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33/6

33/6 is a Ku Klux Klan-related symbol. The 33 stands for the Klan itself, as 33 signifies 3 times the 11th letter of the alphabet, K, to spell KKK. The number 6 was added by one specific... Read more

Numbers / Symbols White supremacist

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4chan

4chan is an anonymous imageboard website known for introducing popular memes. It is not an explicitly extremist site, but parts of the forum, especially the /pol/ board, are used for hateful posts that promote racist, white supremacist... Read more

Platforms / Sites White supremacist

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88 precepts

88 precepts is a document written by white supremacist terrorist and ideologue David Lane that provided guidelines for securing the goals of the so-called 14 Words.

Publications White supremacist

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8kun

8kun, previously 8chan, is an online forum platform where many extremists and white supremacists interact. More recently QAnon influencers and followers have also migrated to the platform.

Platforms / Sites White supremacist

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9/11 Conspiracy Theo…

Conspiracy theories surrounding the 9/11 attacks have become a propaganda industry and attempt to place blame for the attacks on perpetrators other than Al Qaeda, including the U.S. government. Prominent among such 9/11 conspiracy theories are those... Read more

Conspiracy Theories Antisemitism

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Abdel Aziz Rantisi

Co-founder of Hamas along with Sheikh Ahmed Yassin. Rantisi served as Hamas's political leader and opposed any cooperation with the Israeli government, instead insisting that the only acceptable outcome was the establishment of a Palestinian state including... Read more

People Islamist

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Abu Musab al-Zarqawi

Abu Musab al-Zarqawi was the leader of ISIS's predecessor organization, Al Qaeda in Iraq. Al Qaeda in Iraq split from the central Al Qaeda terrorist organization in 2004. As leader of Al Qaeda in Iraq, Zarqawi emphasized... Read more

People Islamist

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Abu Sayyaf Group/ISI…

The Abu Sayyaf Group (ISIS Philippines), also referred to as ISIS East Asia, is a conglomeration of smaller Filipino Islamist groups which pledged allegiance to ISIS starting in 2014. The groups have attracted Western fighters, including from... Read more

Groups / Movements Islamist

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ACAB (All Cops Are B…

The acronym ACAB stands for 'All Cops Are Bastards' and is a slogan of long standing within skinhead subculture, which borrowed it from the punk subculture. Because non-racist skinheads (including "traditional" skinheads and anti-racist skinheads) may use... Read more

Slogans / Code words White supremacist

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Adrenochrome

Adrenochrome is a real chemical compound produced by the oxidation of adrenaline. It is also a fictionalized drug in works by authors like William Burroughs and Hunter S. Thompson. QAnon believers claim that the elite, particularly in... Read more

Key Concepts / Definitions Right-wing