Left-Wing Extremist Groups

A contemporary of the Tesla Takedown Movement, “Dogequest” is a website that features an interactive map listing the addresses and phone numbers of Tesla owners across the United States. The cursor on the website depicts a Molotov cocktail. Dogequest also includes the locations of Tesla dealerships and superchargers. The site states that personal information will be removed only after Tesla owners prove that they have sold their vehicle. The website states, “At DOGEQUEST, we believe in empowering creative expressions of protest that you can execute from the comfort of your own home.” The site was taken down following extensive media coverage, but reemerged on the Dark Web soon after. The website was reportedly tracked to an IP address in Rochester, New York.

A website that “exists to promote and spread anti-authoritarian events and ideas as well as facilitate communication between anti-authoritarians and anarchists in and around Philadelphia (occupied Lenapehoking),” in March 2025 Philly Anti-Capitalist published a blog post referencing the Tesla Takedown Movement stating that “the wave of tesla arsons has made us incredibly happy” and recommending incendiary devices that can be used to “safely” burn Tesla cars in lieu of Molotov cocktails. 

A radical anarcho-communist organization, Anarchist Federation serves as an internet clearinghouse for 602 anarchist collectives, boasting a multilingual website available in 10 languages and aggregating worldwide news promoting radical anarchy. Among its declared goals, the group pushes for dismantling the “far-right” and “Trumpism” through violent protests and activism. The group promotes activities of extremist organizations such as ANTIFA. In March 2025, the Anarchist Federation featured an article from Philly Anti-Capitalist recommending incendiary devices that could be used to burn Tesla cars in lieu of Molotov cocktails. The organization has also posted “some tips on safely burning Teslas (or other cars),” allegedly attempting to intimidate Trump and Elon Musk. “Seeing the wave of Tesla arsons has made us incredibly happy,” one Anarchist Federation affiliate wrote. 

A far-left group founded with the goal of shutting down the inauguration of President Donald Trump on January 20, 2017, through mass protests and violent tactics. Across the country, DisruptJ20 activists vandalized property, set fires, and clashed with police, leading to over 200 arrests. Undercover footage revealed plans to disrupt events using smoke bombs and blockades. 

A self-described “revolutionary organization dedicated to building a movement for a democratic, socialist society” that claims to be “campaigning for a new party of working people while opposing all forms of capitalist oppression and exploitation.” The group played an active role in a violent counter-protest targeting the pro-life Men’s March in Boston, Massachusetts on November 16, 2024.

A radical organization advocating for a complete societal overhaul, emphasizing the need for “a whole new way to live” under “a fundamentally different system.” Known for its aggressive tactics and confrontational approach, the group gained attention for its involvement in a violent counter-protest targeting the pro-life Men’s March held in Boston, Massachusetts on November 16, 2024.

A new but growing left-wing grassroots organization, The Philadelphia Young Communist League is a youth arm of the national Communist Party of the United States of America. Its stated aim is the “transformation” of the United States into a “socialist society” through “democratic struggle.”

A left-wing advocacy group that calls for the abolition of the criminal justice system and the removal of prisons and punishment levied by the American legal system. Mass Liberation Project also claims African Americans need to be “liberated” from American culture.

A group of self-described Jewish left-wing activists who are pro-Palestinian and anti-police, Fayer Collective also participated in the infamous “Cop City” protests in Atlanta which saw three-dozen activists indicted for RICO offenses. Fayer Collective describe themselves as anti-capitalists, believe governments are illegitimate, and explicitly oppose civilization. In 2023 the Fayer Collective published a pamphlet which encouraged violence against authorities and the destruction of property to obtain a ceasefire deal in Gaza. That same pamphlet described the October 7 terrorist attack that killed more than 1,200 Israeli civilians as a “surprise offensive.”

A group which relies on confrontational tactics to achieve its goals, Dream Defenders is a Miami-based left-wing activist group with the express aim of abolishing capitalism within the United States and ushering in a socialist society. The group also works to “eradicate policing, prisons, surveillance, and punishment.” The Dream Defenders routinely obstruct traffic during protests. In June 2022 during a protest in Pensacola, a line of Dream Defender activists blocked traffic and demanded the Mayor accede to their demands before they would disperse.