American far-left domestic terrorist organization that emerged from Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) and carried out approximately 25 bombings of government and corporate buildings in the 1970s in opposition to the Vietnam War.
Represents the most significant example of American far-left domestic terrorism — demonstrating how radicalized student protest movements can progress to political violence, providing a historical case study in the pathology of ideological extremism.
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