The black flag is, among other things, the traditional anarchist symbol.
An anarchist is a person advocates for self-governed societies based on voluntary institutions and the abolition of the central government, otherwise known as Anarchism. While most anarchists are non-violent people who use political processes to advocate anarchy, some do use violence to push the anarchist agenda, often called "propaganda of the deed", a form of terrorism.
One of the ideologies of Communism is the eventual abolition of government through the "proletariat" (common workers).
On Criminal Minds[]
Anarchists on the show
- Season Seven
- Izzy Rogers ("Hit" and "Run") - A psychopathic terrorist and assassin who committed a series of violent bank robberies and bombings to fund an attack on Washington DC.
- Matthew Downs ("Hit" and "Run") - Izzy's lover who also shared her beliefs, also scarred with PTSD from his time as a U.S. Marine.
- Season Ten
- Hayman Vasher ("A Thousand Suns") - A homegrown terrorist who used remote-control plane crashes to terrorize Washington D.C., though only one crash was successful, and it wasn't in Washington.
- Season Eleven
- The Virginia Anarchists ("The Storm") - A team of at least eleven people who launched a series of terrorist-like attacks all across the U.S.