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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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Harold "Hardy" Carro…

Harold "Hardy" Carroll Lloyd is a Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania- based white supremacist who leads "Church of Ben Klassen," a faction of the Creativity Movement. Lloyd has a long criminal history and has been incarcerated for a variety of... 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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E. Michael Jones

E. Michael Jones

E. Michael Jones is a longtime antisemite and traditionalist Catholic writer born in 1948. Jones promotes the idea that Jews are responsible for perpetrating attacks against the Catholic Church, as well as against moral standards, social stability... 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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Stew Peters

Stew Peters

Stew Peters is a Minnesota-based far-right conspiracy theorist, best known for promoting Covid-19 and anti-vaccine-related conspiracy theories. He also regularly promotes anti-LGBTQ+, racist and antisemitic tropes on his podcast and social media. Peters is the creator of... 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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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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Jason J. Brown

Jason J. Brown is a Florida-based neo-Nazi who is currently active with Order of the Black Sun (OBS). Prior to joining OBS, Brown had been active with a number of extremist groups and networks including the Goyim... Read more

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Hannah Pearl Davis

Hannah Pearl Davis

Hannah “Pearl” Davis is an American far-right podcaster and anti-feminist provocateur based in the UK. She is often referred to by critics and fans alike as the “female Andrew Tate” and, like Tate, is celebrated within the... Read more

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Michael Hill

J. Michael Hill (b. 1951) founded the League of the South (LoS) in 1994. Hill established the LoS to advocate for modern-day southern secession and an independent southern nation dominated by "Anglo-Celtic culture," — a thinly-veiled code... Read more

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Tightrope Records

Tightrope Records, often simply known as Tightrope, is one of the oldest online purveyors of white power music and merchandise. Run by white supremacist Bryant C. Cecchini (aka Bryant Calvert), the site, which has been active since... Read more

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The Embassy of Heaven

The Embassy of Heaven was an anti-government extremist group based in Oregon and led by Paul Revere (aka Craig Fleshman). Primarily active in the 1990s and 2000s, the Embassy marketed bogus license plates and other automobile documents... Read more

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