ABSTRACT
More a mark of despair than a revolutionary strategy, leaderless resistance as it was formulated and disseminated to the far right faithful sought to make a virtue of weakness and political isolation. Leaderless resistance may be defined as a kind of lone wolf operation in which an individual, or a very small, highly cohesive group, engage in acts of anti-state violence independent of any movement, leader or network of support. This violence may take the form of attacks on state institutions or operatives, or it may take the form of random targets of opportunity selected on the basis of their perceived vulnerability and their symbolic importance. l Thus acts of leaderless resistance may be aimed at targets as diverse as inter-racial couples, gay book stores or clubs, or indeed, at government agents or buildings.
