MilitiaWatchThe Boogaloo movement is a broad and disconnected absurdist right-wing movement deeply connected to far-right armed activism and internet humor. The movement’s name is derived from a white nationalist meme about the second US civil war (the ‘Boogaloo’), which original posters described as a race war. The Boogaloo movement originates out of online posting in 2018 but came into broad public knowledge in 2020 as its adherents began seeking to use BLM demonstrations as a fulcrum towards open, armed combat.
Below, you will find all MilitiaWatch articles mentioning the movement.
After a break in weekly updates, MilitiaWatch returns in 2022 with a monthly format instead. If you’d prefer to listen to a version of the information contained below, you may also want to check out the MilitiaWatchMonthly podcast here. All MW updates (monthlies now and weeklies before) can be accessed via this link.
This guide is intended to be a resource for community organizers and members of communities expecting to have far-right militia groups and their ilk entering their area in the near future. It is not a comprehensive guide but should provide a basic outline for identifying actors, deducing the politics of rallygoers, and assessing risk when coming up against these actors. A one-page black-and-white printable flyer is available for download for the 18 September 2021 DC rally here.
One-page flyers containing some of these images are available for download ahead of the DC rally here: Color | B&W
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Almost the end of July, the sixth month since the Capitol storming. This week, some updates on:
Another Monday, another MilitiaWatch weekly. This week, we feature some of the following news events:
Happy July, y’all. Here’s a two-week update after MilitiaWatch took last Monday off. There’s a lot to cover here, but here are some included:
This week, an update featuring some of the following:
Happy June! Here’s another week’s update on what militias and the associated far-right has been up to, including:
MilitiaWatch took a break from weekly updates last week so this week’s update covers the last two-ish weeks. Here are some high-level highlights:
Here’s another weekly update from MilitiaWatch, covering some of the following:
This weekly update features some of the following: