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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.
Walter Niehoff
Feb 5, 2024
Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF)
The Moro Islamic Liberation Front, also known as the MILF, is a Filipino militant group dedicated to the self-determination of the Moro.....
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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...
236
Franco Ramos
Jan 26, 2024
Resistencia Mapuche Lavkenche (RML)
Insurgency Overview The Resistencia Mapuche Lavkenche (Mapuche Lafkenche Resistance) (RML), is a militant organization operating in the...
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Jericho Leavitt
Jan 25, 2024
Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN)
Insurgency Overview The Sandinista National Liberation Front, or Frente Sandinista de Liberación Nacional (FSLN) is a left-wing political...
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Rowan Glass
Jan 19, 2024
Indigenous Revolutionary Armed Forces of the Pacific (FARIP)
Note: This is not the official flag of the FARIP, but rather a substitute containing the flag of Colombia (as this is the country they...
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Jericho Leavitt
Jan 4, 2024
Eastern Security Network (ESN)
Insurgency Overview The Eastern Security Network (ESN) is the paramilitary branch of the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB),a separatist...
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Franco Ramos
Dec 26, 2023
Antagonic Nuclei of the New Urban Guerrilla (NANGU)
The Núcleos Antagónicos de la Nueva Guerrilla Urbana (Antagonic Nuclei of the New Urban Guerrilla) is an organization active since 2011 form
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Jeff Hanrahan
Nov 30, 2023
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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Edwin Dudley-Taylor
Nov 24, 2023
Hezbollah
Insurgency Overview Hezbollah is a Lebanese Shia Islamist political party and militant group. It is led by Secretary-General Hassan...
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Daniel Hall
Nov 18, 2023
Women's Protection Units (YPJ)
Insurgency Overview The Women’s Protection Units (Yekîneyên Parastina Jin or YPJ for short) have attracted much attention over the last...
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Jericho Leavitt
Nov 8, 2023
Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB)
Introduction & Overview The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) is a separatist/secessionist organization operating in Nigeria that aims...
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George Kefford
Nov 1, 2023
Nineveh Plain Protection Units (NPU)
Insurgency Overview The Nineveh Plain Protection Units (Classical Syriac: ܚܕܝ̈ܘܬ ܣܬܪܐ ܕܫܛܚܐ ܕܢܝܢܘܐ) (Arabic: وحدات حماية سهل نينوى) or...
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Ivan Gomez
Oct 19, 2023
Colectivos
Introduction & Overview Colectivos are armed, far-left paramilitary groups that reside in Venezuela’s poorest neighbourhoods and slums....
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Orlando Miceli
Oct 19, 2023
Tiger Forces (Syrian 25th Special Mission Forces Division)
Introduction & Overview The Tiger Forces are an elite formation of the Syrian Arab Army that was formed in 2013 by drawing select...
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