| United Freedom Front | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Leaders | Raymond Luc Levasseur, Tom Manning |
| Dates of operation | October 1975–1984 |
| Group(s) | Ohio 7 |
| Active regions | Ohio and the Northeast of the United States |
| Ideology | Anti-authoritarian socialism Anticapitalism Marxism–Leninism |
| Size | ~10 militants |
| Opponents | Government of the United States, Apartheid South Africa and associated corporations |
The United Freedom Front (UFF) was a small American revolutionary Marxist organization active in the 1970s and 1980s. It was originally called the Sam Melville/Jonathan Jackson Unit, and its members became known as the Ohio 7 when they were brought to trial. Mainly led by Raymond Luc Levasseur and assisted by Tom Manning, between 1975 and 1984 the UFF carried out at least 20 bombings and ten bank robberies in the northeastern United States, targeting corporate buildings, courthouses, and military facilities associated with "South African Apartheid, imperialism, and corporate greed."[1][2][3] Brent L. Smith describes them as "undoubtedly the most successful of the leftist terrorists of the 1970s and 1980s."[4] The group's members were eventually apprehended and convicted of conspiracy, murder, attempted murder, and other charges.
- ^ Smith, Brent L. (1994). Terrorism in America : pipe bombs and pipe dreams. Albany: State University of New York Press. pp. 111–112. ISBN 0-585-06052-5. OCLC 42855404. Archived from the original on February 15, 2022. Retrieved February 15, 2022.
- ^ Phillip Jenkins. "Case-Study of US Domestic Terrorism: United Freedom Front". Archived from the original on August 5, 2012.
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