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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.
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...
Rowan Glass
Jan 19, 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...
Jericho Leavitt
Jan 4, 2024
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
Franco Ramos
Dec 26, 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...
Jeff Hanrahan
Nov 30, 2023
Hezbollah
Insurgency Overview Hezbollah is a Lebanese Shia Islamist political party and militant group. It is led by Secretary-General Hassan...
Edwin Dudley-Taylor
Nov 24, 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...
Daniel Hall
Nov 18, 2023
Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB)
Introduction & Overview The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) is a separatist/secessionist organization operating in Nigeria that aims...
Jericho Leavitt
Nov 8, 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...
George Kefford
Nov 1, 2023
Colectivos
Introduction & Overview Colectivos are armed, far-left paramilitary groups that reside in Venezuela’s poorest neighbourhoods and slums....
Ivan Gomez
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...
Orlando Miceli
Oct 19, 2023
Jammu & Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF)
Insurgency Overview The Jammu & Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) is a political separatist organization that operates in both the...
Jericho Leavitt
Oct 18, 2023
Serb Volunteer Guard (Arkan's Tigers)
Insurgency Overview The Serb Volunteer Guard (Srpska Dobrovoljačka Garda), better known as Arkan’s Tigers was a Serbian paramilitary unit...
Walter Niehoff
Oct 16, 2023
Westboro Baptist Church
Insurgency Overview The Westboro Baptist Church (WBC) is a Christian extremist hate group based in Topeka, Kansas, that has stood out for...
Adrian Cornejo
Sep 30, 2023
Zapatista Army of National Liberation (EZLN)
Insurgency Overview The Zapatista Army of National Liberation (EZLN, from the Spanish Ejército Zapatista de Liberación Nacional ) is an...
Rowan Glass
Sep 17, 2023
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