# Ministerial on the Resurgence of Political Terrorism The Ministerial on the Resurgence of Political Terrorism was convened by U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio at the Department of State in Washington, D.C., on July 16, 2026. The public record includes the Department's media note, opening-session remarks, fact sheet, and a later outcomes briefing. This node preserves the event's addressable statements while routing their legal, diplomatic, financial, and operational propositions into [[collections/Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and the Intelligence Environment|Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and the Intelligence Environment]]. ## Simple Reminders, Quotations, and Thoughts > "On July 16, Secretary of State Marco Rubio will host governments for the Ministerial on the Resurgence of Political Terrorism. The event will focus on this renewed threat to our societies and encourage stronger joint action to reinforce frontline defenses and close the gaps the terrorist actors continue to exploit." > **— U.S. Department of State**, *Media Note, July 15, 2026* [[reminders/Counterterrorism/Governments Must Close the Gaps Terrorist Actors Exploit by the U.S. Department of State|Governments Must Close the Gaps Terrorist Actors Exploit by the U.S. Department of State]] > "Far-left political terrorism is resurgent, manifesting in violent terrorist acts across the Western Hemisphere, Europe, Asia and beyond. These are not isolated incidents. They reflect a deliberate, ideologically motivated strategy to destabilize free societies by violently targeting our political and economic systems, including attacks against private citizens, government officials, police and law enforcement, businesses, and critical infrastructure around the globe." > **— U.S. Department of State**, *Media Note, July 15, 2026* [[reminders/Counterterrorism/Far-Left Terrorist Acts Are Not Isolated Incidents by the U.S. Department of State|Far-Left Terrorist Acts Are Not Isolated Incidents by the U.S. Department of State]] > "For too long, however, [far-left political terrorism] has remained a blind spot in the international community's counterterrorism focus, underestimated and under-resourced, despite the danger it poses." > **— U.S. Department of State**, *Media Note, July 15, 2026* [[reminders/Counterterrorism/Far-Left Terrorism Remained an Underestimated International Blind Spot by the U.S. Department of State|Far-Left Terrorism Remained an Underestimated International Blind Spot by the U.S. Department of State]] > "The United States is taking a leading role in countering far-left terrorism." > **— U.S. Department of State**, *Media Note, July 15, 2026* [[reminders/Counterterrorism/The United States Is Taking a Leading Role in Countering Far-Left Terrorism by the U.S. Department of State|The United States Is Taking a Leading Role in Countering Far-Left Terrorism by the U.S. Department of State]] > "Since November 2025, the United States has designated four violent far-left groups—Antifa Ost, the Informal Anarchist Federation/International Revolutionary Front (FAI/FRI), Armed Proletarian Justice, and Revolutionary Class Self-Defense—as Foreign Terrorist Organizations and Specially Designated Global Terrorists." > **— U.S. Department of State**, *Media Note, July 15, 2026* [[reminders/Counterterrorism/The United States Designated Four Violent Far-Left Groups as Terrorist Organizations by the U.S. Department of State|The United States Designated Four Violent Far-Left Groups as Terrorist Organizations by the U.S. Department of State]] > "[The United States] offered a reward of up to $10 million for information leading to the disruption of the financial mechanisms of [the four designated far-left terrorist organizations]." > **— U.S. Department of State**, *Media Note, July 15, 2026* [[reminders/Counterterrorism/The United States Offered Ten Million Dollars to Disrupt Far-Left Terrorist Financing by the U.S. Department of State|The United States Offered Ten Million Dollars to Disrupt Far-Left Terrorist Financing by the U.S. Department of State]] > "[In May 2026,] the inaugural Counterterrorism Law Enforcement Workshop (CTLEW) ... convened 14 countries for a two-day, practitioner-focused workshop to exchange best practices for countering the threat of transnational far-left terrorism." > **— U.S. Department of State**, *Media Note, July 15, 2026* [[reminders/Counterterrorism/Fourteen Countries Exchanged Practices Against Transnational Far-Left Terrorism by the U.S. Department of State|Fourteen Countries Exchanged Practices Against Transnational Far-Left Terrorism by the U.S. Department of State]] > "In recent months, the United States engaged ... law enforcement, counterterrorism professionals, and prosecutors around the globe through direct engagements, as well as the inaugural Counterterrorism Law Enforcement Workshop (CTLEW) in May 2026." > **— U.S. Department of State**, *Media Note, July 15, 2026* [[reminders/Counterterrorism/The United States Engaged Counterterrorism Professionals and Prosecutors Around the World by the U.S. Department of State|The United States Engaged Counterterrorism Professionals and Prosecutors Around the World by the U.S. Department of State]] > "Secretary Rubio will highlight the importance of deepening cooperation with international partners to better map violent activity, disrupt terrorist financing, protect critical infrastructure, and promote collective action against a threat that respects no borders." > **— U.S. Department of State**, *Media Note, July 15, 2026* [[reminders/Counterterrorism/Deepen Cooperation Against a Threat That Respects No Borders by the U.S. Department of State|Deepen Cooperation Against a Threat That Respects No Borders by the U.S. Department of State]] > "From the Red Brigades and the Baader-Meinhof Group in Europe, to the Weather Underground here in the United States, to the Tupamaros and the Montoneros in South America, many of our countries have familiarity in the past with political terrorism, and unfortunately, we're seeing a resurgence of that again today. And so that is why we are gathered here, to talk about this dangerous trend." > **— Christopher Landau**, *Ministerial on the Resurgence of Political Terrorism, July 16, 2026* [[reminders/Counterterrorism/Political Terrorism Has Returned Across Countries That Defeated It Before by Christopher Landau|Political Terrorism Has Returned Across Countries That Defeated It Before by Christopher Landau]] > "The good news is [political terrorism] can be defeated, because it has been defeated. And we can defeat it again. But that's going to require some clear leadership." > **— Christopher Landau**, *Ministerial on the Resurgence of Political Terrorism, July 16, 2026* [[reminders/Counterterrorism/It Has Been Defeated and We Can Defeat It Again by Christopher Landau|It Has Been Defeated and We Can Defeat It Again by Christopher Landau]] > "[The Ministerial on the Resurgence of Political Terrorism] truly is an unprecedented event on an unprecedented issue—moment, I should say, in our history." > **— Marco Rubio**, *Ministerial on the Resurgence of Political Terrorism, July 16, 2026* [[reminders/Counterterrorism/The Political Terrorism Ministerial Was an Unprecedented Moment by Marco Rubio|The Political Terrorism Ministerial Was an Unprecedented Moment by Marco Rubio]] > "The most essential duty of the state—the first responsibility, frankly, of any government of any kind—is the protection of its people, is the protection of its country. This is a sacred obligation that should transcend all political and all ideological divisions." > **— Marco Rubio**, *Ministerial on the Resurgence of Political Terrorism, July 16, 2026* [[reminders/National Defense/The First Responsibility of Government Is the Protection of Its People by Marco Rubio|The First Responsibility of Government Is the Protection of Its People by Marco Rubio]] > Governments maintain militaries, intelligence agencies, counterterrorism bureaus, and police forces because keeping their people safe is their first responsibility. > **Adapted from Marco Rubio**, *Ministerial on the Resurgence of Political Terrorism, July 16, 2026* [[reminders/National Defense/Keeping People Safe Is Why Governments Maintain Security Institutions by Marco Rubio|Keeping People Safe Is Why Governments Maintain Security Institutions by Marco Rubio]] > "[The United States and its international partners] assembled a global coalition ... and we destroyed the ISIS caliphate; we killed al-Baghdadi, and al-Zawahiri, and bin Laden. And we built intelligence and law enforcement systems capable of anticipating and stopping attacks before the public even hears about them." > **— Marco Rubio**, *Ministerial on the Resurgence of Political Terrorism, July 16, 2026* [[reminders/Counterterrorism/A Global Coalition Built Systems That Stop Terrorist Attacks Before the Public Hears by Marco Rubio|A Global Coalition Built Systems That Stop Terrorist Attacks Before the Public Hears by Marco Rubio]] > "Every country represented here today has disrupted a terrorist threat at some point emanating from [global jihad]." > **— Marco Rubio**, *Ministerial on the Resurgence of Political Terrorism, July 16, 2026* [[reminders/Counterterrorism/Every Country at the Ministerial Had Disrupted a Terrorist Threat by Marco Rubio|Every Country at the Ministerial Had Disrupted a Terrorist Threat by Marco Rubio]] > Reviewing U.S. and European results, Rubio concluded: "Jihadist[s] attacks and plots in the United States are down by two-thirds since ISIS's peak. The number of people killed by jihadist terrorism in Europe dropped by roughly 97 percent from the year 2015 to the year 2024. In other words, to a very great extent, our counterterrorism strategy has worked." > **— Marco Rubio**, *Ministerial on the Resurgence of Political Terrorism, July 16, 2026* [[reminders/National Defense/Western Counterterrorism Strategy Severely Diminished the Jihadist Threat by Marco Rubio|Western Counterterrorism Strategy Severely Diminished the Jihadist Threat by Marco Rubio]] > "The [jihadist terrorist] threat has not disappeared, of course. It will continue to exist, particularly so long as we tolerate immigration systems that imports these threats directly into our respective homelands. But this threat has been severely diminished. The world looks very different today because of it." > **— Marco Rubio**, *Ministerial on the Resurgence of Political Terrorism, July 16, 2026* [[reminders/Counterterrorism/A Terrorist Threat Can Be Severely Diminished Without Disappearing by Marco Rubio|A Terrorist Threat Can Be Severely Diminished Without Disappearing by Marco Rubio]] > "For far too long, however, our counterterrorism doctrine has had a blind spot—a blind spot when it comes to extremist violence from the political left. Even today, the very idea that far-left terrorism could be a serious threat is treated as a right-wing fever dream, or worse, as a dangerous fascist conspiracy." > **— Marco Rubio**, *Ministerial on the Resurgence of Political Terrorism, July 16, 2026* [[reminders/Counterterrorism/Counterterrorism Doctrine Has Had a Blind Spot by Marco Rubio|Counterterrorism Doctrine Has Had a Blind Spot by Marco Rubio]] > Speaking about Western counterterrorism institutions, Rubio said: "A whole industry grew up in our countries around the study of extremism. We have think tanks and fellowships and journals and consultancies, with the unspoken understanding among them that ... only one kind of political violence was a true threat to the system." > **— Marco Rubio**, *Ministerial on the Resurgence of Political Terrorism, July 16, 2026* [[reminders/Counterterrorism/The Extremism Industry Treated Only One Kind of Political Violence as a True Threat by Marco Rubio|The Extremism Industry Treated Only One Kind of Political Violence as a True Threat by Marco Rubio]] > "For years, [the ideological prejudice that only one kind of political violence truly threatened the system] was embedded in the way we talked about political violence and extremism. It was repeated again and again, until it was accepted as the neutral and objective baseline, so entrenched—so entrenched in the mainstream conventional wisdom that it came to be regarded as an apolitical fact." > **— Marco Rubio**, *Ministerial on the Resurgence of Political Terrorism, July 16, 2026* [[reminders/Information/Repetition Can Turn Ideological Prejudice into an Apolitical Fact by Marco Rubio|Repetition Can Turn Ideological Prejudice into an Apolitical Fact by Marco Rubio]] > "Left-wing violence was not just excused; it was treated as sacrosanct, a protected class unto itself. That era has to end." > **— Marco Rubio**, *Ministerial on the Resurgence of Political Terrorism, July 16, 2026* [[reminders/Constitutional Power/Violence Cannot Be Treated as a Protected Class by Marco Rubio|Violence Cannot Be Treated as a Protected Class by Marco Rubio]] > "The coalition in this room today includes political leaders and experts and law enforcement officials from more than 60 countries across the world. ... Some of your governments and ours disagree publicly. Sometimes we disagree sharply about trade, about energy, about immigration. You did not come here today because you have been persuaded on every single aspect of the American view of the world." > **— Marco Rubio**, *Ministerial on the Resurgence of Political Terrorism, July 16, 2026* [[reminders/Counterterrorism/Governments Can Cooperate Against Terrorism Without Sharing Every American View by Marco Rubio|Governments Can Cooperate Against Terrorism Without Sharing Every American View by Marco Rubio]] > "[Far-left political terrorism] is real, and it is getting worse, and it can no longer be denied, and it can no longer be ignored, because it is time to crush this evil forever." > **— Marco Rubio**, *Ministerial on the Resurgence of Political Terrorism, July 16, 2026* [[reminders/Counterterrorism/This Is Real and It Can No Longer Be Ignored by Marco Rubio|This Is Real and It Can No Longer Be Ignored by Marco Rubio]] > "Far-left political terrorism is not a recent-day, modern novelty. It is not a fiction manufactured by conservative politicians. For most of the modern era, it was, in fact, the dominant form of political violence." > **— Marco Rubio**, *Ministerial on the Resurgence of Political Terrorism, July 16, 2026* [[reminders/Counterterrorism/Far-Left Political Terrorism Is Not a Modern Novelty by Marco Rubio|Far-Left Political Terrorism Is Not a Modern Novelty by Marco Rubio]] > "In one 18-month period between 1971 and 1972, the FBI counted some 2,500 bombings on American soil, a rate of nearly five a day. The overwhelming share of that violence came from left-wing extremists. Between 1970 and 1980, 93 percent of terrorist attacks in the West came from the far extremist left." > **— Marco Rubio**, *Ministerial on the Resurgence of Political Terrorism, July 16, 2026* [[reminders/Counterterrorism/The FBI Counted Twenty-Five Hundred Bombings in Eighteen Months by Marco Rubio|The FBI Counted Twenty-Five Hundred Bombings in Eighteen Months by Marco Rubio]] > "We've been taught to believe that [far-left political violence] ... simply doesn't exist or it's being exaggerated. But it does exist, and we're actually underestimating it, and our nations bear the scars to prove it." > **— Marco Rubio**, *Ministerial on the Resurgence of Political Terrorism, July 16, 2026* [[reminders/Counterterrorism/Our Nations Bear the Scars to Prove It by Marco Rubio|Our Nations Bear the Scars to Prove It by Marco Rubio]] > "Here in the United States, the share of left-wing terrorist attacks and plots has risen to levels not seen in decades. In Germany, far-left violence has jumped by more than 40 percent in just the last year alone. In Greece, more than 80 percent of radical violence is now driven by far-left and anarchist actors. These are not abstract statistics." > **— Marco Rubio**, *Ministerial on the Resurgence of Political Terrorism, July 16, 2026* [[reminders/Counterterrorism/Far-Left Violence Has Risen Across the United States, Germany, and Greece by Marco Rubio|Far-Left Violence Has Risen Across the United States, Germany, and Greece by Marco Rubio]] > "[Radical leftism] has always been driven by a hatred above all else, a hatred for civilization itself. It is a revolt of the worst against the best, a revolt of the weak and the cowardly against the strong and the good." > **— Marco Rubio**, *Ministerial on the Resurgence of Political Terrorism, July 16, 2026* [[reminders/Civilization/Radical Leftism Is a Revolt Against Civilization by Marco Rubio|Radical Leftism Is a Revolt Against Civilization by Marco Rubio]] > "[Radical leftism] may wear various different slogans and ideologies across place and time. [Its adherents] can call themselves anti-capitalist or anti-imperialist or communist or anarchist or Marxist. But the fundamental character is always the same." > **— Marco Rubio**, *Ministerial on the Resurgence of Political Terrorism, July 16, 2026* [[reminders/Deception/Radical Leftism Changes Slogans but Retains the Same Character by Marco Rubio|Radical Leftism Changes Slogans but Retains the Same Character by Marco Rubio]] > "[Far-left political terrorism] is perpetrated by those who cannot build, who cannot create, who cannot achieve great things, and take their revenge upon the world for their own inadequacy by seeking to destroy those who can." > **— Marco Rubio**, *Ministerial on the Resurgence of Political Terrorism, July 16, 2026* [[reminders/Civilization/Those Who Cannot Build Seek to Destroy Those Who Can by Marco Rubio|Those Who Cannot Build Seek to Destroy Those Who Can by Marco Rubio]] > "[Radical leftism] is a poisonous resentment cloaked in the language of equality and justice and liberation, an overwhelming need to tear down what greater men have built, to wreck what is beautiful and what is right. ... [This revolutionary violence is not] driven by idealism. It is not utopian. In fact, it is the opposite." > **— Marco Rubio**, *Ministerial on the Resurgence of Political Terrorism, July 16, 2026* [[reminders/Deception/Poisonous Resentment Can Be Cloaked in the Language of Justice by Marco Rubio|Poisonous Resentment Can Be Cloaked in the Language of Justice by Marco Rubio]] > "Communism does not sound good in theory. The world it envisions for all of us is small, flat, grey, leveled of all exception, drained of all that is good and noble in the human soul. The world it envisions is a world without courage, a world without creativity or ambition, a world without heroes or glory or great causes to strive towards ... a world without miracles, without myths, without men who rise above the rest to do incredible and extraordinary things." > **— Marco Rubio**, *Ministerial on the Resurgence of Political Terrorism, July 16, 2026* [[reminders/Civilization/Communism Does Not Sound Good in Theory by Marco Rubio|Communism Does Not Sound Good in Theory by Marco Rubio]] > "The world communism envisions is a world without God." > **— Marco Rubio**, *Ministerial on the Resurgence of Political Terrorism, July 16, 2026* [[reminders/Civilization/The World Communism Envisions Is a World Without God by Marco Rubio|The World Communism Envisions Is a World Without God by Marco Rubio]] > "[Architects of revolutionary violence] attack pipelines; they attack railroads; they attack power grids and laboratories, the physical embodied symbols of power and invention and achievement. This is the nature of the terrorism we face today. They despise the West because the West is great." > **— Marco Rubio**, *Ministerial on the Resurgence of Political Terrorism, July 16, 2026* [[reminders/Civilization/They Attack the Symbols of Power, Invention, and Achievement by Marco Rubio|They Attack the Symbols of Power, Invention, and Achievement by Marco Rubio]] > "[Far-left terrorist organizations] are not distinct and isolated cells. They are interconnected networks. They do not recognize our borders. ... They coordinate, they communicate, they travel, they train, and they act together, sharing the same infrastructure, sharing the same enemies, sharing the same mission." > **— Marco Rubio**, *Ministerial on the Resurgence of Political Terrorism, July 16, 2026* [[reminders/Counterterrorism/These Are Interconnected Networks Sharing Infrastructure, Enemies, and Mission by Marco Rubio|These Are Interconnected Networks Sharing Infrastructure, Enemies, and Mission by Marco Rubio]] > "Today's far-left terrorists can raise money in one country; they can host their communications in a second country; they can receive training in a third country; they can recruit militants in a fourth country, and then together strike a target in a fifth country. And so, we have no choice but to confront this menace together. We will either cooperate across our borders or the terrorists will continue to exploit the gaps between them." > **— Marco Rubio**, *Ministerial on the Resurgence of Political Terrorism, July 16, 2026* [[reminders/Counterterrorism/We Will Cooperate Across Borders or Terrorists Will Exploit the Gaps by Marco Rubio|We Will Cooperate Across Borders or Terrorists Will Exploit the Gaps by Marco Rubio]] > "Under President Trump, for the first time, the United States is building the infrastructure, the partnership, and the strategy to defeat the scourge of far-left terror." > **— Marco Rubio**, *Ministerial on the Resurgence of Political Terrorism, July 16, 2026* [[reminders/Counterterrorism/The United States Is Building the Infrastructure to Defeat Far-Left Terror by Marco Rubio|The United States Is Building the Infrastructure to Defeat Far-Left Terror by Marco Rubio]] > "The President signed National Security Presidential Memorandum number 7, outlining a comprehensive strategy to investigate and disrupt Antifa terror networks and their allies." > **— Marco Rubio**, *Ministerial on the Resurgence of Political Terrorism, July 16, 2026* [[reminders/Counterterrorism/National Security Presidential Memorandum 7 Targets Antifa Terror Networks by Marco Rubio|National Security Presidential Memorandum 7 Targets Antifa Terror Networks by Marco Rubio]] > "Last November, the State Department designated four violent far-left extremist groups as Foreign Terrorist Organizations, and there will be more designations soon." > **— Marco Rubio**, *Ministerial on the Resurgence of Political Terrorism, July 16, 2026* [[reminders/Counterterrorism/More Far-Left Terrorist Designations Are Coming by Marco Rubio|More Far-Left Terrorist Designations Are Coming by Marco Rubio]] > "In December, [the United States] announced Rewards for Justice offering up to $10 million for information disrupting the financing behind [four designated far-left terrorist] groups." > **— Marco Rubio**, *Ministerial on the Resurgence of Political Terrorism, July 16, 2026* [[reminders/Counterterrorism/Rewards for Justice Offered Ten Million Dollars to Disrupt Terrorist Financing by Marco Rubio|Rewards for Justice Offered Ten Million Dollars to Disrupt Terrorist Financing by Marco Rubio]] > "In May, [the United States] convened the first Counter Terrorism Law Enforcement Workshop, joining American law enforcement officials and their counterparts in our partner ... nations together to map and develop strategies for dismantling [far-left terror] networks. The next workshop will be co-hosted with our partners in Germany." > **— Marco Rubio**, *Ministerial on the Resurgence of Political Terrorism, July 16, 2026* [[reminders/Counterterrorism/Law Enforcement Partners Are Mapping How to Dismantle Terror Networks by Marco Rubio|Law Enforcement Partners Are Mapping How to Dismantle Terror Networks by Marco Rubio]] > "The [international counterterrorism] coalition we're building together is already bearing fruit, and we are here today to build on that work." > **— Marco Rubio**, *Ministerial on the Resurgence of Political Terrorism, July 16, 2026* [[reminders/Counterterrorism/The Counterterrorism Coalition Is Already Bearing Fruit by Marco Rubio|The Counterterrorism Coalition Is Already Bearing Fruit by Marco Rubio]] > "We can—and we must—identify and map [far-left political terrorism] and rebuild our counterterrorism architecture to defeat it. ... Through intelligence and information sharing, through coordinated law enforcement strategy, through financial targeting and disruption, we will dismantle [far-left terrorist] networks brick by brick." > **— Marco Rubio**, *Ministerial on the Resurgence of Political Terrorism, July 16, 2026* [[reminders/Counterterrorism/We Must Rebuild Our Counterterrorism Architecture by Marco Rubio|We Must Rebuild Our Counterterrorism Architecture by Marco Rubio]] > "It is easy to destroy great things; it is far more difficult to make them. The enemies of civilization are only capable of the former. ... But we have built great things together. We have done it time and again. We know what we must do, and now we must do it." > **— Marco Rubio**, *Ministerial on the Resurgence of Political Terrorism, July 16, 2026* [[reminders/Civilization/It Is Easy to Destroy Great Things and Far More Difficult to Make Them by Marco Rubio|It Is Easy to Destroy Great Things and Far More Difficult to Make Them by Marco Rubio]] > "[National Security Presidential Memorandum 7] directs, for the first time in American history, all of our law enforcement and intelligence agencies to work together to disrupt, identify, defund, debank, arrest, and prosecute [left-wing political terrorists] that are operating in our country." > **— Stephen Miller**, *Ministerial on the Resurgence of Political Terrorism, July 16, 2026* [[reminders/Counterterrorism/Law Enforcement and Intelligence Must Work Together Against Political Terrorism by Stephen Miller|Law Enforcement and Intelligence Must Work Together Against Political Terrorism by Stephen Miller]] > "Left-wing political terrorism seeks as its ultimate end the overthrow of our system and form of government." > **— Stephen Miller**, *Ministerial on the Resurgence of Political Terrorism, July 16, 2026* [[reminders/Constitutional Power/Political Terrorism Seeks the Overthrow of Our Form of Government by Stephen Miller|Political Terrorism Seeks the Overthrow of Our Form of Government by Stephen Miller]] > "Left-wing terrorism always ends in bloodshed, misery, and suffering. It only can travel in one direction. ... Inevitably, left to run its course, it always becomes a gulag. It always becomes the mass imprisonment of political enemies, the stripping of their rights and freedoms, inflicting immense pain, humiliation, suffering in order to establish complete and total control—control through psychological and physical and actual terror." > **— Stephen Miller**, *Ministerial on the Resurgence of Political Terrorism, July 16, 2026* [[reminders/Counterterrorism/Left-Wing Terrorism Travels Toward Complete and Total Control by Stephen Miller|Left-Wing Terrorism Travels Toward Complete and Total Control by Stephen Miller]] > "Antifa ... operates in dozens of countries all throughout the world. [Its organizations] share common networks of funding and organization and information sharing. And so, all of our intelligence agencies and law enforcement entities should be collaborating and coordinating and working together in order to root out these organizations." > **— Stephen Miller**, *Ministerial on the Resurgence of Political Terrorism, July 16, 2026* [[reminders/Counterterrorism/Antifa Networks Operate Across Dozens of Countries by Stephen Miller|Antifa Networks Operate Across Dozens of Countries by Stephen Miller]] > "One of the hallmarks of left-wing violence and terrorism is its completely pretextual and disingenuous appeal to civil liberties in an effort to shield its own violence. This is the tactic that the left always uses to try to protect itself from facing criminal punishment." > **— Stephen Miller**, *Ministerial on the Resurgence of Political Terrorism, July 16, 2026* [[reminders/Constitutional Power/Civil Liberties Cannot Be Used to Shield Political Violence by Stephen Miller|Civil Liberties Cannot Be Used to Shield Political Violence by Stephen Miller]] > "The threat of violence against a public figure or their family is meant to cow them into behaving or acting or conducting themselves differently." > **— Stephen Miller**, *Ministerial on the Resurgence of Political Terrorism, July 16, 2026* [[reminders/Deterrence/Threats Against Public Figures Are Meant to Cow Them into Acting Differently by Stephen Miller|Threats Against Public Figures Are Meant to Cow Them into Acting Differently by Stephen Miller]] > "Nothing that we do works if the threat of violence and terror goes on unchecked. Our political systems don't work. Our judicial systems don't work. Our legal systems don't work. Our jury trials don't work." > **— Stephen Miller**, *Ministerial on the Resurgence of Political Terrorism, July 16, 2026* [[reminders/Civilization/Nothing Works When Violence and Terror Go Unchecked by Stephen Miller|Nothing Works When Violence and Terror Go Unchecked by Stephen Miller]] > "Those who are not themselves terrorists—but who support left-wing violence—will create the conditions that allow that violence to go on without any meaningful inhibition." > **— Stephen Miller**, *Ministerial on the Resurgence of Political Terrorism, July 16, 2026* [[reminders/Counterterrorism/Supporters of Political Violence Can Remove Its Inhibitions by Stephen Miller|Supporters of Political Violence Can Remove Its Inhibitions by Stephen Miller]] > "People have created an internal rationalization structure to justify unsanctioned violence against the state and state actors to achieve a political end." > **— Stephen Miller**, *Ministerial on the Resurgence of Political Terrorism, July 16, 2026* [[reminders/Deception/Rationalization Can Turn Violence into a Political Instrument by Stephen Miller|Rationalization Can Turn Violence into a Political Instrument by Stephen Miller]] > "We have to use every lawful and legitimate tool that we have to demonstrate that justice will be served and delivered, and to prove that [political violence and criminal activity] will ultimately fail. If the leftist learns and observes that their violence and criminal activity helps and ultimately succeeds in achieving their desired political end, they will be endlessly emboldened." > **— Stephen Miller**, *Ministerial on the Resurgence of Political Terrorism, July 16, 2026* [[reminders/Deterrence/Political Violence Must Be Shown That It Will Fail by Stephen Miller|Political Violence Must Be Shown That It Will Fail by Stephen Miller]] > "The greatest risk that we have is that our institutions have grown too soft and too cowardly to be able to defend themselves against a mortal threat." > **— Stephen Miller**, *Ministerial on the Resurgence of Political Terrorism, July 16, 2026* [[reminders/Antifragility/Institutions Can Become Too Soft to Defend Themselves by Stephen Miller|Institutions Can Become Too Soft to Defend Themselves by Stephen Miller]] > "If your civilization is your home, you must defend it with the same passion and force as if an enemy intruder is inside your own house where your family lives. That is the level of dedication and urgency that is required. ... If we are softer than those who seek to end us, then the smaller but more radical minority will succeed." > **— Stephen Miller**, *Ministerial on the Resurgence of Political Terrorism, July 16, 2026* [[reminders/Civilization/If Your Civilization Is Your Home You Must Defend It by Stephen Miller|If Your Civilization Is Your Home You Must Defend It by Stephen Miller]] > "[U.S.] Immigration and Customs Enforcement ... has been subjected to an ... 8,000 percent increase in violent assaults. These are not one-off episodes. This is repeat, systemic, organized, funded insurrection, an armed resistance against the federal government." > **— Stephen Miller**, *Ministerial on the Resurgence of Political Terrorism, July 16, 2026* [[reminders/Counterterrorism/Assaults on Immigration Officers Are Systemic, Organized, and Funded by Stephen Miller|Assaults on Immigration Officers Are Systemic, Organized, and Funded by Stephen Miller]] > "We've had repeated, direct, violent attacks on federal law enforcement in order to veto the ballot box with violence. And the leftist justifies this violence to himself by saying that they alone are the arbiters of what is right or wrong—not the law, not history, not civilization, not public opinion, and certainly not God. The leftist assumes for himself judge, jury, executioner." > **— Stephen Miller**, *Ministerial on the Resurgence of Political Terrorism, July 16, 2026* [[reminders/Constitutional Power/Violence Must Not Be Allowed to Veto the Ballot Box by Stephen Miller|Violence Must Not Be Allowed to Veto the Ballot Box by Stephen Miller]] > "The leftist is fundamentally motivated by envy, by hatred, by jealousy. ... And they turn those emotions ultimately into a desire to subjugate, to oppress, and to inflict pain and suffering." > **— Stephen Miller**, *Ministerial on the Resurgence of Political Terrorism, July 16, 2026* [[reminders/Deception/Envy and Jealousy Become a Desire to Subjugate by Stephen Miller|Envy and Jealousy Become a Desire to Subjugate by Stephen Miller]] > "You know that families are right. You know that children are precious and beautiful and must be protected. ... It's about normal, healthy, ordered living." > **— Stephen Miller**, *Ministerial on the Resurgence of Political Terrorism, July 16, 2026* [[reminders/Civilization/Children Are Precious and Must Be Protected by Stephen Miller|Children Are Precious and Must Be Protected by Stephen Miller]] > "When it comes to preventing [political-terrorist] horrors, it is the burden and the duty of good people of all walks of life to understand that you will always be accused of raising the alarm too loudly." > **— Stephen Miller**, *Ministerial on the Resurgence of Political Terrorism, July 16, 2026* [[reminders/Leadership/Good People Will Be Accused of Raising the Alarm Too Loudly by Stephen Miller|Good People Will Be Accused of Raising the Alarm Too Loudly by Stephen Miller]] > "If you wait until the point where the worst outcome is so obvious that no one can deny it, you've already lost the battle. ... I would rather prevent a threat from occurring and be accused for the rest of my life of having falsely raised the alarm, knowing in myself that I was right, than for fear of being judged having waited too long until the point of no return has been crossed." > **— Stephen Miller**, *Ministerial on the Resurgence of Political Terrorism, July 16, 2026* [[reminders/Deterrence/If You Wait Until No One Can Deny the Threat You Have Already Lost by Stephen Miller|If You Wait Until No One Can Deny the Threat You Have Already Lost by Stephen Miller]] > "All of us should organize together and work together for the good and the benefit of all the people in our societies, of all walks of life, of all persuasions, to deliver for them what they are justly entitled to, which is to live with safety, with fundamental human dignity, and with the ability to live in peace and harmony with their families and neighbors." > **— Stephen Miller**, *Ministerial on the Resurgence of Political Terrorism, July 16, 2026* [[reminders/Civilization/Every Person Is Entitled to Safety, Dignity, and Peace by Stephen Miller|Every Person Is Entitled to Safety, Dignity, and Peace by Stephen Miller]] > "The resurgence of political terrorism, transnational in design and far left in doctrine, is no longer the concern of any one nation. It demands a response that draws upon the distinct and combined strengths of every government represented here today." > **— Scott Bessent**, *Ministerial on the Resurgence of Political Terrorism, July 16, 2026* [[reminders/Counterterrorism/Transnational Political Terrorism Is No Longer the Concern of Any One Nation by Scott Bessent|Transnational Political Terrorism Is No Longer the Concern of Any One Nation by Scott Bessent]] > Every campaign of terror has a financial lifeblood. The Treasury Department's response begins there because America's financial system is essential to its national security. > **Adapted from Scott Bessent**, *Ministerial on the Resurgence of Political Terrorism, July 16, 2026* [[reminders/Counterterrorism/Every Campaign of Terror Has a Financial Lifeblood by Scott Bessent|Every Campaign of Terror Has a Financial Lifeblood by Scott Bessent]] > "At President Trump's direction, the United States Treasury is bringing the full weight of our authorities to defend the integrity of the U.S. global financial systems." > **— Scott Bessent**, *Ministerial on the Resurgence of Political Terrorism, July 16, 2026* [[reminders/Counterterrorism/Treasury Brings Its Full Authority Against Terrorist Finance by Scott Bessent|Treasury Brings Its Full Authority Against Terrorist Finance by Scott Bessent]] > "More than 20 years ago, in the wake of 9/11, Treasury became the first finance ministry in the world to establish an office dedicated to disrupting the funding networks of terrorist organizations." > **— Scott Bessent**, *Ministerial on the Resurgence of Political Terrorism, July 16, 2026* [[reminders/Counterterrorism/Treasury Created the First Finance-Ministry Office Dedicated to Terrorist Funding by Scott Bessent|Treasury Created the First Finance-Ministry Office Dedicated to Terrorist Funding by Scott Bessent]] > "[Treasury's Office of Terrorism and Financial Intelligence] was created in recognition of the reality that America's financial system is essential to its national security. [Its] mandate to identify, disrupt, and disable illicit foreign funds that threaten our homeland has become one of the Treasury's defining responsibilities." > **— Scott Bessent**, *Ministerial on the Resurgence of Political Terrorism, July 16, 2026* [[reminders/Counterterrorism/Terrorism and Financial Intelligence Disables Funds That Threaten America by Scott Bessent|Terrorism and Financial Intelligence Disables Funds That Threaten America by Scott Bessent]] > "The resurgence of organized political terrorism has long occupied a blind spot. The international community has struggled to identify this danger, much less defeat it." > **— Scott Bessent**, *Ministerial on the Resurgence of Political Terrorism, July 16, 2026* [[reminders/Counterterrorism/The International Community Struggled to Identify Organized Political Terrorism by Scott Bessent|The International Community Struggled to Identify Organized Political Terrorism by Scott Bessent]] > "As the threat of terrorism evolves, the institution[al] tools that defend against it must adapt. We once understood terrorism principally as an external menace. That is no longer the world we inhabit. Increasingly, we are confronting sophisticated, organized networks across borders to incite violence within them." > **— Scott Bessent**, *Ministerial on the Resurgence of Political Terrorism, July 16, 2026* [[reminders/Counterterrorism/As Terrorism Evolves the Tools That Defend Against It Must Adapt by Scott Bessent|As Terrorism Evolves the Tools That Defend Against It Must Adapt by Scott Bessent]] > "Old ideological boundaries are now giving way to new operational alliances. The unified front between international Marxism and radical Islamic movements need not share the same ultimate vision to share the same immediate enemy of free and self-governing societies. ... Societies are rarely subverted from afar until they have first been weakened from within." > **— Scott Bessent**, *Ministerial on the Resurgence of Political Terrorism, July 16, 2026* [[reminders/Deception/Societies Are Rarely Subverted from Afar Until Weakened from Within by Scott Bessent|Societies Are Rarely Subverted from Afar Until Weakened from Within by Scott Bessent]] > "As it tears at the social fabric that allows our societies to function, left-wing terrorism is the visible manifestation of a much broader and more insidious effort to undermine the philosophies that built Western civilization and sustain all we hold dear." > **— Scott Bessent**, *Ministerial on the Resurgence of Political Terrorism, July 16, 2026* [[reminders/Civilization/Left-Wing Terrorism Tears at the Social Fabric of Western Civilization by Scott Bessent|Left-Wing Terrorism Tears at the Social Fabric of Western Civilization by Scott Bessent]] > "Some [left-wing terrorist] activities are overt: bombings, assassinations, and organized violence in our streets. Others are quieter: campaigns to suppress speech, intimidate political opposition, and sabotage our national institutions." > **— Scott Bessent**, *Ministerial on the Resurgence of Political Terrorism, July 16, 2026* [[reminders/Counterterrorism/Political Terrorism Operates Through Overt Violence and Quieter Institutional Sabotage by Scott Bessent|Political Terrorism Operates Through Overt Violence and Quieter Institutional Sabotage by Scott Bessent]] > "Violence requires money, channels through which funding can move, and institutions behind which it can hide. Increasingly, legitimate nonprofit and charitable structures are being exploited as a mechanism to conceal the movement of illicit funds to support political terrorism." > **— Scott Bessent**, *Ministerial on the Resurgence of Political Terrorism, July 16, 2026* [[reminders/Counterterrorism/Violence Requires Money, Channels, and Institutions Behind Which It Can Hide by Scott Bessent|Violence Requires Money, Channels, and Institutions Behind Which It Can Hide by Scott Bessent]] > "Through our Office of Foreign Assets Control, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, and IRS-CI, we have spent decades developing the world's most sophisticated financial counterterrorism capabilities. And now we are mobilizing some of the same tools that we have deployed against terrorists abroad to confront [organized political terrorism] here at home." > **— Scott Bessent**, *Ministerial on the Resurgence of Political Terrorism, July 16, 2026* [[reminders/Counterterrorism/Treasury Is Mobilizing Foreign Counterterrorism Tools Against a Domestic Threat by Scott Bessent|Treasury Is Mobilizing Foreign Counterterrorism Tools Against a Domestic Threat by Scott Bessent]] > "Like every form of illicit finance, [terrorist] networks rely on the global financial system. It is [the United States Treasury's] mandate to deny terrorist groups access to those channels." > **— Scott Bessent**, *Ministerial on the Resurgence of Political Terrorism, July 16, 2026* [[reminders/Counterterrorism/Terrorist Networks Depend on the Global Financial System by Scott Bessent|Terrorist Networks Depend on the Global Financial System by Scott Bessent]] > "The very qualities that make [nonprofits and charities] worthy of the public's trust can also make them appealing to those who endeavor to exploit them." > **— Scott Bessent**, *Ministerial on the Resurgence of Political Terrorism, July 16, 2026* [[reminders/Capture/Public Trust Can Make Charities Appealing to Those Who Exploit Them by Scott Bessent|Public Trust Can Make Charities Appealing to Those Who Exploit Them by Scott Bessent]] > "Where the evidence leads, [the United States Treasury] will not hesitate to follow. ... [Treasury] will hold these [charitable] organizations, officers, [and] directors accountable. And just as a financial institution must know their clients, [charitable organizations] must know their grantees." > **— Scott Bessent**, *Ministerial on the Resurgence of Political Terrorism, July 16, 2026* [[reminders/Counterterrorism/Charitable Organizations Must Know Their Grantees by Scott Bessent|Charitable Organizations Must Know Their Grantees by Scott Bessent]] > "The United States designated four far-left Antifa extremist groups abroad as Foreign Terrorist Organization[s], denying them access to the U.S. financial system and depriving them of resources they need to carry out attacks." > **— Scott Bessent**, *Ministerial on the Resurgence of Political Terrorism, July 16, 2026* [[reminders/Deterrence/Terrorist Designations Deny Groups Money Needed for Attacks by Scott Bessent|Terrorist Designations Deny Groups Money Needed for Attacks by Scott Bessent]] > "In this administration alone, OFAC has ... sanctioned 17 sham charities and nonprofit organizations for funding Hamas's terrorist activities and operations." > **— Scott Bessent**, *Ministerial on the Resurgence of Political Terrorism, July 16, 2026* [[reminders/Counterterrorism/OFAC Sanctioned Seventeen Organizations for Funding Hamas by Scott Bessent|OFAC Sanctioned Seventeen Organizations for Funding Hamas by Scott Bessent]] > "No terror organization should delude itself into the belief that its financing lies beyond our reach. No facilitator should assume that anonymity confers impunity, and no jurisdiction should expect to enable or harbor these activities without consequence." > **— Scott Bessent**, *Ministerial on the Resurgence of Political Terrorism, July 16, 2026* [[reminders/Deterrence/No Facilitator Should Assume That Anonymity Confers Impunity by Scott Bessent|No Facilitator Should Assume That Anonymity Confers Impunity by Scott Bessent]] > "In the fight against domestic terrorism, we must respect the constitutional rights, freedom of speech, association, and assembly of all Americans. ... Treasury will act based on suspected unlawful conduct by these terror organizations, not because of their beliefs or ideologies." > **— Scott Bessent**, *Ministerial on the Resurgence of Political Terrorism, July 16, 2026* [[reminders/Constitutional Power/Act on Unlawful Conduct Not Beliefs or Ideologies by Scott Bessent|Act on Unlawful Conduct Not Beliefs or Ideologies by Scott Bessent]] > "At Treasury, [countering terrorist finance] is mission-critical, but we cannot do it alone. The threat is transnational. Our response must be no less so." > **— Scott Bessent**, *Ministerial on the Resurgence of Political Terrorism, July 16, 2026* [[reminders/Counterterrorism/A Transnational Terrorist Threat Requires a Transnational Response by Scott Bessent|A Transnational Terrorist Threat Requires a Transnational Response by Scott Bessent]] > International cooperation against terrorist finance must be as disciplined as the networks it seeks to dismantle, and the global financial system must never become a sanctuary for those seeking to subvert it. > **Adapted from Scott Bessent**, *Ministerial on the Resurgence of Political Terrorism, July 16, 2026* [[reminders/Counterterrorism/Our Cooperation Must Be as Disciplined as the Networks We Dismantle by Scott Bessent|Our Cooperation Must Be as Disciplined as the Networks We Dismantle by Scott Bessent]] > "We will identify illicit funding, however artfully it is concealed. ... We will pursue those who enable political violence, however distant their jurisdictions, and we will deepen our collaboration with every nation represented in this room for as long as this work requires. This is our commitment, and we ask that you make yours, too." > **— Scott Bessent**, *Ministerial on the Resurgence of Political Terrorism, July 16, 2026* [[reminders/Deterrence/Treasury Will Pursue Political Violence Across Jurisdictions by Scott Bessent|Treasury Will Pursue Political Violence Across Jurisdictions by Scott Bessent]] > "Let us work together to translate the spirit of this ministerial into a commitment that endures well beyond it. And let us deny [terrorist] adversaries the one thing on which they count most: that those of us assembled in this room will grow weary in our cooperation before they do." > **— Scott Bessent**, *Ministerial on the Resurgence of Political Terrorism, July 16, 2026* [[reminders/Deterrence/Deny Adversaries the Hope That We Will Grow Weary Before They Do by Scott Bessent|Deny Adversaries the Hope That We Will Grow Weary Before They Do by Scott Bessent]] > "Today, the United States Department of State under the leadership of Secretary Rubio is convening governments from across the globe at the Ministerial on the Resurgence of Political Terrorism to address the rise of far-left political terrorism as a transnational threat." > **— U.S. Department of State**, *Fact Sheet, July 16, 2026* [[reminders/Counterterrorism/Governments Convened to Address Far-Left Terrorism as a Transnational Threat by the U.S. Department of State|Governments Convened to Address Far-Left Terrorism as a Transnational Threat by the U.S. Department of State]] > "[The Ministerial on the Resurgence of Political Terrorism] brings together partners from across the Western Hemisphere, Europe, and Asia to expand coordination, enhance information sharing, and strengthen international law enforcement mechanisms to counter [far-left political terrorism]." > **— U.S. Department of State**, *Fact Sheet, July 16, 2026* [[reminders/Counterterrorism/Three Regions Are Expanding Cooperation Against Far-Left Political Terrorism by the U.S. Department of State|Three Regions Are Expanding Cooperation Against Far-Left Political Terrorism by the U.S. Department of State]] > "The resurgent threat of transnational far-left terrorism is characterized by violent attacks against private citizens, government officials, police and law enforcement, businesses, and critical infrastructure across the globe." > **— U.S. Department of State**, *Fact Sheet, July 16, 2026* [[reminders/Counterterrorism/Transnational Far-Left Terrorism Attacks Citizens, Officials, Businesses, and Infrastructure by the U.S. Department of State|Transnational Far-Left Terrorism Attacks Citizens, Officials, Businesses, and Infrastructure by the U.S. Department of State]] > "Historically, most politically motivated terrorism in the West has been carried out by violent far-left groups and individuals. Between 1970 and 1980, far-left terrorists were responsible for 93% of terrorist attacks and 58% of terrorism-related deaths." > **— U.S. Department of State**, *Fact Sheet, July 16, 2026* [[reminders/Counterterrorism/Far-Left Terrorists Committed Most Western Terrorism from 1970 to 1980 by the U.S. Department of State|Far-Left Terrorists Committed Most Western Terrorism from 1970 to 1980 by the U.S. Department of State]] > "Since 2016, far-left terrorist plots and attacks have sharply increased in the United States and Europe, with a growing trend of violence against individuals." > **— U.S. Department of State**, *Fact Sheet, July 16, 2026* [[reminders/Counterterrorism/Far-Left Terrorist Attacks Have Sharply Increased Since 2016 by the U.S. Department of State|Far-Left Terrorist Attacks Have Sharply Increased Since 2016 by the U.S. Department of State]] > "Far-left anti-government terrorism now accounts for more attacks and plots in the United States than any other ideological category. Far-left actors were responsible for 63% of all recorded anti-government attacks or plots as well as three out of the four anti-government fatalities in the United States in 2025." > **— U.S. Department of State**, *Fact Sheet, July 16, 2026* [[reminders/Counterterrorism/Far-Left Terrorism Led U.S. Anti-Government Attacks and Fatalities in 2025 by the U.S. Department of State|Far-Left Terrorism Led U.S. Anti-Government Attacks and Fatalities in 2025 by the U.S. Department of State]] > "In 2024, there were 21 attacks in the European Union attributed to far-left and anarchist terrorists, as compared to 24 attacks from jihadist terrorists that same year. Of the 45 reported terrorist attacks in Europe in 2025, 12 were attributed to far-left and anarchist actors." > **— U.S. Department of State**, *Fact Sheet, July 16, 2026* [[reminders/Counterterrorism/Europe Recorded Far-Left and Anarchist Terrorist Attacks in 2024 and 2025 by the U.S. Department of State|Europe Recorded Far-Left and Anarchist Terrorist Attacks in 2024 and 2025 by the U.S. Department of State]] > "Over the past three years, Europe has experienced a record high number of terrorist attacks targeting rail networks, critical infrastructure, and private businesses, resulting in millions of euros in damage and economic disruption, with most attacks attributed to far-left and anarchist actors." > **— U.S. Department of State**, *Fact Sheet, July 16, 2026* [[reminders/Counterterrorism/Europe Reached a Record High in Attacks on Infrastructure and Businesses by the U.S. Department of State|Europe Reached a Record High in Attacks on Infrastructure and Businesses by the U.S. Department of State]] > "The State Department designated four violent far-left groups as Foreign Terror Organizations and Specially Designated Global Terrorists, with additional designations under review." > **— U.S. Department of State**, *Fact Sheet, July 16, 2026* [[reminders/Counterterrorism/The State Department Has Additional Far-Left Terrorist Designations Under Review by the U.S. Department of State|The State Department Has Additional Far-Left Terrorist Designations Under Review by the U.S. Department of State]] > "In December 2025, the State Department announced Rewards for Justice offers of up to $10 million for information disrupting the financial mechanisms supporting designated far-left terrorism groups." > **— U.S. Department of State**, *Fact Sheet, July 16, 2026* [[reminders/Counterterrorism/Rewards for Justice Pays for Information That Disrupts Terrorist Financing by the U.S. Department of State|Rewards for Justice Pays for Information That Disrupts Terrorist Financing by the U.S. Department of State]] > "Many partner countries [report] a rise in far-left terrorist activity, including targeted violence against government officials, economic sabotage, attacks on critical infrastructure, the use of improvised explosive and incendiary devices, and the convergence of violent anti-American, antisemitic, or anti-tech movements with far-left terrorist networks." > **— U.S. Department of State**, *Fact Sheet, July 16, 2026* [[reminders/Capture/Anti-American, Antisemitic, and Anti-Tech Movements Are Converging with Terrorist Networks by the U.S. Department of State|Anti-American, Antisemitic, and Anti-Tech Movements Are Converging with Terrorist Networks by the U.S. Department of State]] > "The Department hosted the inaugural Counter Terrorism Law Enforcement Workshop in May 2026, a practitioner-focused forum bringing together U.S. and foreign law enforcement and counterterrorism practitioners to share threat assessments and operational best practices." > **— U.S. Department of State**, *Fact Sheet, July 16, 2026* [[reminders/Counterterrorism/Counterterrorism Practitioners Shared Threat Assessments and Operational Practices by the U.S. Department of State|Counterterrorism Practitioners Shared Threat Assessments and Operational Practices by the U.S. Department of State]] > "The United States Government is coordinating with foreign partners to restrict terrorist travel, enhance information sharing, and improve law enforcement cooperation to counter transnational far-left terrorists." > **— U.S. Department of State**, *Fact Sheet, July 16, 2026* [[reminders/Counterterrorism/The United States Is Restricting Travel and Sharing Information Against Terrorists by the U.S. Department of State|The United States Is Restricting Travel and Sharing Information Against Terrorists by the U.S. Department of State]] > "Secretary of State Marco Rubio convened the Ministerial on the Resurgence of Political Terrorism at the State Department, bringing together delegations from 66 countries—political leaders, experts, and law enforcement officials—to confront the growing transnational danger of far-left political terrorism." > **— Gregory LoGerfo**, *Results from the Ministerial on the Resurgence of Political Terrorism, July 2026* [[reminders/Counterterrorism/Sixty-Six Countries Confronted Transnational Far-Left Terrorism by Gregory LoGerfo|Sixty-Six Countries Confronted Transnational Far-Left Terrorism by Gregory LoGerfo]] > "As outlined in the United States Counterterrorism Strategy, we currently are addressing three major types of terror groups: narco-terrorists, Islamic or jihadi terrorists, and far-left terrorists." > **— Gregory LoGerfo**, *Results from the Ministerial on the Resurgence of Political Terrorism, July 2026* [[reminders/Counterterrorism/U.S. Counterterrorism Addresses Narco, Jihadi, and Far-Left Terrorists by Gregory LoGerfo|U.S. Counterterrorism Addresses Narco, Jihadi, and Far-Left Terrorists by Gregory LoGerfo]] > "[Against narco-terrorists, jihadi terrorists, and far-left terrorists], we need to identify terror actors and plots before they happen." > **— Gregory LoGerfo**, *Results from the Ministerial on the Resurgence of Political Terrorism, July 2026* [[reminders/Counterterrorism/Identify Terror Actors and Plots Before They Happen by Gregory LoGerfo|Identify Terror Actors and Plots Before They Happen by Gregory LoGerfo]] > "To address narco-terrorists and the violence and drugs they have wrought on the homeland, and in support of President Trump's direction in his inauguration day speech, [the United States has] designated 20 cartels and gangs as Foreign Terror Organizations and Specially Designated Terrorist Groups." > **— Gregory LoGerfo**, *Results from the Ministerial on the Resurgence of Political Terrorism, July 2026* [[reminders/Counterterrorism/The United States Designated Twenty Cartels and Gangs as Terrorist Groups by Gregory LoGerfo|The United States Designated Twenty Cartels and Gangs as Terrorist Groups by Gregory LoGerfo]] > "Together [the United States and its partners] countered the rise of ISIS in the heart of the Middle East, ... defeating the territorial caliphate during the first Trump administration, and building an 80-plus member coalition that remains active today." > **— Gregory LoGerfo**, *Results from the Ministerial on the Resurgence of Political Terrorism, July 2026* [[reminders/Counterterrorism/An Eighty-Nation Coalition Defeated the ISIS Territorial Caliphate by Gregory LoGerfo|An Eighty-Nation Coalition Defeated the ISIS Territorial Caliphate by Gregory LoGerfo]] > "Our sustained campaign against Islamic terrorists has been very effective—through global diplomacy and cooperation, a unified attack on terrorist financial networks, and military action by the United States and our partners. But jihadist groups remain a danger and we remain vigilant in our efforts to counter them." > **— Gregory LoGerfo**, *Results from the Ministerial on the Resurgence of Political Terrorism, July 2026* [[reminders/Counterterrorism/Counterterrorism Works Through Diplomacy, Finance, and Military Action by Gregory LoGerfo|Counterterrorism Works Through Diplomacy, Finance, and Military Action by Gregory LoGerfo]] > "[Far-left terrorism] is a resurgent threat, with a clear upward trendline. We are committed to addressing it before it metastasizes. ... This ministerial was convened to call a halt to this scourge before it grows into something larger, more unified, and more deadly." > **— Gregory LoGerfo**, *Results from the Ministerial on the Resurgence of Political Terrorism, July 2026* [[reminders/Deterrence/Address the Threat Before It Becomes Larger, More Unified, and More Deadly by Gregory LoGerfo|Address the Threat Before It Becomes Larger, More Unified, and More Deadly by Gregory LoGerfo]] > "Violent far-left actors were responsible for 63 percent of recorded anti-government attacks or plots in the United States in 2025, while far-left violence in Germany rose more than 40 percent in a single year; and in Greece, more than 80 percent of radical violence today comes from far-left and anarchist actors. At the conference we heard from other delegations facing similar upward trendlines. This is a transnational threat." > **— Gregory LoGerfo**, *Results from the Ministerial on the Resurgence of Political Terrorism, July 2026* [[reminders/Counterterrorism/Far-Left Political Violence Is a Transnational Threat by Gregory LoGerfo|Far-Left Political Violence Is a Transnational Threat by Gregory LoGerfo]] > "The United States has already designated four violent, far-left groups—Antifa Ost, the Informal Anarchist Federation/International Revolutionary Front, Armed Proletarian Justice, and Revolutionary Class Self-Defense—as Foreign Terrorist Organizations and as Specially Designated Global Terrorists, and additional designations are under active review." > **— Gregory LoGerfo**, *Results from the Ministerial on the Resurgence of Political Terrorism, July 2026* [[reminders/Counterterrorism/Four Far-Left Groups Received Dual U.S. Terrorist Designations by Gregory LoGerfo|Four Far-Left Groups Received Dual U.S. Terrorist Designations by Gregory LoGerfo]] > "At the ministerial, partners discussed prospects to align their own legal frameworks to ensure that [far-left terrorist] networks cannot simply relocate across borders. As part of [the four U.S. terrorist designations], Treasury's Office of Terrorism and Financial Intelligence will take steps to dismantle the funding which sustains these groups." > **— Gregory LoGerfo**, *Results from the Ministerial on the Resurgence of Political Terrorism, July 2026* [[reminders/Counterterrorism/Align Legal Frameworks So Terror Networks Cannot Relocate Across Borders by Gregory LoGerfo|Align Legal Frameworks So Terror Networks Cannot Relocate Across Borders by Gregory LoGerfo]] > "Building on the inaugural counterterrorism law enforcement workshop we hosted in May, partners agreed to deepen information sharing, coordinate on travel restrictions, and strengthen protection of critical infrastructure, particularly transportation and energy systems, which have been repeated targets." > **— Gregory LoGerfo**, *Results from the Ministerial on the Resurgence of Political Terrorism, July 2026* [[reminders/National Defense/Partners Will Share Information and Protect Transportation and Energy Systems by Gregory LoGerfo|Partners Will Share Information and Protect Transportation and Energy Systems by Gregory LoGerfo]] > "At the ministerial, Germany announced that it will host the next [counterterrorism law enforcement] workshop, where we expect even greater attendance. This forum will continue to spur close cooperation among practitioners on [far-left political terrorism]." > **— Gregory LoGerfo**, *Results from the Ministerial on the Resurgence of Political Terrorism, July 2026* [[reminders/Counterterrorism/Germany Will Host the Next Counterterrorism Workshop by Gregory LoGerfo|Germany Will Host the Next Counterterrorism Workshop by Gregory LoGerfo]] > "Secretary Rubio has announced new visa restrictions targeting members of far-left terrorists and aligned groups under Section 212(a)(3)(C) of the Immigration and Nationality Act. [The United States] will bar anyone who engages in far-left terrorism or provides it support from entering the United States." > **— Gregory LoGerfo**, *Results from the Ministerial on the Resurgence of Political Terrorism, July 2026* [[reminders/Counterterrorism/The United States Will Bar Supporters of Far-Left Terrorism by Gregory LoGerfo|The United States Will Bar Supporters of Far-Left Terrorism by Gregory LoGerfo]] > "[The Ministerial on the Resurgence of Political Terrorism] was not about policing political viewpoints, abridging the freedom of speech, or preventing peaceful protest. Rather, it is about keeping ordinary Americans safe from horrific violence, bombings, arson, assassinations, and sabotage of infrastructure at a level that puts lives at risk." > **— Gregory LoGerfo**, *Results from the Ministerial on the Resurgence of Political Terrorism, July 2026* [[reminders/Constitutional Power/Counterterrorism Is Not About Policing Political Viewpoints by Gregory LoGerfo|Counterterrorism Is Not About Policing Political Viewpoints by Gregory LoGerfo]] > "Political terrorism is illegal and unacceptable regardless of the ideology behind it, and that was a shared [principle] uniting every delegation in that room last Thursday. Our goal is to keep America safe and secure." > **— Gregory LoGerfo**, *Results from the Ministerial on the Resurgence of Political Terrorism, July 2026* [[reminders/Constitutional Power/Political Terrorism Is Unacceptable Regardless of Its Ideology by Gregory LoGerfo|Political Terrorism Is Unacceptable Regardless of Its Ideology by Gregory LoGerfo]] > "We're grateful to more than 66 nations that joined us. This is the beginning of a sustained effort to ensure we address [far-left political terrorism as] a renewed threat, and we look forward to continuing to work with our partners in the months ahead." > **— Gregory LoGerfo**, *Results from the Ministerial on the Resurgence of Political Terrorism, July 2026* [[reminders/Counterterrorism/Sixty-Six Nations Began a Sustained Effort Against a Renewed Threat by Gregory LoGerfo|Sixty-Six Nations Began a Sustained Effort Against a Renewed Threat by Gregory LoGerfo]] > "[The Kurdistan Peshmerga are] a great partner. We've relied on them, and ... the Peshmerga have sacrificed quite a bit in our shared terrorist objectives." > **— Gregory LoGerfo**, *Results from the Ministerial on the Resurgence of Political Terrorism, July 2026* [[reminders/National Defense/The Peshmerga Have Sacrificed for Shared Counterterrorism Objectives by Gregory LoGerfo|The Peshmerga Have Sacrificed for Shared Counterterrorism Objectives by Gregory LoGerfo]] > "With respect to political terrorism, any act that is done to intimidate, any act that is done to deter people from participating in the democratic process or in the processes in their country, is something that [the United States] would stand against." > **— Gregory LoGerfo**, *Results from the Ministerial on the Resurgence of Political Terrorism, July 2026* [[reminders/Constitutional Power/Stand Against Violence That Deters Democratic Participation by Gregory LoGerfo|Stand Against Violence That Deters Democratic Participation by Gregory LoGerfo]] > The United States focuses its counterterrorism response on acts of violence while valuing freedom of expression and freedom of political views. > **Adapted from Gregory LoGerfo**, *Results from the Ministerial on the Resurgence of Political Terrorism, July 2026* [[reminders/Constitutional Power/Focus on Violence While Valuing Freedom of Expression by Gregory LoGerfo|Focus on Violence While Valuing Freedom of Expression by Gregory LoGerfo]] > Describing the United States' preventive objective, LoGerfo said: "What we're really trying to do here is address [far-left political terrorism] before it metastasizes, before it gets worse, not after something truly catastrophic." > **— Gregory LoGerfo**, *Results from the Ministerial on the Resurgence of Political Terrorism, July 2026* [[reminders/Deterrence/Address a Threat Before It Metastasizes Not After Catastrophe by Gregory LoGerfo|Address a Threat Before It Metastasizes Not After Catastrophe by Gregory LoGerfo]] > The United States built its political-terrorism forum from the practitioner level, bringing people who encounter terrorist acts and threats daily into the same discussion as senior policymakers so operational and policy perspectives could converge. > **Adapted from Gregory LoGerfo**, *Results from the Ministerial on the Resurgence of Political Terrorism, July 2026* [[reminders/Leadership/Counterterrorism Requires Practitioners and Policymakers in the Same Forum by Gregory LoGerfo|Counterterrorism Requires Practitioners and Policymakers in the Same Forum by Gregory LoGerfo]] > "The material support statute relates to Foreign Terrorist Organizations, and [the United States has] used that extraordinarily effectively against narcoterrorists, against jihadis, and against the four groups that we designated that have connections with Antifa." > **— Gregory LoGerfo**, *Results from the Ministerial on the Resurgence of Political Terrorism, July 2026* [[reminders/Counterterrorism/Material-Support Law Works Against Narco, Jihadi, and Antifa-Connected Terrorists by Gregory LoGerfo|Material-Support Law Works Against Narco, Jihadi, and Antifa-Connected Terrorists by Gregory LoGerfo]] > "We see a clear trend upward on far-left terrorism, both in [the United States], and ... validated by the majority of participants. Not everyone agrees, but that's okay. That's why we come together." > **— Gregory LoGerfo**, *Results from the Ministerial on the Resurgence of Political Terrorism, July 2026* [[reminders/Leadership/International Cooperation Does Not Require Everyone to Agree by Gregory LoGerfo|International Cooperation Does Not Require Everyone to Agree by Gregory LoGerfo]] > Speaking for the United States, LoGerfo said: "We emphatically support freedom of speech. The people who are conducting these far-left attacks, they're seeking to intimidate people from expressing their freedoms. And that's something they're doing through acts of violence, and that's what we're trying to get at." > **— Gregory LoGerfo**, *Results from the Ministerial on the Resurgence of Political Terrorism, July 2026* [[reminders/Constitutional Power/Political Violence Seeks to Intimidate People from Expressing Their Freedoms by Gregory LoGerfo|Political Violence Seeks to Intimidate People from Expressing Their Freedoms by Gregory LoGerfo]] > "[The United States has] a very solid counterterrorism partnership with Pakistan. ... We had a great dialogue last year, facing shared threats." > **— Gregory LoGerfo**, *Results from the Ministerial on the Resurgence of Political Terrorism, July 2026* [[reminders/Counterterrorism/The United States and Pakistan Maintain a Counterterrorism Partnership by Gregory LoGerfo|The United States and Pakistan Maintain a Counterterrorism Partnership by Gregory LoGerfo]] > "With respect to the Taliban, [the United States engages] them selectively when it's in the U.S. interest with respect to very discrete security issues." > **— Gregory LoGerfo**, *Results from the Ministerial on the Resurgence of Political Terrorism, July 2026* [[reminders/Counterterrorism/The United States Engages the Taliban Selectively When Security Requires It by Gregory LoGerfo|The United States Engages the Taliban Selectively When Security Requires It by Gregory LoGerfo]] > "We are postured in the Trump Administration to address political terrorism wherever it comes from. ... And we applaud focusing on any threat, any counterterrorism threat, that manifests itself against our partners or against—certainly against—the United States. We will take action." > **— Gregory LoGerfo**, *Results from the Ministerial on the Resurgence of Political Terrorism, July 2026* [[reminders/Leadership/Address Political Terrorism Wherever It Comes From by Gregory LoGerfo|Address Political Terrorism Wherever It Comes From by Gregory LoGerfo]] > "A foreign terrorist organization ... [must have] three components: It has to be foreign; it has to be terrorist; it has to be an organization. And all four of these [designated far-left] groups met that test." > **— Gregory LoGerfo**, *Results from the Ministerial on the Resurgence of Political Terrorism, July 2026* [[reminders/Counterterrorism/A Foreign Terrorist Organization Must Be Foreign, Terrorist, and Organized by Gregory LoGerfo|A Foreign Terrorist Organization Must Be Foreign, Terrorist, and Organized by Gregory LoGerfo]] > "If someone is acting in any forum committing a crime, terrorist financing, anything that's against U.S. laws, whatever forum they're in, if they're breaking the law, they're breaking the law. ... When people threaten the United States, whatever the mode of communication is—if it's terror financing, if it's conspiring for acts of terrorism or anything that would hurt the United States—we'll take action on that." > **— Gregory LoGerfo**, *Results from the Ministerial on the Resurgence of Political Terrorism, July 2026* [[reminders/Constitutional Power/The Law Applies Whatever the Forum or Mode of Communication by Gregory LoGerfo|The Law Applies Whatever the Forum or Mode of Communication by Gregory LoGerfo]]