List of active communist armed groups
This is a list of ACTIVE communist armed groups around the world. These groups are seeking change through armed conflict in opposition to an established government. This list does not contain those legal armed forces in communist states.
List
Country |
Group |
Strength |
Official Ideology |
|---|---|---|---|
Bhutan Communist Party (Marxist–Leninist–Maoist)
|
600 - 1,000 |
Marxism–Leninism–Maoism |
|
Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia—People's Army
|
7,000 - 10,000 |
Marxism–Leninism |
|
Popular Liberation Army |
90 - 200 |
Hoxhaism |
|
Communist Party of Ecuador–Red Sun |
Unknown |
Marxism–Leninism–Maoism |
|
Communist Party of India (Maoist)
|
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
|
Unknown |
Marxism–Leninism–Maoism |
|
National Socialist Council of Nagaland |
~4,500 |
Maoism |
|
Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine
|
Unknown |
Marxism–Leninism |
|
Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine
|
Unknown |
Marxism–Leninism–Maoism |
|
Paraguayan People's Army |
50 - 80 |
Communism |
|
Communist Party of Peru [Shining Path] |
4,200 |
Marxism–Leninism–Maoism |
|
Communist Party of the Philippines
|
4,000 |
Maoism |
|
Revolutionary Workers' Party |
Unknown |
Marxism–Leninism |
|
Revolutionary Workers Party – Mindanao |
Unknown |
Trotskyism |
|
Communist Party of Kurdistan |
Unknown |
Communism |
|
Communist Party of Turkey/Marxist–Leninist |
Unknown |
Marxism–Leninism–Maoism |
|
Marxist–Leninist Communist Party |
Unknown |
Hoxhaism |
|
Revolutionary Party of Kurdistan |
Unknown |
Marxism–Leninism |
|
Revolutionary People's Liberation Party–Front |
Unknown |
Marxism–Leninism |
See also
- List of communist parties
- List of Trotskyist organizations by country
- List of active rebel groups