Sun Yee On (New Righteousness & Peace Commercial and Industrial Guild)
Insurgency Overview Sun Yee On (新義安), or the New Righteousness and Peace Commercial and Industrial Guild, is the largest and ostensibly...
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The Insurgency Archive is a database of 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.
Jericho Leavitt
- Oct 18
Jammu & Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF)
Insurgency Overview The Jammu & Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) is a political separatist organization that operates in both the...
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Daniel Hall
- Sep 10
Aum Shinrikyo/Aleph
Insurgency Overview Few groups are as fascinating from an analytical perspective as the Japanese new religion cult, Aum Shinrikyo....
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Jeff Hanrahan
- Sep 3
East Turkestan Islamic Movement (ETIM)
Insurgency Overview The East Turkestan Islamic Movement (ETIM), also known as the Turkistan Islamic Party (TIP) or the East Turkistan...
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Jeff Hanrahan
- Jul 14
National Socialism Association (NSA)
Insurgency Overview The National Socialism Association (NSA) is a Taiwanese far-right political organization. Despite having been labeled...
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Edwin Dudley-Taylor
- Jun 30
Taliban
Insurgency Overview The Taliban are a Pashtun fundamentalist Islamic group and political movement in Afghanistan. Formed by Mohammad Omar...
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Andi Basro
- Apr 21
Patani United Liberation Organisation (PULO)
Insurgency Overview Patani United Liberation Organisation or PULO is a Malay-Muslim separatist movement mainly operating in Southern...
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Jeff Hanrahan
- Apr 18
Honker Union
Insurgency Overview The Hóngkè Union of China (中国红客)(HUC) is a Chinese nationalist hacker group most famously known for defacing the...
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Nicholas Kramer
- Apr 15
Islamic State Khorasan Province (ISK)
Insurgency Overview The Islamic State Khorasan Province (ISK) has acted as a subsidiary of the Islamic State (IS) within Afghanistan and...
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Andi Basro
- Mar 12
Abu Sayyaf (Islamic State - East Asia Province)
Insurgency Overview Abu Sayyaf, also known as the Islamic State - East Asia Province, is a jihadist separatist insurgency operating in...
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Liam Coyle
- Feb 28
Myanmar People's Defence Force (PDF)
Insurgency Overview The Myanmar People’s Defence Force (PDF) is a citizen militia formed to combat the military dictatorship which came...
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Giulio Rimondo
- Feb 24
Naxalite Movement
Insurgency & Overview The Naxalites (नक्सली आंदोलन) are an Indian Marxist-Leninist-Maoist political-military movement, which combines...
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Daniel Hall
- Feb 6
Artsakh Defence Army (ADA)
Introduction & Overview The Artsakh Defense Army (ADA) is the military of the unrecognized Armenian breakaway Republic of Artsakh, also...
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Orlando Miceli
- Jan 15
Communist Party of Burma (CPB)
Introduction & Overview The Communist Party of Burma (CPB) is one of the oldest political parties in Myanmar which remain active to this...
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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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Antoine Brimbal
- Sep 14, 2022
North Korean People’s Liberation Front (NKPLF)
The North Korean People's Liberation Front is a paramilitary North Korean organisation led and organised by defectors. The group is...
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Antoine Brimbal
- Sep 1, 2022
Women Democratic Front (WDF)
The Women Democratic Front (WDF) is a socialist-feminist political protest organisation which is based in Pakistan. The WDF seeks to...
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Antoine Brimbal
- Jul 31, 2022
East Turkestan Liberation Organisation (ETLO)
The East Turkestan Liberation Organization (ETLO) was a secessionist Uyghur organisation which fought and protested for an independent...
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Antoine Brimbal
- Jul 4, 2022
Free Papua Movement (OPM)
The Free Papua Movement (OPM) is the general independence movement for the territory of West Papua (also referred to as West New Guinea)....
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Antoine Brimbal
- Jun 23, 2022
Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA)
While the People’s Defence Force (PDF) has often been the focus of insurgency in Myanmar’s civil war, the KNLA has been extremely...
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