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GLOSSARY OF EXTREMISM AND HATE

Saxon Knights

The Saxon Knights is a large, Indiana-based white supremacist prison gang formed in 1995. Their patch is a shield tattoo superimposed over a sword, warhammer and battleaxe. The shield has four sections, two of which include the... Read more

Groups / Movements White supremacist

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Blue-Eyed Devils

The term "blue-eyed devil" is a racial epithet that originated in Asia, directed against people of European ancestry. Some white supremacists have adopted the term in recent decades and may refer to themselves as blue-eyed devils. A... Read more

Slogans / Code words White supremacist

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Skinhead

The skinhead subculture includes both racists and non-racists (see SHARP entry). They share many common elements, such as head shaving, clothing, tattoos and symbols, rituals and music. However - racist skinheads have come to compose one of... Read more

Groups / Movements White supremacist

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Steven Anderson

Steven Anderson is an Arizona-based pastor and founder of the New Independent Fundamental Baptist (New IFB) movement, whose virulently antisemitic, anti-LGBTQ+ sermons have reached millions of people online. Anderson's history of bigotry includes openly calling for the... Read more

People Antisemitism

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Stop Huntingdon Anim…

Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty (SHAC) was an international animal rights campaign formed in 1998 after the BBC broadcasted a graphic documentary alleging mistreatment of animals by Huntingdon Life Sciences (HLS), a British-based research firm. In response, outraged... Read more

Groups / Movements Left-wing

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Suidlanders

Suidlanders is a far-right South African survivalist group that stresses the need to prepare for an impending racial civil war.

Groups / Movements White supremacist

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Boko Haram

Boko Haram is an Islamist group founded in 2004 in Nigeria by Mohammed Yusuf. Originally dedicated to "purifying" the region from Western influence, the group's name translates to "Western education is forbidden." The group is based in... Read more

Groups / Movements Islamist

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Taliban

The Taliban is an Islamist insurgent movement based in Afghanistan, which since August 2021 has assumed control of the country. Although the Taliban rarely directs attacks towards the West, it has frequently provided a safe haven for... Read more

Groups / Movements Islamist

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Tax Protest Movement

The tax protest movement is the oldest wing of the anti-government extremist "Patriot" movement, dating back to the mid-1960s. In contrast to people who merely dislike taxes, adherents of the tax protest movement use pseudo-legal arguments to... Read more

Groups / Movements Anti-government

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Terrorgram

Terrorgram is a decentralized network of white supremacist, neo-Nazi and accelerationist groups, influencers and meme pages with the collective goal of promoting stochastic terrorism and inspiring individuals to conduct either group-oriented or “lone wolf” terror attacks. The... Read more

Groups / Movements Right-wing