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 two-week hiatus from weekly updates focusing on some election-related work, a return for the fourth MW weekly news round-up. It’s a long one this week. Here’s the weekly(ish) update for 16 November 2020.
Since the murder of George Floyd by the Minneapolis Police Department, every single state in the US has had a major protest in response. In some of these states, certain towns, cities, and capitals saw an escalation in tactics against the status quo.
With this action, of course, came several waves of reaction. These have included conservative and liberal media alike’s “antifa provocateur” or “outside agitator” claims, despite little evidence beyond vague gesturing from police departments and mayors that have been proven wrong time and time again. Other reactions have included those from GOP lawmakers calling for military force to be used against protesters, even earning some a platform in the Paper of Record. Yet other reactions from ostensibly the right have been those militia or militia-like groups involving themselves in or around these political happenings.