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May Day: The Origin and Evolution of a Leftist Holiday

Apr 30, 2017 | 13:02 GMT

Russian union members parade in Moscow's Red Square on May 1, 2014 for the first time since 1991. This year's May Day finds leftist terrorist groups undergoing a resurgence in Greece and Turkey.
Russian union members parade in Moscow's Red Square on May 1, 2014 for the first time since 1991. This year's May Day finds leftist terrorist groups undergoing a resurgence in Greece and Turkey.

(YURI KADOBNOV/AFP/Getty Images)

Editor's Note

In light of the May Day holiday, we have decided to republish this Stratfor analysis first released in 2015.

With the 1991 fall of the Soviet Union, anarchist and Marxist terrorist organizations worldwide lost their primary sponsor. In spite of this blow, leftist terrorism has persisted and is now experiencing a resurgence in some places. In Turkey and Greece in particular, leftist groups with roots in the Cold War period are regaining strength due to economic strain and austerity measures....

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