List of left-wing rebel groups

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This is a list of left-wing rebel groups around the world. These groups are seeking change through armed conflict or illegal protest in opposition to an established government. This list does not contain those legal armed forces in communist states.

List of active groups

All groups still engaging in armed struggle today.

Country	Group	Strength	Official Ideology
International	Animal Liberation Front		Animal rights
International	Earth Liberation Front		Environmentalism
Afghanistan	Afghanistan Liberation Organization		Maoism
Afghanistan	Communist (Maoist) Party of Afghanistan		Marxism–Leninism–Maoism
Bangladesh	Purbo Banglar Communist Party	Unknown	Maoism
Bangladesh	Purba Banglar Sarbahara Party	Unknown	Communism
Bhutan	Bhutan Communist Party (Marxist–Leninist–Maoist) Bhutan Tiger Force	600–1,000	Marxism–Leninism–Maoism
Canada	Résistance internationaliste	Unknown	Anarchism
China	Maoist Communist Party of China	Unknown	Marxism–Leninism–Maoism
Colombia	National Liberation Army	1,380–3,000	Marxism
	Popular Liberation Army Communist Party of Colombia (Marxist–Leninist)	90–200	Hoxhaism
	Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia—People's Army Clandestine Colombian Communist Party	7,000–10,000	Marxism–Leninism
Ecuador	Communist Party of Ecuador–Red Sun	Unknown	Marxism–Leninism–Maoism
Ecuador	Group of Popular Combatants		Hoxhaism
France	ETA	50	Revolutionary socialism
Greece	Anti-State Justice	Unknown	Anarchism
	Black Star	Unknown	Anarchism
	Conspiracy of Fire Nuclei	Unknown	Anarchism
	Revolutionary Nuclei	Unknown	Far-left politics
	Revolutionary Struggle	Unknown	Anarchist communism
	Sect of Revolutionaries	Unknown	Far-left politics
	Thieves in Black	Unknown	Anarchism
India	Akhil Bharat Nepali Ekta Samaj	Unknown	Maoism
	Communist Party of India (Maoist) People's Liberation Guerrilla Army People's Militia	People's Liberation Guerrilla Army: 8,000–9,000 (September 2013) People's Militia: 38,000 (armed with bows, arrows, and machetes)	Marxism–Leninism–Maoism
	Maoist Communist Party of Manipur New People's Militia	Unknown	Marxism–Leninism–Maoism
	National Socialist Council of Nagaland	~4,500	Maoism
	People's Liberation Army of Manipur	3,800 (2008)	Maoism
Iran	Communist Party of Iran (Marxist–Leninist–Maoist)	Unknown	Marxism–Leninism–Maoism
	Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan	Unknown	Democratic socialism
	Komalah	800–900	Revolutionary socialism
	Party of Free Life of Kurdistan East Kurdistan Defense Units Women's Defence Forces	Unknown	Libertarian socialism
	People's Mujahedin of Iran	Unknown	Islamic socialism
	Worker-communist Party of Iran – Hekmatist	Unknown	Workerism
Italy	Informal Anarchist Federation	Unknown	Insurrectionary anarchism
Japan	Japan Revolutionary Communist League (Revolutionary Marxist Faction)		Trotskyism
Mexico	Popular Revolutionary Army	Unknown	Maoism
Mexico	Zapatista Army of National Liberation	Unknown	Neozapatismo
Nigeria	Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta	15,000 (2012)	Democratic socialism
Palestine	Abu Nidal Organization	Unknown	Arab socialism
Palestine	Palestine Liberation Organization Arab Liberation Front As-Sa'iqa Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine National Resistance Brigades Fatah Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades Force 14 Palestine Liberation Front Palestinian Arab Front Palestinian Democratic Union Palestinian People's Party Palestinian Popular Struggle Front Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine Abu Ali Mustapha Brigades	Unknown	Socialism
Paraguay	Paraguayan People's Army	50–80	Communism
Peru	Shining Path	4,200	Marxism–Leninism–Maoism
Philippines	Communist Party of the Philippines New People's Army National Democratic Front	83 guerilla front all over the country	Marxism–Leninism–Maoism
	Moro National Liberation Front	Unknown	Egalitarianism
	Revolutionary Workers' Party	Unknown	Marxism–Leninism
	Revolutionary Workers Party – Mindanao^[1]	Unknown	Trotskyism
Russia	New Revolutionary Alternative	Unknown	Insurrectionary anarchism
Syria	People's Protection Units Women's Protection Units Democratic Union Party	50,000^[2]	Libertarian socialism
Syria	International Freedom Battalion United Freedom Forces	Unknown	Revolutionary socialism
Turkey	Civil Protection Units Civil Protection Units-Women	1,000	Democratic Confederalism
	Communist Labour Party of Turkey	Unknown	Marxism–Leninism
	Communist Party of Kurdistan	Unknown	Communism
	Communist Party of Turkey/Marxist–Leninist (Maoist Party Centre)	Unknown	Marxism–Leninism–Maoism
	Communist Workers Party of Turkey	Unknown	Marxism–Leninism
	Peoples' United Revolutionary Movement Communist Labour Party of Turkey/Leninist Communist Party of Turkey/Marxist–Leninist Coordination of Revolutionary Proletarians Devrimci Karargâh Kurdistan Workers' Party People's Defence Forces Free Women's Units YDG-H Maoist Communist Party tr (Marxist–Leninist Armed Propaganda Union) Marxist–Leninist Communist Party Revolutionary Communard Party tr (Revolutionary Communist League of Turkey)	Unclear	Revolutionary socialism
	Revolutionary Communist Party of Turkey	Unknown	Hoxhaism
	Revolutionary Party of Kurdistan	Unknown	Marxism–Leninism
	Revolutionary People's Liberation Party/Front	Unknown	Marxism–Leninism
	Revolutionary People's Party	Unknown	Communism
Ukraine	Borotba	Unknown	Marxism–Leninism
United Kingdom	Continuity Irish Republican Army	50 or less "hard-core" operatives^[3] and fewer than 200 members in total^[4]	Irish republican socialism
	Óglaigh na hÉireann	50 members^[5]	Irish republicanism
	Real Irish Republican Army	250–300^[6]	Irish republicanism
United States	Black Guerrilla Family	100-300 full members with 50,000 associates	Marxism–Leninism^[7]
United States	Communist Militia USA	Unknown	Marxism-Leninism^[8]
Western Sahara	Polisario Front Front Polisario Khat al-Shahid	6–7,000 active soldiers	Islamic socialism

List of successful groups

All groups who no longer exist because they have met their goals, some are now the established government in their respective region.

Country	Group	Strength	Official Ideology
Albania	National Liberation Movement	70,000	Marxism–Leninism
Belgium	Front de l'Indépendance		Communism
Cambodia	Khmer Rouge Communist Party of Kampuchea		Maoism
China	Communist Party of China People's Liberation Army	2,285,000 active and 510,000 reserve (as government army)	Marxism–Leninism
Cuba	26th of July Movement	Unknown	Revolutionary socialism
Eritrea	Eritrean People's Liberation Front		Marxism–Leninism
Greece	National Liberation Front Greek People's Liberation Army Political Committee of National Liberation United Panhellenic Organization of Youth Organization for the Protection of the People's Struggle National Solidarity		Communism
Greece	National Republican Greek League	ca.12,000 (October 1944)	Socialism
Laos	Pathet Lao		Marxism–Leninism
Poland	Gwardia Ludowa		Communism
Russia	Bolsheviks	Unknown	Leninism
South Vietnam	Viet Cong		Marxism–Leninism
South Yemen	National Liberation Front	Unknown	Marxism
Yugoslavia	Yugoslav Partisans	80,000 – 800,000	Communism

List of failed groups

All groups that have failed at their end goal or have dissolved, and no longer exist.

Country	Group	Strength	Official Ideology
Bahrain	Popular Front for the Liberation of Bahrain	Unknown	Marxism–Leninism
Belgium	Partisans Armés		Communism
Bolivia	Ñancahuazú Guerrilla	29 Bolivians 25 Cubans 3 Peruvians 1 Argentine-Cuban (Che) 1 Argentine-German (Tania)	Revolutionary socialism
Canada	FLQ		Left-wing nationalism
Estonia	Soviet Republic of Naissaar		Revolutionary socialism
Finland	Finnish Socialist Workers' Republic		Revolutionary socialism
France	Action directe Elisabeth Van Dyck Commando		Libertarian socialism
France	Paris Commune Communards National Guard	On paper, 200,000; in reality, probably between 25,000 and 50,000 actual combatants	Revolutionary socialism
Germany	Alsace Soviet Republic	14	Soviet republicanism
	Anti-Imperialist Cell	2	Anti-imperialism
	Bavarian Council Republic	Unknown	Socialism
	Communist Party of Germany	360,000 in 1932	Marxism
	European Union		Socialism
	Free Workers' Union of Germany	Unknown	Anarcho-syndicalism
	Militante gruppe (mg)	Unknown	Communism
	Revolutionary Cells		New Left
	Spartacus League	Unknown	Luxemburgism
Italy	Armed Proletarians for Communism		Communism
	Autonomia Operaia		Autonomism
	Lotta Continua		Communism
	October 22 Group		Marxism–Leninism
	Political-Military Communist Party		Communism
	Potere Operaio		Workerism
	Prima Linea		Marxism–Leninism
	Red Brigades	Unknown	Marxism–Leninism
Lebanon	Arab Communist Organization	Unknown	Communism
	Front of Patriotic and National Parties Union of Working People's Forces	Unknown	Left-wing nationalism
	Lebanese National Movement Sixth of February Movement	18,700 in 1976	Left-wing nationalism
	Lebanese National Resistance Front Lebanese Armed Revolutionary Factions	1,000–2,000	Left-wing nationalism
Mexico	Liga Comunista 23 de Septiembre	Unknown	Marxism-Leninism
Mexico	Party of the Poor	Unknown	Socialism
North Yemen	Organisation of Yemeni Revolutionary Resistors	Unknown	Socialism
North Yemen	Revolutionary Democratic Party of Yemen	Unknown	Marxism–Leninism
Oman	Dhofar Liberation Front	Unknown	Marxism
	Popular Front for the Liberation of Oman	Unknown	Marxism
	Popular Front for the Liberation of the Occupied Arabian Gulf	Unknown	Marxism
Palestine	Arab Palestine Organization	Unknown	Nasserism
Palestine	Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine – Special Command	Unknown	Marxism–Leninism
Peru	Puka Llacta		Maoism
	Revolutionary Left Movement		Marxism
	Túpac Amaru Revolutionary Movement		Marxism–Leninism
Russia	Black Guards	Unknown	Anarchist communism
	Green armies	Unknown	Vague Leftism
	Kronstadt rebels	17,961 at highest	Leftist Anti-Leninism
	Left Socialist Revolutionaries	Unknown	Socialism
	Mensheviks	Unknown	Orthodox Marxism
	Socialist Revolutionary Party	Unknown	Agrarian socialism
Saudi Arabia	Arab Socialist Action Party – Arabian Peninsula	Unknown	Nasserism
Saudi Arabia	Arabian Peninsula People's Union	Unknown	Nasserism
Spain	Andecha Obrera		Marxism–Leninism
	Canary Islands Independence Movement Fuerzas Armadas Guanches		Left-wing nationalism
	Catalan Liberation Front		Marxism–Leninism
	Catalan Red Liberation Army		Marxism–Leninism
	Communist Party of Spain (international) (1975)		Communism
	Exército Guerrilheiro do Povo Galego Ceive		Revolutionary socialism
	First of May Group		Left anarchism
	Iberian Liberation Movement		Council communism
	Liga Armada Galega		Marxism–Leninism
	Loita Armada Revolucionaria		Marxism–Leninism
	Los Solidarios	About 11	Anarcho-syndicalism
	Organización Obreira	100+^[9]	Marxism–Leninism
	Popular Liberation Front		New Left
	Revolutionary Antifascist Patriotic Front		Marxism–Leninism
	Segi		Socialism
	Spanish National Liberation Front		Marxism–Leninism
	Terra Lliure		Marxism
	Workers' Front of Catalonia		Socialism
Ukraine	Donetsk–Krivoy Rog Soviet Republic	Unknown	Revolutionary socialism
	Revolutionary Insurrectionary Army of Ukraine	103,000 (December 1919)	Anarchist communism
	Odessa Soviet Republic	Unknown	Revolutionary socialism
United Kingdom	Irish People's Liberation Organisation	Unknown	Irish republican socialism
	Irish Republican Army IRA Army Council IRA Northern Command IRA Quartermaster General Teeling Column	14,500 (at maximum) 1,000 (at minimum)	Marxism (later)
	King Mob	Unknown	Situationism
	Official Irish Republican Army	Unknown	Marxism
	Saor Éire	Unknown	Irish republican socialism
	Saor Uladh	Unknown	Irish republicanism
	The Angry Brigade	Unknown	Left anarchism
United States	Black Liberation Army	Unknown	Socialism
	Black Panther Party Angola Three Black Panther Party, Winston-Salem, North Carolina Chapter San Francisco 8	Unknown	Marxism–Leninism
	Black Revolutionary Assault Team	Unknown	African-American leftism
	Boricua Popular Army	1,100 - 5,700	Left-wing Nationalism
	Fuerzas Armadas de Liberación Nacional Puertorriqueña		Marxism-Leninism
	George Jackson Brigade	5 at highest	Communism
	John Brown Anti-Klan Committee	Unknown	Radical left
	May 19th Communist Organization	Unknown	Communism
	MOVE	Most famous the "MOVE 9"	Anarcho-primitivism
	National Black Antiwar Antidraft Union		African-American leftism
	Seattle Liberation Front	Most famous the "Seattle Seven".	New Left
	Symbionese Liberation Army	16 in total	Communism
	The Camden 28	28	Christian left
	United Freedom Front	Known as the "Ohio 7"	Marxism
	Weather Underground Seattle Weather Collective Women's Brigade of Weather Underground	Unknown	Marxism–Leninism
	Up Against the Wall Motherfuckers		Left anarchism
	White Panther Party	Unknown	Revolutionary socialism
West Germany	2 June Movement	14	Left anarchism
	Red Army Faction		Marxism–Leninism
	Rote Zora		New Left
	Tupamaros West-Berlin	Unknown	Marxism
Venezuela	Revolutionary Left Movement	Unknown	Marxism

List of former groups

All groups that still exist today, but no longer engage in armed struggle as they did in the past.

Country	Group	Strength	Official Ideology
Algeria	National Liberation Front National Liberation Army	300,000	Arab socialism
Angola	MPLA	Unknown	Left-wing nationalism
Ethiopia	All-Ethiopia Socialist Movement	Unknown	Marxism–Leninism
	Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front Oromo Peoples' Democratic Organization Tigrayan People's Liberation Front	Unknown	Marxism
	Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Party	Unknown	Marxism–Leninism
Guinea-Bissau	African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde	10,000	Marxism
Lebanon	Al-Mourabitoun	1,000 regular fighters and 2,000 reservists	Nasserism
	Communist Action Organization in Lebanon	Unknown	Marxism–Leninism
	Lebanese Communist Party Popular Guard	2,000	Marxism–Leninism
	Nasserist Unionists Movement	Unknown	Nasserism
	Popular Nasserist Organization	Unknown	Nasserism
	Progressive Socialist Party	5,000	Socialism
	Toilers League	Unknown	Nasserism
Lesotho	Basutoland Congress Party Lesotho Liberation Army		Left-wing nationalism
Mozambique	FRELIMO	10,000–15,000	Marxism–Leninism
Namibia	SWANU	Unknown	Democratic socialism
Namibia	SWAPO People's Liberation Army of Namibia	Unknown	Democratic socialism
Nicaragua	Sandinista National Liberation Front		Sandinismo
South Africa	African National Congress Umkhonto we Sizwe	Unknown	Left-wing nationalism
	Azanian People's Organisation	Unknown	Socialism
	Pan Africanist Congress of Azania Azanian People's Liberation Army	Unknown	African socialism
Spain	Communist Party of Spain	Unknown	Communism
	Communist Party of Spain (Reconstituted) First of October Anti-Fascist Resistance Groups		Marxism–Leninism
	Confederación Nacional del Trabajo	Unknown	Anarcho-syndicalism
	ETA Segi	50 in the year 2011	Revolutionary socialism
United Kingdom	Cumann na mBan		Irish republicanism
	Irish National Liberation Army		Marxism–Leninism
	Provisional Irish Republican Army Active service unit Direct Action Against Drugs Internal Security Unit NORAID Provisional IRA Belfast Brigade Provisional IRA East Tyrone Brigade Provisional IRA South Armagh Brigade		Irish republicanism
Venezuela	Communist Party of Venezuela		Marxism–Leninism
Venezuela	Red Flag Party		Marxism–Leninism

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