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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.
ENOT Corps
Introduction & Overview ENOT Corps was a Russian nationalist far-right private military contracting group. Gaining notoriety through...
William Jukes-Bennett
Jul 19
Russian Imperial Movement
The Russian Imperial Movement, or RIM, is a far-right ultranationalist and white supremacist political organisation, also possessing a paramilitary wing known as the Imperial Legion.
William Jukes-Bennett
May 31
DShRG Rusich
Introduction & Overview Sabotage Assault Reconnaissance Group Rusich, abbreviated to DShRG Rusich, is a Russian neo-Nazi imperialist...
William Jukes-Bennett
May 24
Arakan Army
The Arakan Army (AA), also known as the Arakha Army, is an ethnic armed organization (EAO) based in Rakhine State, Myanmar.
Patrick Pearson
Apr 10
Combat 18
Combat 18, abbreviated as C18, is an international neo-Nazi terror group founded in 1992 in England.
Patrick Pearson
Mar 14
Chin National Defense Force
The Chin National Defense Force (CNDF) is the armed wing of the Chin National Organization, a Chin ethnic armed organization in Myanmar.
Evan Berridge
Feb 19
United Wa State Army
The United Wa State Army (UWSA) is an ethnic armed organization in Myanmar and the military wing of the United Wa State Party (UWSP).
Patrick Pearson
Jan 17
Cossacks in the Russo-Ukrainian War
Cossacks have a centuries-long history in Ukraine and have fought countless wars in the region.
Orlando Miceli
Oct 24, 2024
M-19
Insurgency Overview The 19th of April Movement (Movimiento 19 de Abril), M-19, was a guerilla movement in Colombia active during the...
Riles Kiley
May 31, 2024
Guardians of the Forest
Insurgency Overview The Guardians of the Forest (Guardiões da Floresta) is an armed Indigenous paramilitary and vigilante movement in the...
Rowan Glass
May 30, 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
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
Colectivos
Introduction & Overview Colectivos are armed, far-left paramilitary groups that reside in Venezuela’s poorest neighbourhoods and slums....
Ivan Gomez
Oct 19, 2023
Freedom of Russia Legion (FRL)
Insurgency Overview The Freedom of Russia Legion (FRL Russian: Легион «Свобода России») is a pro-Ukrainian paramilitary consisting of...
Liam Coyle
Jun 26, 2023
Russian Volunteer Corps (RDK)
Insurgency Overview The Russian Volunteer Corps (RDK) is an armed, far-right paramilitary organization fighting against the Russian...
Daniel Hall
Jun 12, 2023
Slovenski Branci
Introduction & Overview Slovenski Branci (Slovak for “Slovakian Conscripts”) was a militia based in Slovakia which was founded in 2012 as...
Orlando Miceli
Dec 26, 2022
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