From the Proud Boys to the Boogaloo, who are the insurgents

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Far-right and racist militias to which Trump has given voice (ANSA) 06 January, 11:30 pm Primopiano From the Proud Boys to the Boogaloo, who are the insurgents Far-right and racist militias that Trump has voiced Photo story © ANSA / AFP WATCH THE PHOTOSTORY Photo Close From the Proud Boys to the Boogaloo, who are the insurgents © ANSA / AFP Close ++ Trump fans raid Capitol Hill ++ © ANSA / AFP Close Protestors storm the US Capitol © ANSA / EPA Close Pr

06 January, 11:30 pm

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From the Proud Boys to the Boogaloo, who are the insurgents

Far-right and racist militias that Trump has voiced

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Donald Trump's ultras, the toughest and purest militants in his electorate.

But also organized groups of the far-right world and of white supremacism, such as the Proud Boys or the Boogaloo movement, in some cases real militias structured in a paramilitary manner.

And again, conspiracy theorists like QAnon-inspired followers.

It is a variegated universe that has poured into Washington to contest the victory of Joe Biden in the American presidential elections and that has stormed Capitol Hill, the seat of the United States Congress in what with the passing of the hours it looks more and more like to an insurrection.

To all these extremist groups, who had remained on the fringes of American social and political life for decades, Trump gave a voice in his four years in the White House.

And now, in one of the most dramatic pages of American democracy, the toy that brought so much electoral support to the tycoon has exploded, gone out of control.

The Proud Boys are what the outgoing president calls "patriots" on every occasion, but which US intelligence reports have long defined as "a dangerous group of white supremacy", a neo-fascist organization active not only in the United States but also in Canada.

Their leader, Enrique Tarrio, was arrested just in the past few hours in Washington and then released.

The group, very active on social networks, was recently banned from Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and YouTube on charges of inciting hatred and violence.

Another far-right movement close to neo-Nazi groups is that of the Boogaloo.

Often organized in the form of an armed militia, its leaders rant about a second American civil war.

Some groups related to the Boogaloo also claim that the birth and development of movements such as Black Lives Matter will lead to a real war for the breed.

One of the latest forms of struggle undertaken by different branches of the movement has been that against restrictive measures and lockdowns to combat the pandemic.

Those who deny the pandemic are those who are inspired by QAnon, a far-right conspiracy theory according to which there is a hypothetical secret plot organized by an alleged 'Deep State'.

Occult powers that would act against Donald Trump and his supporters.

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