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GLOSSARY OF EXTREMISM AND HATE

Terry Nichols

Terry Nichols is an an anti-government extremist who played a key role in helping Timothy McVeigh conduct his terrorist bombing of the Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City in April 1995. Nichols was convicted on multiple charges... Read more

People Anti-government

GLOSSARY OF EXTREMISM AND HATE

Boogaloo Bois, Booji…

Boogaloo bois and Boojihadeen are supporters of the Boogaloo movement, which promotes anti-government, anti-gun control and anti-police beliefs. See also: Boogaloo movement

Key Concepts / Definitions Anti-government

GLOSSARY OF EXTREMISM AND HATE

The Popular Front fo…

The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) is a Marxist-Leninist Palestinian terrorist group with ties to the Iranian regime that is often praised by anti-Israel activists, including those affiliated with Students for Justice in Palestine... Read more

Groups / Movements Left Wing

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Boogaloo movement

The Boogaloo movement formed in 2019 based around the term "boogaloo", a slang reference to a future civil war that boogalooers anticipate (some eagerly). While there are ideological differences among members, the movement is primarily anti-government, anti-gun... Read more

Groups / Movements Anti-government

GLOSSARY OF EXTREMISM AND HATE

Thomas Stockheimer

Thomas Stockheimer was an anti-government extremist and prominent Posse Comitatus leader in Wisconsin in the 1970s and 80s. He was also involved in an assault on an IRS agent in the 1970s as part of the tax... Read more

People Anti-government

GLOSSARY OF EXTREMISM AND HATE

U.S. Palestinian Com…

USPCN (U.S. Palestinian Community Network) is a prominent and radical anti-Israel activist group founded in 2006 that has on numerous occasions expressed support for terror and promoted antisemitic tropes. The organization has chapters and members across the... Read more

Groups / Movements Left Wing

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United Nations of Tu…

United Nations of Turtle Island (UNOTI) is a fictitious tribe created by sovereign citizen adherents trying to escape government jurisdiction. UNOTI is based primarily in east Tennessee, western North Carolina and northern Georgia, though it has "members"... Read more

Groups / Movements Anti-government

GLOSSARY OF EXTREMISM AND HATE

Border Vigilante Mov…

Part of the anti-immigrant extremist movement, border vigilantes conduct armed, sometimes paramilitary patrols along the U.S.-Mexico border, attempting to chase and detain migrants under the delusion that they are fighting drug cartels. Border vigilantes have attracted some... Read more

Groups / Movements Anti-government

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Branch Davidian Stan…

The Branch Davidian standoff, in the late winter and spring of 1993 in Waco, Texas, was a violent confrontation between federal law enforcmeent agencies (the ATF and FBI) and members of the Branch Davidian religious sect. The... Read more

Incidents / Events Anti-government

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Brent Johnson

Brent Johnson is a longtime figure in the anti-government movement, including the sovereign citizen movement. He has been host of the "American Sovereign" radio show and, with Lee Parker, director of Freedom Bound International, a "common law... Read more

People Anti-government