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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.
Russian Penal Battalions in the Russo-Ukrainian War
"Shtorm" penal units recruited from Russian prisons have bolstered the Russian war effort in Ukraine.
Orlando Miceli
Feb 6
102
Patriotic Europeans Against the Islamisation of the West
Insurgency Overview PEGIDA, short for "Patriotic Europeans Against the Islamization of the West," first emerged on October 20, 2014, in...
Alejandra Cabrera
Nov 28, 2024
163
Cossacks in the Russo-Ukrainian War
Cossacks have a centuries-long history in Ukraine and have fought countless wars in the region.
Orlando Miceli
Oct 24, 2024
331
Euskadi Ta Askatasuna (ETA)
Insurgency Overview Euskadi Ta Askatasuna (ETA), or “Basque Homeland and Liberty” was a Basque nationalist and separatist organization...
Riles Kiley
Aug 7, 2024
336
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...
Antoine Guignard
Jul 12, 2024
284
Sandworm
Overview Sandworm (also known as VooDoo Bear, Telebots, IRIDIUM, Seashell Blizzard and Iron Viking) is the name given to Russia’s GRU...
Daniel Hall
May 17, 2024
310
The Base
The Base is a multinational far-right white supremacist militant group. It was founded in 2018 by Rinaldo Nazzaro in the United States.
Patrick Pearson
May 11, 2024
1,136
Galician Resistance (RG)
Introduction and Overview Resistência Galega (Galician Resistance or RG) is an armed organisation from Galicia, located in Spain’s...
Alejandra Cabrera
Apr 5, 2024
354
Malorussian Liberation Army (MLA)
Introduction & Overview The Malorussian Liberation Army is a militant group active on the pro-Russian side of the Russo-Ukrainian War....
Orlando Miceli
Apr 4, 2024
1,639
League of St George
Insurgency Overview The League of St George was founded in 1974 by former members of a group called Sir Oswald Mosley’s Union Movement....
Ellie Newis
Mar 28, 2024
342
Young Army Cadets National Movement (Yunarmiya)
The Young Army Cadets National Movement (Russian: Всероссийское военно-патриотическое общественное движение «Юнармия»), commonly known as "Y
Antoine Guignard
Mar 14, 2024
170
English Defense League (EDL)
Insurgency Overview The English Defence League (EDL) is a right-wing group based in the UK that believes English society is under attack...
Ellie Newis
Mar 9, 2024
608
Hoods Hoods Klan (HHK)
Insurgency Overview The Hoods Hoods Klan (HHK), also known as the Arsenal Kyiv Hooligans, is a Ukrainian anti-fascist and anti-racist...
Antoine Guignard
Mar 5, 2024
325
Continuity IRA (CIRA)
Insurgency Overview The Continuity Irish Republican Army (CIRA) is a paramilitary republican organization active throughout the island of...
Giulio Rimondo
Feb 1, 2024
341
Serb Volunteer Guard (Arkan's Tigers)
Insurgency Overview The Serb Volunteer Guard (Srpska Dobrovoljačka Garda), better known as Arkan’s Tigers was a Serbian paramilitary unit...
Walter Niehoff
Oct 16, 2023
455
Freedom of Russia Legion (FRL)
Insurgency Overview The Freedom of Russia Legion (FRL Russian: Легион «Свобода России») is a pro-Ukrainian paramilitary consisting of...
Liam Coyle
Jun 26, 2023
472
Russian Volunteer Corps (RDK)
Insurgency Overview The Russian Volunteer Corps (RDK) is an armed, far-right paramilitary organization fighting against the Russian...
Daniel Hall
Jun 12, 2023
541
Ulster Defence Association (UDA)
Insurgency Overview The Ulster Defence Association (UDA) is a loyalist paramilitary group which is based in Northern Ireland. The group...
Ethan Rooney
May 31, 2023
326
Real Ulster Freedom Fighters (Real UFF)
The Real Ulster Freedom Fighters or Real UFF are a loyalist paramilitary group based in Northern Ireland. Believed to be formed from former
Kevin Clarke
May 31, 2023
343
Anarcho-Communist Combat Organisation (BOAK)
Insurgency Overview The Anarcho-Communist Combat Organization (BOAK) is a group of far-left activists currently engaged in anti-war...
Daniel Hall
May 14, 2023
1,412
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