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Turning Point USA (T…

Turning Point USA (TPUSA) is an Illinois-based right-wing student organization founded by Charlie Kirk in 2012. The organization"s stated mission is to "identify educate, train, and organize students to promote the principles of freedom, free markets, and... Read more

Groups / Movements Right-wing

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Anti-LGBTQ+ Extremism

Anti-LGBTQ+ extremism is a form of single-issue extremism whose adherents focus on demonizing, attacking or otherwise intentionally targeting individuals, communities or institutions based on their real or perceived identification with or support for a sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression... Read more

Key Concepts / Definitions Single-issue

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Aryan Cowboy Brother…

The Aryan Cowboy Brotherhood is a fairly smal white supremacist prison and street gang in Minnesota and Kentucky. Its symbol consists of a winged skull wearing a helmet that has the initials "ACB" on it.

Groups / Movements White supremacist

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Unforgiven/The Unfor…

Unforgiven is a large white supremacist prison gang based in the Florida prison system. Their main symbol consists of an interlocking Iron Cross and swastika, with SS lightning bolts in the center. Members and associates of the... Read more

Groups / Movements White supremacist

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United Skinhead Nati…

United Skinhead Nation (USN) is a Florida-based racist skinhead crew that was formed by John Kopko in mid-2018. USN has a small national presence and is structured with regional crews.

Groups / Movements White supremacist

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United Society of Ar…

The United Society of Aryan Skinheads (USAS) is a white supremacist gang active in prisons and on the streets. Although it originated in Oregon, it is essentially based in California. USAS members primarily use one or more... Read more

Groups / Movements White supremacist

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United White Circle

United White Circle is a whites-only prison and street gang that started in the Georgia Department of Corrections in 2012. They sometimes go by the alternate name "Chain Gang Crackers." Many, but not all, members are white... Read more

Groups / Movements White supremacist

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Universal Aryan Brot…

Universal Aryan Brotherhood (UAB) is a white supremacist prison gang based in the Oklahoma prison system and is one of several such gangs that has used "brotherhood" in their title. The gang's patch consists of a circle... Read more

Groups / Movements White supremacist

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Vanguard America

Vanguard America was a neo-Nazi group that distributed propaganda and attended white supremacist rallies from 2016 through 2018. The group splintered, forming Patriot Front, and unltimately fell apart after their participation in the "Unite the Right" rally... Read more

Groups / Movements White supremacist

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Vinlanders Social Cl…

The Vinlanders Social Club is a hardcore racist skinhead gang that originated in the Midwest in the mid-2000s, originally as a breakaway faction of the Hammerskins. It has a high association with violence, including multiple murders. Their... Read more

Groups / Movements White supremacist