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The Earth Liberation…

The Earth Liberation Front (ELF) is the environmental counterpart to the Animal Liberation Front (ALF). Modeled after ALF, ELF consists of "autonomous groups of people" who are "anonymous not only to the public but also to one... Read more

Groups / Movements Left-wing

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The Final Call

The Final Call is the Nation of Islam"s official newspaper. Published weekly and distributed both online and in print by NOI members nationwide, it features articles about current events, excerpts from Louis Farrakhan's speeches, promotes the group"s... Read more

Publications Antisemitism

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Right-wing extremism

Right-wing extremism is a term used to describe right-wing political, social and religious movements that exist outside of and are more radical than mainstream conservatism. In the United States, the extreme right consists primarily of white supremacist... Read more

Key Concepts / Definitions Right-wing

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Rizza Islam

Ronnie Steven "Rizza" Islam is a Nation of Islam (NOI) member and social media influencer. He regularly posts antisemitic, anti-LGBTQ+ and anti-vaccine rhetoric and espouses a range of conspiracy theories.

People Antisemitism

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Road to Power

Road to Power is a white supremacist and antisemitic broadcasting outlet that robocalls communities with racist and antisemitic language. It also posts offensive content on online.

Platforms / Sites White supremacist

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Robert Bowers

On October 27, 2018 white supremacist Robert Gregory Bowers carried out a deadly shooting spree at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, killing eleven and wounding seven more. Bowers appears to have been motivated by... Read more

People Right-wing

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Robert Brannen

Robert Brannen is a former associate of George Lincoln Rockwell and founder of the National Socialist American Workers Freedom Movement, which became the National Socialist Movement.

People White supremacist

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Robert Spencer

Robert Spencer is a leading anti-Muslim bigot and conspiracy theorist who heads the organization Stop Islamization of America, and runs the conspiratorial Islamophobic website Jihad Watch. Spencer claims that Muslims want to impose Sharia Law (Muslim religious... Read more

People Single-issue

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Rodney Coronado

Rodney Coronado is a longtime spokesperson for the extremist environmental and animal rights movements in the United States. Coronado was involved in the firebombing of an animal research laboratory at Michigan State University (MSU) in 1992 and... Read more

People Single-issue

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Roger Elvick

Roger Elvick was a prominent sovereign citizen guru from the 1980s through the 2000s. In 1999, he popularized "redemption theory," a set of sovereign citizen theories that are still popular today. Elvick had a long criminal history... Read more

People Anti-government

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Ronald Watkins

Ronald Watkins is a conspiracy theorist and QAnon influencer who, along with his father Jim Watkins, owned and operated 8chan, an imageboard website from 2016 to 2020.

People Right-wing

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Ropefuel

Ropefuel refers to topics that feed depressive or suicidal ideations among incels. The use of the word "rope" refers to the suicidal method of hanging oneself. The opposite of "ropefuel" is "lifefuel."

Key Concepts / Definitions Single-issue

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Roy Den Hollander

Roy Den Hollander is a self-described "anti-feminist lawyer" and Men's Rights Activist who carried out a fatal shooting at a New Jersey federal judge"s home before killing himself.

People Single-issue

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Russia Imperial Move…

Russia Imperial Movement is an ultra-nationalist group in Russia that invited American white supremacists to Russia for paramilitary training. The United States designated RIM as a terrorist group in April 2020.

Groups / Movements White supremacist

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Sabiqun

Sabiqun is an antisemitic Muslim group that advocates for the creation of a global Islamic state that would abolish all "man-made" forms of governance. Arabic for "vanguard," Sabiqun was founded by Imam Abdul Alim Musa, the head... Read more

Groups / Movements Islamist

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Sacco Vandal

Sacco Vandal, formerly known as Scott Wurgler, hosts an alt-right radio show. He also created a website and wrote a book with his twin brother, Vanzetti Vandal, to promote white supremacist militant nationalism.

People White supremacist

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Samir Khan

Samir Khan is a Pakistani-American extremist. He was born in Saudi Arabia and grew up in New York before moving to Yemen to join Al Qaeda. He was the editor and publisher of Al Qaeda in the... Read more

People Islamist

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Samuel Francis

Samuel Francis was an influential intellectual white supremacist. He was also a writer and former columnist for the Washington Times. After being fired from the publication for racist remarks he made at an American Renaissance conference in... Read more

People White supremacist

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San Bernardino shoot…

The San Bernardino, California shooting took place on December 2, 2015, when Syed Rizwan Farook and Tashfeen Malik opened fire at Farook's workplace, the Inland Regional Center targeting municipal health workers attending a Christmas party. Both perpetrators... Read more

Incidents / Events Islamist

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Save the/our Children

"Save the children" is a QAnon rallying cry often used as a hashtag on social media. QAnon borrowed this hashtag from a legitimate human-trafficking campaign to spread the baseless claim that pedophiles are kidnapping children off the... Read more

Slogans / Code words Right-wing