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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.
Fatah al-Intifada
Fatah al-Intifada is an armed militant Palestinian faction which is active in the West Bank, Lebanon, Syria and Jordan.
Edwin Dudley-Taylor
Mar 20, 2024
Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ)
Harakat al-Jihād al-Islāmi fi Filastīn (حركة الجهاد الإسلامي في فلسطين), also known as Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ), is a radical Sunni I
Giulio Rimondo
Mar 19, 2024
Young Army Cadets National Movement (Yunarmiya)
The Young Army Cadets National Movement (Russian: Всероссийское военно-патриотическое общественное движение «Юнармия»), commonly known as "Y
Antoine Guignard
Mar 14, 2024
Indian Posse (IP)
Insurgency Overview The Indian Posse (IP) is a Canadian street gang formed by brothers Danny and Richard Wolfe in 1988 in Winnipeg,...
Patrick Pearson
Mar 10, 2024
English Defense League (EDL)
Insurgency Overview The English Defence League (EDL) is a right-wing group based in the UK that believes English society is under attack...
Ellie Newis
Mar 9, 2024
Hoods Hoods Klan (HHK)
Insurgency Overview The Hoods Hoods Klan (HHK), also known as the Arsenal Kyiv Hooligans, is a Ukrainian anti-fascist and anti-racist...
Antoine Guignard
Mar 5, 2024
Fatah
Insurgency Overview Formerly the Palestine National Liberation Movement, Fatah is a Palestinian nationalist political party. The group...
Jericho Leavitt
Mar 4, 2024
The Coordination of Azawad Movements (CMA)
Insurgency Overview The CMA is a mostly secular, Tuareg-Arab separatist political-military coalition seeking independence for Azawad –...
Charlie McCombie
Mar 4, 2024
Falun Gong (法轮功)
Falun Gong (法轮功)(Dharma Wheel Practice) or Falun Dafa (法轮大法)(Great Dharma Wheel Practice) is a type of Chinese new religious movement that i
Jeff Hanrahan
Mar 3, 2024
Liwa al-Quds
Insurgency Overview Liwa al-Quds (Free Jerusalem) is a Palestinian armed group loyal to the government of Bashar al-Assad in Syria....
Daniel Hall
Mar 1, 2024
Basij
The Sâzmân-e Basij-e Mostaz'afin, or the Basij, is an Iranian paramilitary militia organized under the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.
Walter Niehoff
Feb 26, 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.....
Walter Niehoff
Feb 5, 2024
Continuity IRA (CIRA)
Insurgency Overview The Continuity Irish Republican Army (CIRA) is a paramilitary republican organization active throughout the island of...
Giulio Rimondo
Feb 1, 2024
Resistencia Mapuche Lavkenche (RML)
Insurgency Overview The Resistencia Mapuche Lavkenche (Mapuche Lafkenche Resistance) (RML), is a militant organization operating in the...
Franco Ramos
Jan 26, 2024
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