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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.
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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Rowan Glass
May 31, 2024
Indigenous Guard
Insurgency Overview The Indigenous Guard (Guardia Indígena) is a network of loosely affiliated nonviolent self-defense organizations...
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Riles Kiley
May 31, 2024
M-19
Insurgency Overview The 19th of April Movement (Movimiento 19 de Abril), M-19, was a guerilla movement in Colombia active during the...
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Rowan Glass
May 30, 2024
Guardians of the Forest
Insurgency Overview The Guardians of the Forest (Guardiões da Floresta) is an armed Indigenous paramilitary and vigilante movement in the...
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Alejandra Cabrera
May 23, 2024
Los Lobos
The Lobos, the second-largest criminal group in Ecuador, comprises over 8,000 members incarcerated throughout the country.
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Ellie Newis
May 21, 2024
Ku Klux Klan (KKK)
The Ku Klux Klan, often known as the “KKK,” are an American white supremacist group, listed as a terrorist organization in the US. The KKK’s
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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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Riles Kiley
May 19, 2024
Animal Liberation Front
Insurgency Overview The Animal Liberation Front (ALF) is an international resistance movement founded in 1976. The movement’s main...
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Daniel Hall
May 17, 2024
Sandworm
Overview Sandworm (also known as VooDoo Bear, Telebots, IRIDIUM, Seashell Blizzard and Iron Viking) is the name given to Russia’s GRU...
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Patrick Pearson
May 11, 2024
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.
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Patrick Pearson
Apr 10, 2024
Five Percent Nation (NGE)
Insurgency Overview The Five Percent Nation, also known as the Nation of Gods and Earths (NGE), the Five Percenters, or simply as the...
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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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Alejandra Cabrera
Apr 5, 2024
Galician Resistance (RG)
Introduction and Overview Resistência Galega (Galician Resistance or RG) is an armed organisation from Galicia, located in Spain’s...
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Orlando Miceli
Apr 4, 2024
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....
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