144 Results

GLOSSARY OF EXTREMISM AND HATE

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

Groups / Movements Islamist

GLOSSARY OF EXTREMISM AND HATE

Islamist extremism

Islamist extremism is a marginal and rigid interpretation of Islam which refuses to acknowledge the legitimacy of other faiths and secular forms of government. Instead, Islamist extremists declare anyone who does not adhere to their restrictive interpretation... Read more

Key Concepts / Definitions Islamist

GLOSSARY OF EXTREMISM AND HATE

Alt lite

The alt lite was a loosely connected movement that emerged around 2016, consisting of right-wing activists who rejected the overtly white supremacist ideology of the alt right, but whose hateful impact was more significant than their 'lite'... Read more

Key Concepts / Definitions Right-wing

GLOSSARY OF EXTREMISM AND HATE

Alt right

The alt right (short for alternative right), is a loose movement that arose in the 2010s and by 2015 had become an important new segment of the white supremacist movement, bringing thousands of young, newly-radicalized white men... Read more

Key Concepts / Definitions White supremacist

GLOSSARY OF EXTREMISM AND HATE

Kalergi Plan

The Kalergi Plan is an antisemitic conspiracy theory about ostensible white genocide originated by Austrian neo-Nazi Gerd Honsik. "Kalergi" refers to Richard Nikolaus Graf von Coudenhove-Kalergi, an Austrian philosopher and politician of mixed European and Japanese background... Read more

Conspiracy Theories Antisemitism

GLOSSARY OF EXTREMISM AND HATE

Martial Law

The imposition of martial law by the government is a part of one of the most prominent conspiracy theories within the militia movement. The conspiracy says that a real or staged pandemic, natural disaster or terrorist attack... Read more

Conspiracy Theories Anti-government

GLOSSARY OF EXTREMISM AND HATE

Mein Kampf

Mein Kampf is a 1925 manifesto written by Nazi Party leader Adolf Hitler that continues to exert influence in white supremacist and neo-Nazi circles today.

Publications White supremacist

GLOSSARY OF EXTREMISM AND HATE

Militia movement

The militia movement is a right-wing extremist movement consisting primarily of armed paramilitary groups possessing an anti-government, conspiracy-oriented ideology. The movement was originally formed in 1993-1994 in reaction to federal gun control measures and to deadly standoffs... Read more

Key Concepts / Definitions Anti-government

GLOSSARY OF EXTREMISM AND HATE

Anarchism

Anarchism is a social and political movement dating back to the 19th century that rejects government, authority and most society systems beyond local cooperation. There are also numeous subsets or variations of anarchism. Anarchists in the U.S... Read more

Key Concepts / Definitions Left-wing

GLOSSARY OF EXTREMISM AND HATE

Mole/Tunnel Children

Mole/Tunnel children refers to the children QAnon adherents believed were being trafficked in tunnels under Central Park during the COVID-19 pandemic. Because during the early months of the pandemic the U.S. government set up a makeshift hospital... Read more

Conspiracy Theories Right-wing