Transcript Earth Liberation Front Leadership and Organizational Structure

Earth Liberation Front:
Leadership and
Organizational Structure
Chris Curran
Leaders?
•No identifiable leaders or chain of
command
•ELF used as an ideological standard
•Leaderless Resistance
•Earth Liberation Front Press Office
Cell Structure
•Autonomous with little to no
knowledge of other cells
•Cooperation among cells rare
•Lone wolf attackers and small
familiar groups
•Internal recruitment not
encouraged
•New recruits are urged to create
their own cells instead
Advantages
•Decentralized cell structure makes
infiltration difficult, and if
successful, generally fruitless
•The incapacitation of one cell does
not effect other cells
•Lack of communication between
cells allows ELF to act without
internal conflict
Disadvantages
•ELF unable to police the actions of
its cells
•No quality control