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Louis Beam

Louis Beam (b. 1946) is an American white supremacist primarily active in the 1980s as a Klansman, Christian Identity adherent, and with Aryan Nations. In the early 1980s, he organized paramilitary activities in Texas to intimidate Vietnamese immigrant shrimp fishermen. Beam is known for popularizing the concept of cell-based "leaderless resistance" activities among white supremacists, though it is unclear how many may have actually followed his model.

This database provides an overview of many of the terms and individuals used by or associated with movements and groups that subscribe to and/or promote extremist or hateful ideologies.

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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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