US wants to globalize fight against far-left terrorism

WASHINGTON, July 16 (AFP): The United States (US) is hosting an international ministerial meeting Thursday aimed at globalizing the fight against left-wing terrorism, which the Trump administration claims is on the rise.

More than 60 delegations from Europe to Asia are expected to attend the event, titled "Resurgence of Political Terrorism" and chaired by Secretary of State Marco Rubio.

"Far-left political terrorism is a real and transnational threat that has existed for decades but is now experiencing a resurgence," Rubio was to say in opening remarks Thursday, according to a senior State Department official.

Rubio sought to characterize left-wing terrorism as a result of "a unique evil rooted in a deep resentment towards civilization" that "metastasizes into different ideological formulations," according to his prepared remarks. "It is a revolt against civilization and those building or sustaining it."

However, data from a comprehensive 2025 report by the Centre for Strategic and International Studies shows that while there has been a slight uptick in attacks from the left in the US, there have been far more terrorist attacks by the right going back to 1994.