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Our Database is an information hub on global political movements and insurgencies. Our writers are entirely neutral on all issues covered, and this archive does not in any way seek to condone violence or extremism. The journalistic objective of The Modern Insurgent is to create a purely informative database of scholarly articles and analyses of political movements.
Patrick Pearson
Oct 4, 2024
Revolutionary Forces of the G9 Family and Allies
Insurgency Overview The Revolutionary Forces of the G9 Family and Allies, known simply as the G9, is an alliance of gangs known for its...
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Riles Kiley
Aug 7, 2024
Euskadi Ta Askatasuna (ETA)
Insurgency Overview Euskadi Ta Askatasuna (ETA), or “Basque Homeland and Liberty” was a Basque nationalist and separatist organization...
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Antoine Guignard
Jul 12, 2024
The Sect of Revolutionaries
Insurgency Overview The Sect of Revolutionaries (SR), a far-left militant group, emerged in the wake of societal unrest following the...
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Jeff Hanrahan
May 20, 2024
Chin National Front
Insurgency Overview The Chin National Front (CNF) is a political party in Myanmar that seeks self-determination for the Chin people...
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Walter Niehoff
Apr 10, 2024
Student Armed Force (SAF)
Introduction The Student Armed Force (SAF) is a Burmese militia group formed in the wake of the 2021 Burmese coup d’etat. The group is...
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Daniel Hall
Apr 3, 2024
Mojahedin-e-Kalq (MEK)
Overview Thousands of supporters of the exiled Iranian opposition group, Mojaehdin-e-Kalq (MEK), gathered as American political figure...
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Giulio Rimondo
Jan 31, 2024
Continuity IRA (CIRA)
Insurgency Overview The Continuity Irish Republican Army (CIRA) is a paramilitary republican organization active throughout the island of...
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Ellie Newis
Aug 8, 2023
The Groypers (America First)
The Groypers, or America First, are a movement of far-right nationalists in the US who first emerged online.
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Ellie Newis
Jul 3, 2023
Blood And Honour
Blood & Honour (the British spelling is typically used, even in America) is an international racist skinhead umbrella group.
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Ethan Rooney
Jun 19, 2023
Earth Liberation Front (ELF)
Insurgency Overview The Earth Liberation Front (ELF) is a radical environmentalist movement founded in England in 1992. The ELF is a...
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Daniel Hall
Mar 21, 2023
Association of Security Forces of Belarus (BYPOL)
Insurgency Overview Following the contentious 2020 Presidential election in Belarus, which saw incumbent Alexander Lukashenko claim...
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Edwin Dudley-Taylor
Mar 11, 2023
Ahrar al-Sharqiya
Insurgency Overview Ahrar al- Sharqiya, also known as Tajammu Ahrar al-Sharqiya is an armed Syrian rebel group active in the Aleppo...
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Ellie Newis
Feb 8, 2023
Oath Keepers
Introduction & Overview The Oath Keepers is a loosely organized collection of American anti-government extremists and part of the wider...
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Oliver Mizzi
Dec 26, 2022
Free Syrian Army (FSA)
Insurgency Overview The Free Syrian Army (FSA) is a Syrian nationalist rebel organisation that took part in the Syrian Civil War as part...
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Adrian Cornejo
Nov 25, 2022
Shining Path
Insurgency Overview The Shining Path (Sendero Luminoso) is a far-left guerrilla group based in Peru. The group was led and founded in the...
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Franco Ramos
Nov 15, 2022
Weichan Auka Mapu (WAM)
Insurgency Overview Weichan Auka Mapu (WAM), which means “fight of the rebel territory” in Mapudungun (the Mapuche language), is a...
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Antoine Brimbal
Nov 10, 2022
All Burma Students' Democratic Front
Insurgency Overview The All Burma Students’ Democratic Front (ABSDF) is an opposition movement in Myanmar. The Front was formed after the...
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Liam Coyle
Oct 26, 2022
Revolutionary Action (Rev Dia)
Overview & Introduction Rev Dia (RD), known in English as ‘Revolutionary Action’, is an anarchist group with influence primarily spanning...
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Max Petyt
Oct 18, 2022
Boogaloo Movement
Insurgency Overview The Boogaloo Movement (whose adherents are referred to as the "Boogaloo Boys", "Boogaloo Bois", or “Boojahideen”) is...
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Franco Ramos
Oct 15, 2022
Coordinadora Arauco-Malleco (CAM)
Insurgency Overview The Coordinadora de Comunidades en Conflicto Arauco-Malleco (Coordinadora Arauco-Malleco), known as CAM, is an active...
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