Editing Terrorism (section)

===Causes motivating terrorism===
Specific political or social causes have included:
* Independence or [[separatist]] movements
* [[Irredentist]] movements
* Adoption of a particular political philosophy, such as [[socialism]] ([[left-wing terrorism]]), [[anarchism]], or [[fascism]] (possibly through a [[coup]] or as an ideology of an independence or separatist movement)
* Environmental protection ([[eco-terrorism]])
* [[Supremacism]] of a particular group
** Preventing a rival group from sharing or occupying a particular territory (such as by discouraging immigration or encouraging flight)
** Subjugation of a particular population (such as [[Lynching in the United States|lynching of African Americans]])
* Spread or dominance of a particular religion – [[religious terrorism]]
* Ending perceived government [[oppression]]
* Responding to a violent act (for example, tit-for-tat attacks in the [[Israeli–Palestinian conflict]], in [[The Troubles]] in Northern Ireland, or [[Timothy McVeigh]]'s revenge for the [[Waco siege]] and [[Ruby Ridge]] incident)

Causes for [[right-wing terrorism]] have included [[white nationalism]], [[ethnonationalism]], fascism, anti-socialism, the [[anti-abortion movement]], and [[tax resistance]].

Sometimes terrorists on the same side fight for different reasons. For example, in the [[Chechen–Russian conflict]] secular Chechens using terrorist tactics fighting for national independence are allied with radical Islamist terrorists who have arrived from other countries.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Janeczko |first1=Matthew |title='Faced with death, even a mouse bites': Social and religious motivations behind terrorism in Chechnya |date=June 19, 2014 |pages=428–456 |journal=Small Wars & Insurgencies |volume=25 |issue=2 |doi=10.1080/09592318.2014.903975 }}</ref>