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GLOSSARY OF EXTREMISM AND HATE

Montana Freemen

The Montana Freemen were a group of anti-government extremist sovereign citizens based in eastern Montana led by LeRoy Schweitzer. Its main activity was to create and distribute fictitious financial instruments bearing names such as "comptroller's warrants." In... Read more
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Moorish Sovereign Ci…

Moorish sovereign citizens are a collection of groups, networks and individuals that emerged in the early 1990s as a largely Black offshoot of the anti-government extremist sovereign citizen movement. Moorish sovereign citizens combine long-standing sovereign citizen beliefs... Read more
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MyMilitia

MYMilitia is a prominent online hub that is frequented by militia movement supporters across the country. The site serves as a way for militia groups to recruit new members and for adherents to discuss conspiracies, tactical guidance... Read more
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New World Order

"New World Order" is a term used to refer to longstanding right-wing conspiracy theories about a socialist or communist one world government. These conspiracies have been popular for decades, but this term became particularly popular among anti-government... Read more

Slogans / Code words Anti-government
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Noelle Velentzas and…

Noelle Velentzas and Asia Siddiqui are American Al Qaeda-inspired domestic terrorists. Between 2013 and 2015, they taught each other how to construct a bomb, which they intended to use in an attack targeting law enforcement. Siddiqui also... Read more
People Islamist
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Citizens' grand jury…

Citizens' grand juries (also known as common law grand juries and people's grand juries) are sham juries created primarily by adherents of the sovereign citizen movement, who have a fondness for creating fictitious judicial and governmental entities... Read more
Key Concepts / Definitions Anti-government
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Non-resident alien

"Non-resident alien" is a term used by sovereign citizens to refer to themselves, reflecting their belief that they are not citizens of what is in their view an illegitimate, tyrannical government.
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Adam Yahiye Gadahn

Adam Yahiye Gadahn was born Adam Pearlman in Oregon in 1978; his father changed their last name to Gadahn after converting to Christianity. Adam later converted to Islam and quickly radicalized— he was arrested in 1997 for... Read more

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Islamic Revolutionar…

The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) is part of Iran’s armed forces, separate from the traditional military but complementary to it. The group is tasked with defending Iran’s revolutionary regime, which took power in 1979, and answers... Read more

Groups / Movements Islamist
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