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Glossary of Extremism

This database provides an overview of many of the terms most frequently used by a variety of extremist groups and movements.

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QAnon

QAnon is a popular right-wing conspiracy theory centered around thousands of cryptic messages posted by a figure called "Q", who claimed to be an anonymous U.S. government official, on the 4chan and 8chan/8kun message boards beginning in... Read more
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Great Replacement / …

"The Great Replacement" conspiracy theory made significant headway into the mainstream in 2021. The theory alleges that people of color are "replacing" white people through immigration, birth rates and other economic, social and political means. While the... Read more
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ISIS

ISIS stands for Islamic State of Iraq and Syria. Though it no longer holds territory in Iraq and Syria, it has persisted as an insurgent movement and seeks to reconstitute itself both in the Middle East and... Read more
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Neo-Nazi

Neo-Nazis are one of the main segments of the white supremacist movement in the United States and many other countries. They revere Adolf Hitler and Nazi Germany and sometimes try to adopt Nazi principles to their own... Read more
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Goyim Defense League

The Goyim Defense League (GDL) is a loose network of individuals connected by their virulent antisemitism. GDL attracts a range of antisemites and white supremacists who are best known for their antisemitic stunts and schemes to troll... Read more
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New World Order

"New World Order" is a term used to refer to longstanding right-wing conspiracy theories about a socialist or communist one world government. These conspiracies have been popular for decades, but this term became particularly popular among anti-government... Read more
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Folkish Resistance M…

The Folkish Resistance Movement (FRM) is a small neo-Nazi group that was founded in 2019 as Folksfront and rebranded as FRM in late 2021. FRM distributes propaganda that features crossed runes that resemble a swastika and explicit... Read more

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Jon Minadeo II

Jon Minadeo II is the leader of the Florida-based Goyim Defense League (GDL), a loose network of individuals who espouse vitriolic antisemitism on the internet, through propaganda distributions and in street actions.

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Brother Nathanael

Brother Nathanael, also known as Milton Kapner, is a former Jew who became an antisemitic ideologue and propagandist after converting to the Russian Orthodox faith. Brother Nathanael was born in 1950 and is best known for his... Read more

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Hebrews to Negroes

Hebrews to Negroes

The 2018 film Hebrews to Negroes, based on director Ronald Dalton Jr.’s book series of the same name, attempts to “prove” the Black Hebrew Israelite (BHI) belief that Black people are the true descendants of the biblical... Read more

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Anti-LGBTQ+ Extremism

Anti-LGBTQ+ Extremism

Anti-LGBTQ+ extremism is a form of single-issue extremism whose adherents focus on demonizing, attacking or otherwise intentionally targeting individuals, communities or institutions based on their real or perceived identification with or support for a sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression... Read more

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