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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.
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![Conspiracy of the Cells of Fire Nuclei (CCF)](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c24061_7c4b2701f1804861883f9cd7db8187bc~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_292,h_289,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/c24061_7c4b2701f1804861883f9cd7db8187bc~mv2.webp)
Bianca Bridger
May 14, 2023
Conspiracy of the Cells of Fire Nuclei (CCF)
Insurgency Overview The Conspiracy of the Cells of Fire Nuclei (CCF), known in Greece as Synomosía Pyrínon tis Fotiás (Συνωμοσία Πυρήνων...
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![Ajnad al-Kavkaz](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c24061_8e865d31486a40bf9171c672d7907182~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_292,h_190,fp_0.50_0.50,q_95,enc_auto/c24061_8e865d31486a40bf9171c672d7907182~mv2.webp)
Daniel Hall
Apr 21, 2023
Ajnad al-Kavkaz
Insurgency Overview Exiled from their homeland following their defeat in the Second Chechen War in 2009, the Jihadist fighters of Ajnad...
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![Association of Security Forces of Belarus (BYPOL)](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c24061_135919effa8845d3b5832b32a5268ccc~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_292,h_380,fp_0.50_0.50,q_95,enc_auto/c24061_135919effa8845d3b5832b32a5268ccc~mv2.webp)
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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![Revolutionary People's Liberation Party-Front (DHKP-C)](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c24061_1e3fd899f46c49cfb6514dce11315df0~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_292,h_195,fp_0.50_0.50,q_95,enc_auto/c24061_1e3fd899f46c49cfb6514dce11315df0~mv2.webp)
Ethan Rooney
Mar 7, 2023
Revolutionary People's Liberation Party-Front (DHKP-C)
Insurgency Overview The Revolutionary People's Liberation Party-Front (DHKP-C) is a militant Marxist group which is based in Turkey and...
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![Grey Wolves](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c24061_6dfe4e6dee6d471ca010aaeeeed6e6b9~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_292,h_289,fp_0.50_0.50,q_95,enc_auto/c24061_6dfe4e6dee6d471ca010aaeeeed6e6b9~mv2.webp)
Will Reaume
Mar 3, 2023
Grey Wolves
Insurgency Overview Formed in 1968 as a paramilitary wing of the Turkish Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), the Grey Wolves are a fascist...
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![Sheikh Mansur Battalion (SMB)](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c24061_a674505091154c7398ac45c85a1381e1~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_292,h_424,fp_0.50_0.50,q_95,enc_auto/c24061_a674505091154c7398ac45c85a1381e1~mv2.webp)
Liam Coyle
Feb 28, 2023
Sheikh Mansur Battalion (SMB)
Insurgency Overview The Sheikh Mansur Battalion (SMB) is a Chechnian volunteer peacekeeping unit fighting for Ukraine since the start of...
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![National Liberation Front of Corsica (FLNC)](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c24061_f2cb945546b1451dafd159890bb08755~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_292,h_175,fp_0.50_0.50,q_95,enc_auto/c24061_f2cb945546b1451dafd159890bb08755~mv2.webp)
Orlando Miceli
Feb 28, 2023
National Liberation Front of Corsica (FLNC)
Introduction & Overview The FLNC (Fronte di Liberazione Naziunale Corsu, Corsican National Liberation Front) was founded in 1976 as a...
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![Azov Regiment](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c24061_f8a821b67a704ab6ae7ede319e5dd7bb~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_220,h_289,fp_0.50_0.50,q_95,enc_auto/c24061_f8a821b67a704ab6ae7ede319e5dd7bb~mv2.webp)
Bianca Bridger
Feb 13, 2023
Azov Regiment
Insurgency Overview The Azov Regiment ‘Полк Азов’ (formally Battalion) is a Special Purpose Regiment of the Ukrainian National Guard....
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![Generation Identity (GI)](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c24061_cafc8d8b56d94365b8249dc34099188d~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_292,h_292,fp_0.50_0.50,q_95,enc_auto/c24061_cafc8d8b56d94365b8249dc34099188d~mv2.webp)
Mikkel Kristensen
Feb 6, 2023
Generation Identity (GI)
Introduction & Overview Generation Identity (GI) is a far-right pan-European nationalist youth movement, part of the wider Identitarian...
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Kevin Clarke
Jan 25, 2023
New Irish Republican Army (New IRA)
Insurgency Overview The New Irish Republican Army (New IRA), or simply Irish Republican Army in the group's own publications, is an Irish...
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Daniele Molteni
Jan 15, 2023
Informal Anarchist Federation (FAI)
Note: A different logo is usually found on the internet, but after the merger with the Conspiracy of Cells of Fire, the FAI decided to...
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![Islamic State - Caucasus Province (IS-CP)](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c24061_a84de2635e3b403198a352385a4bc6fb~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_292,h_219,fp_0.50_0.50,q_95,enc_auto/c24061_a84de2635e3b403198a352385a4bc6fb~mv2.webp)
Joseph Collins
Jan 8, 2023
Islamic State - Caucasus Province (IS-CP)
Insurgency Overview The Islamic State - Caucasus Province (IS-CP) was formed in 2015 when members of the Caucasus Emirate (a Jihadist...
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![Patriotic Alternative](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c24061_52886aad9cc943ddae609da7cf46f39a~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_292,h_164,fp_0.50_0.50,q_95,enc_auto/c24061_52886aad9cc943ddae609da7cf46f39a~mv2.webp)
Ellie Newis
Dec 30, 2022
Patriotic Alternative
Group Overview Patriotic Alternative is a far-right, neo-Nazi group founded in 2019 and focused on what they label as the “demographic...
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![Nordic Resistance Movement (NRM)](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c24061_700ae671993c4ad0924cdc096be0e38b~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_292,h_292,fp_0.50_0.50,q_95,enc_auto/c24061_700ae671993c4ad0924cdc096be0e38b~mv2.webp)
Mikkel Kristensen
Dec 28, 2022
Nordic Resistance Movement (NRM)
Insurgency overview The Nordic Resistance Movement (NRM) is a pan-Scandinavian neo-Nazi movement heavily rooted in Scandinavian far-right...
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Orlando Miceli
Dec 25, 2022
Slovenski Branci
Introduction & Overview Slovenski Branci (Slovak for “Slovakian Conscripts”) was a militia based in Slovakia which was founded in 2012 as...
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![Golden Dawn (GD)](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c24061_0b1f555034e849e4804e533f0c2bfde9~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_292,h_195,fp_0.50_0.50,q_95,enc_auto/c24061_0b1f555034e849e4804e533f0c2bfde9~mv2.webp)
Giulio Rimondo
Dec 25, 2022
Golden Dawn (GD)
Insurgency Overview The Golden Dawn (GD) was a far-right Greek party and one of the most violent political movements in Europe. The group...
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Ryan McLiverty
Dec 24, 2022
Cyber Partisans
Introduction and Overview The Cyber Partisans are a Belarusian hacktivist group founded in September of 2020. The group formed as a...
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Miles O'Reilly
Dec 23, 2022
Security Forces Command (SFC)
Note: This is not the official flag of the JAM;, but rather a reproduction containing the flag of Northern Cyprus (as this is the country...
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Mike Godwin
Dec 9, 2022
Armed Forces of South Ossetia (AFSO)
Insurgency Overview The Armed Forces of South Ossetia (AFSO), often simply referred to as the South Osstian Army, is the military of the...
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![Irish National Liberation Army (INLA)](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c24061_02ae9edde6054edabb01c30e7c7af8fc~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_292,h_175,fp_0.50_0.50,q_95,enc_auto/c24061_02ae9edde6054edabb01c30e7c7af8fc~mv2.webp)
Conor McGuinness
Dec 3, 2022
Irish National Liberation Army (INLA)
Introduction & Overview The Irish National Liberation Army (INLA) was a Republican Socialist paramilitary organisation which operated...
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