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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.
Los Lobos
The Lobos, the second-largest criminal group in Ecuador, comprises over 8,000 members incarcerated throughout the country.
Alejandra Cabrera
May 23, 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
Ellie Newis
May 21, 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...
Jeff Hanrahan
May 20, 2024
Animal Liberation Front
Insurgency Overview The Animal Liberation Front (ALF) is an international resistance movement founded in 1976. The movement’s main...
Riles Kiley
May 19, 2024
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
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
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...
Patrick Pearson
Apr 11, 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...
Walter Niehoff
Apr 10, 2024
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
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
Mojahedin-e-Kalq (MEK)
Overview Thousands of supporters of the exiled Iranian opposition group, Mojaehdin-e-Kalq (MEK), gathered as American political figure...
Daniel Hall
Apr 3, 2024
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
Sinjar Resistance Units (YBŞ)
Introduction & Overview The Sinjar Resistance Units, also known as the YBŞ or the Yekîneyên Berxwedana Sengalê, is an ethnic Yazidi...
Edwin Dudley-Taylor
Mar 20, 2024
Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA)
The Karen (Kuh-ren) National Liberation Army (KNLA) is a military branch of the political organization [...]
Micah Hughey
Mar 20, 2024
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