the Czech Republic after 1989 |
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| Authors | |
| Year of publication | 2004 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | Rexter - časopis pro výzkum radikalismu, extremismu a terorismu |
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| Citation | |
| Web | http://www.strat.cz/Rexter/infor.php?id=26 |
| Field | Political sciences |
| Keywords | Czech Republic; Anarchism; Terrorism |
| Description | The paper analyses terrorist tendencies in the Czech anarchist movement after 1989. Traditions of anarchist terrorism have existed in the Czech lands since the beginning of the 20th centrury (the assassinations of the Prime Minister Karel Kramář in 1919 and of Finance Minister Alois Rašín in 1923). After 1989 some anarchists (such as groups Revolutionary Partisan Autonomy or Front of Individual Freedom) were inspired by the west-European left-wing terrorism and violence, but their threats have not been realized. Unclear is the background of the attempted murder of the former leader of the Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia Jiří Svoboda in 1992, which is thought to be an act of violence of antiauthoritarian anarchists. In April 1997 it may have been Czech anarchists that carried out a bomb attack against the embassy of Peru in Prague as a protest against the police action against the MRTA commando in Lima. Some acts of antifascist or antiglobalist violence can also be interesting from the point of view of terrorism research. |
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