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Kyle Chapman

Kyle Chapman, aka "Based Stickman," is a former member of the Proud Boys who was denounced by the group after he launched a failed coup in the fall of 2020 seeking to make the Proud Boys a more overtly white supremacist organization. While a member of the Proud Boys, he created the now-defunct subgroup "Fraternal Order of the Alt-Knights," or "FOAK," formed in 2017 to serve as the "tactical defense arm" of the Proud Boys. Chapman has a criminal history that includes felony assault with a deadly weapon. Chapman earned his nickname after a rally in Berkeley, California in March 2017, where he was pictured attacking a counter-protester with a large stick. Chapman left the Proud Boys in 2017 and with his departure, FOAK also ceased. He tried to re-join the group in 2020, but was denied membership. Despite this denial, he attempted a coup, which failed.

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Irminfolk

Irminfolk is a small neo-Volkish/Norse pagan white supremacist group based in New York with members in the New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania region. Started in 2007, the group was incorporated in 2010 and eventually became... Read more

Groups / Movements White supremacist
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Terrorgram

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
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The American Futurist

The American Futuris…

The American Futurist is an online accelerationist media platform run primarily by several former members of Atomwaffen Division, a now-defunct neo-Nazi accelerationist group. Founded in 2020, The American Futurist seeks to promote and spread white supremacist... Read more

Publications Right-wing
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