The militia movement is a right-wing movement that arose following controversial standoffs in the 1990s. It inherited paramilitary traditions of earlier groups, especially the conspiratorial, anti-government Posse Comitatus.

Militia movement, in the United States, movement of private, generally right-wing paramilitary organizations whose members characteristically accept highly conspiratorial interpretations of politics and view themselves as defenders of traditional freedoms against government oppression.

The militia movement was created to interact with the conservative mainstream. Because of that goal, it will continue to change and transform to meet various challenges and opportunities. The fallout from Jan. 6 is affecting the movement, but it is adapting to stay relevant and rebuild.

2021年8月12日 · The Transnational Threats Project’s Examining Extremism series provides an overview and assessment of the U.S. militia movement—anti-government extremists that engage in paramilitary activities and are motivated by conspiracy theories and opposition to gun control.

The militia movement is the youngest of the major right-wing anti-government movements in the United States (the sovereign citizen movement and the tax protest movement are the two others) yet it has seared itself into the American consciousness as virtually no other fringe movement has.

2015年9月16日 · The militia movement is a right-wing anti-government extremist movement that formed in 1993-1994, primarily in reaction to federal gun control measures and to deadly standoffs between civilians and federal agents. Much of the movement focuses on paramilitary activities.

2024年6月4日 · Chapters of Oath Keepers and other national militia groups sprouted across the country. Then came the insurrection of Jan. 6, 2021, and its aftermath. The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) identified 52 active militia groups throughout the United States in 2023, a decline from 61 in 2022.

The militia movement is a right-wing extremist movement consisting primarily of armed paramilitary groups possessing an anti-government, conspiracy-oriented ideology. The movement was originally formed in 1993-1994 in reaction to federal gun control measures and to deadly standoffs between civilians and federal agents.

2022年5月20日 · Militia violent extremists (MVEs) pose a growing threat within the United States. MVEs were the most prominent and well-organised participants in the January 6, 2021 attack on the US Capitol and have plotted numerous acts of lethal violence against law enforcement, government officials, and civilians in the past decade.

The modern militia movement in the United States arises from a long history of far-right political groups that have attempted to hold on to a certain nostalgic vision of the past. Economic, political,