Watch Live: Rubio, Bessent Convene 65 Nations For Global Crackdown On “Far-Left Political Terrorism”

Secretary of State Marco Rubio will host delegations from 65 countries in Washington on Thursday morning to coordinate a specialized international response to combat what the Trump administration describes as a “resurgence” of far-left political terrorism.

Watch Live here (due to start at 0910ET):

CNN cited a senior State Department official who said the delegations will come from “across the Western Hemisphere, Asia, Europe, and beyond.”

The meeting will focus on countering the spread of far-left political violence and terrorism across the West, including riots, attacks on critical infrastructure and acts of industrial sabotage. 

Here’s color from the outlet on today’s meeting:

According to sources, many of the delegations will not be led by the foreign ministers of the countries, but rather more working-level and technical officials. Several cited scheduling, with invitations to the event only being issued at the beginning of July.

Countries that had worked with the administration on the topic were among those invited, the official said, noting they’ve had “very productive engagements with Germany, with Greece, with Italy, and that’s often where the problem is most pronounced in Europe.”

Another State Department official told CNN that Rubio plans to describe left-wing terrorism as “the result of a unique evil rooted in a deep resentment towards civilization.”

The threat of left-wing terrorism “has not really been addressed collectively in an effective way,” the official said.

According to the official, partners have said they “have a handle” on other forms of political violence but “this one is more difficult for us.”

We wrote one month ago: 

• Troubling Pattern Of Left-Wing Revolutionaries Targeting “Capitalists” Raises Alarm Over Youth Radicalization

We noted at the time, “While the cases appear separate, both point to a broader concern: revolutionary and radical-left rhetoric is increasingly bleeding into an alarming pattern of real-world violence, with younger and younger extremists resorting to violence targeting wealthy individuals or even right-leaning political figures.”

Far-left extremist Hasan Piker calls on his followers to kill capitalists… 

Hasan Piker calls on his followers to kill capitalists:

“Yeah kill them! KiII those motherfuckers and murder those motherfuckers in the streets. Let the streets soak in their fucking red capitalist blood, dude.”

Democrats are campaigning with him. pic.twitter.com/YiZxGgRkgc

— Eyal Yakoby (@EYakoby) April 9, 2026

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller are also expected to be at today’s meeting. 

Bessent signaled in late May to reporters that “in the weeks and months” there will be a lot to talk about in terms of dark-money-funded NGOs fueling chaos and revolution in the US.

Ahead of today’s meeting, a State Department official spoke with Breitbart News about foreign subversion networks sowing chaos in America:

“The State Department will be issuing a report detailing the Cuban regime’s longstanding campaign to foment left-wing extremism in the United States and internationally. The report finds that for nearly seven decades, the Cuban regime has played an indispensable role in nearly every notable far-left insurgency, revolution, and militant movement across the Western Hemisphere and beyond.”

ZeroHedge was first to point out in late 2025:

• “Is There a ‘Cuba Connection’ Behind the Radicalization of America’s Nonprofit Left?”

Last week, Jim “Fergie” Chambers, the Communist centi-millionaire and heir to the massive Cox media fortune, was arrested in Spain at the request of the US Justice Department and is awaiting possible extradition on federal charges linked to “international money laundering… with the intent to provide material support to and resources to foreign terrorist organizations.” 

City Journal’s Stu Smith wrote in a recent report, “Chambers is one of the main funders of America’s radical Left. His money has flowed to a host of projects in the “anti-imperialism” organizing space,” adding, “Chambers claims that he and Singham are effectively the two primary financiers of the US radical left.” Despite this, the two have apparently been at loggerheads—a conflict that has now gone public.”

And all of this raises one obvious question: Why is the Democratic Socialists of America a “partner” of ICAP, a US-sanctioned, Castro-era Cuban organization created to export Marxist ideology and cultivate foreign political networks?

ICAP can be viewed as an ideological intake valve, providing political cover and access points that could be exploited for influence or intelligence operations.

That relationship provides new context for statements from DSA leaders, such as: “The most important thing we can do is take that American empire down from within.”

You know it’s bad for Democrats when one of their own has to write a WSJ op-ed, calling for “Lawmakers, law-enforcement agencies and journalists should investigate the DSA to see if it is being funded by foreign governments and interests.”