The Emerging Red-Green Alliance: Where Political Islam Meets the Radical Left

Emmanuel Karagiannis & Clark McCauley

To cite this article: Emmanuel Karagiannis & Clark McCauley (2013) The Emerging Red-Green Alliance: Where Political Islam Meets the Radical Left, Terrorism and Political Violence, 25:2, 167-182, DOI: 10.1080/09546553.2012.755815

To link to this article: https://doi.org/10.1080/09546553.2012.755815

“…No matter how unlikely it may seem, radical Leftists and Islamists have come closer in recent years. Drawing on substantial ideological interchange, and operating at both state and non-state levels, the two movements are building a Common Front against

the United States and its allies. In this article, we use framing theory to examine the

contemporary convergence of political Islam and the radical Left. Both radical Leftists

and Islamists have utilized the master frame of anti-globalization=anti-capitalism and

the master frame of anti-colonialism=anti-imperialism to elicit support from the widest

possible range of people. The emerging Red-Green alliance presents a complex challenge

that will require careful attention from U.S. and European policymakers.

Anarchist attacks. Red-Green Alliance needs to be ruled out.