42-545: [REDACTED] Look up acs in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ACS or Acs may refer to: Organizations and societies [ edit ] Active Club Scotland , a far-right hate group linked to the worldwide Active Club Network American Cancer Society , an American voluntary health organization dedicated to eliminating cancer American Ceramic Society , an American professional organization American Cheese Society ,
84-610: A BBC Trust organisation in Scotland Australian Cinematographers Society , a professional not-for-profit organisation Australian Computer Society , an association for information and communications technology professionals Australian Cricket Society , an association of cricket lovers Redfern Aboriginal Children's Services , a community services organisation for Indigenous children in Sydney, Australia Sports [ edit ] AC Sparta Prague ,
126-429: A Czech football club AC Sporting , a Lebanese football club Companies and commerce [ edit ] ACS:Law , a British law firm specializing in intellectual property cases Advanced Card Systems , a Hong Kong–based developer of smart cards and smart card readers Advanced Composites Solutions , a Brazilian engineering company specialized in composite materials technology Advanced Contact Solutions ,
168-522: A Philippine business process outsourcing company Affiliated Computer Services , an American business and technology outsourcing company Air Cess , a cargo airline based in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates Alaska Communications System , former name of AT&T Alascom, an American communications services company Alaska Communications Systems , an American communications services company, distinct from AT&T Alascom Alternative compensation system ,
210-433: A chemical in tryptophan metabolism Acetyl-CoA Synthetase , an enzyme Acute compartment syndrome Acute coronary syndrome , a form of chest pain due to reduced oxygen supply to the heart muscle Advanced Cataract Surgery , the modern method of cataract removal using phacoemulsification Alternate care site , a non-traditional medical treatment facility established in a public health crisis Atriocaval shunt ,
252-477: A global conspiracy to replace the white population of the world with non-white immigrants. According to Vice and The Guardian , members of the terrorist group Atomwaffen Division are active "and play key roles" in organizing the Active Club Network. Leading member of Atomwaffen's Canadian branch and Order of Nine Angles , Patrick Gordon Macdonald , who has been charged with terrorism offenses,
294-904: A group of Methodist schools in Singapore Anglo-Chinese Schools, Malaysia , a group of Methodist schools in Malaysia Arkansas Correctional School , a school system in prisons, in Arkansas Associated Colleges of the South , a group of liberal arts colleges in the USA Assumption College School , a catholic high school in Ontario, Canada Aurora Christian Schools , a private PreK-12 school in Aurora, Illinois, USA Avery Coonley School ,
336-560: A large contractor established during the Second World War to dredge the Port of Tarifa and which had subsequently gained extensive experience in hydro-electric and civil engineering work, in 2003. During 2005, ACS entered the US market via the establishment of Dragados USA , a wholly-owned subsidiary of Dragados S.A. One of the first undertakings of the newly formed branch was a successful bid for
378-478: A modern marine craft design concept based upon capturing air beneath a vessel's hull to reduce drag and increase speed and fuel efficiency Anticenter shell , a supershell located outside of the galaxy Attitude control system , a spacecraft system Other uses [ edit ] Acs (surname) , a surname American Crime Story , an anthology television series An abbreviation for Acroá language , an extinct Ge language of Brazil Topics referred to by
420-663: A private elementary school in Downers Grove, Illinois, USA Lehman Alternative Community School , a combined middle and high school Ithaca, New York Government [ edit ] American Community Survey , a project of the US Census Bureau Administration for Children's Services , governmental agency of New York City Australian Customs Service , former Australian government agency for border protection, duties and taxes (1985–2009) Medicine [ edit ] 2-Amino-3-carboxymuconic semialdehyde ,
462-463: A professional organization of the American cheese industry American Chemical Society , an American professional association American College of Surgeons , a fellowship of American surgeons American Colonization Society , an organization that helped in founding Liberia as a colony for freed slaves American Constitution Society for Law and Policy , an organization of lawyers and law students in
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#1732837240182504-986: A school district headquartered in Alabaster, Alabama Alperton Community School , a secondary school in London, UK American College of Sofia , a secondary school in Sofia, Bulgaria American Community School at Beirut , an international private school located in Beirut, Lebanon American Community School in Amman , an international school in Amman, Jordan American Community School of Abu Dhabi , an international school of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates American Community Schools , an English-speaking private school system in Athens, Greece American Cooperative School of La Paz American Cooperative School of Tunis Anglo-Chinese School , Singapore,
546-591: A software package by Adobe Inc. Atacama Large Millimeter Array ("ALMA") Common Software, a control framework used in ground-based astronomy projects Audit Collection Services, a component of Microsoft System Center Operations Manager ATA Command Set Education [ edit ] ACS International Schools , a group of international schools in the UK Advanced Communicator, Silver ("ACS"), Toastmasters International Recognition for advanced Communication training Alabaster City Schools ,
588-535: A surgical procedure Military [ edit ] Attack Characterization System Aerial Common Sensor , a Lockheed Martin reconnaissance aircraft airframe for the US Army and Navy Army Combat Shirt , flame-resistant shirt developed for the US Army Auxiliary crane ship , a US Navy hull classification symbol Cavalry Corps (Ireland) (1st Armoured Cavalry Squadron), an armoured reconnaissance unit of
630-564: A terrorist group. Further, Active Club Finland trains Karelian separatists that the Secretary of the Security Council of Russia Nikolai Patrushev characterized as a terrorist group. New Jersey man Andrew Takhistov who took part in Active Club "Free Rundo" demonstration is charged with plotting an attack on energy infrastructure and synagogues. Takhistov also stated that he was involved in
672-572: A transnational network." As of August 2023 , the Anti-Defamation League found that Active Clubs have claimed to be present in at least 33 U.S. states. Active Clubs have also been formed in Lithuania, France, Estonia, Finland, the Netherlands, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Italy, Poland, United Kingdom, and Croatia. In May 2023, Active Club Scotland (ACS) posted its first video. Members of
714-592: A way to allow reproduction of digital copyrighted works while still paying the authors and copyright owners Applied Communication Sciences , a telecommunications research, engineering and consulting company based in the US Grupo ACS ( Actividades de Construcción y Servicios ), a civil engineering firm based in Madrid, Spain Computing [ edit ] ACS-1 and ACS-360, supercomputers designed but never completed in
756-564: A weapons depot at Camp Pendleton " in 2021. A Clockwork Crew co-founder was court-martialed , sentenced to eleven months in the brig and given a bad conduct discharge for violating the Marine Corps's ban on the advocacy of extremist ideologies. In September 2023, the Counter Extremism Project (CEP) characterized the network as a transnational movement which seeks to create a "shadow or stand-by army" that can mobilize itself for
798-415: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Active Club Scotland The Active Club Network are decentralized cells of white supremacy and neo-Nazi groups active in many U.S. states, with multiple chapters in other nations. Largely inspired by the defunct street-fighting Rise Above Movement formed by Robert Rundo in 2017 and hooliganism ,
840-508: The Comisión Nacional de los Mercados y la Competencia (CNMC) for bidding collusion in public tenders for building and civil infrastructure works. On 30 July 2024, ACS Group and Hochtief announced that Dragados North America would be integrated with Flatiron. The combined company, Flatiron Dragados, would be held 61.8% by ACS and 38.2% by Hochtief. That same year, ACS Group reported that it had achieved better than expected results, which
882-639: The New York City 's Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) East Side Access Manhattan Tunnels project, being awarded an initial contract valued at $ 428 million. In April 2008, the MTA awarded another contract, valued at $ 506 million, to the company. Separate undertakings by the company included the Harbor Bridge Project , and the Maryland's Purple Line . During 2006, the company acquired 22.0% of
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#1732837240182924-625: The Uusimaa and Päijät-Häme regions and Oulu , Turku , Tampere , and Kokkola as of May 2024. In August 2024, it was reported that Australia had an Active Club Network. Known neo-Nazi Thomas Sewell leads a group in South Australia known as Croweater. Sewell was suspended from X in July 2024, but the Croweater page remains, featuring a photo of masked members carrying a banner reading "Australia for
966-535: The 1960s by the IBM Advanced Computing Systems Access Control Service , a cloud-based service for authentication and authorization Access Control Server, a component of Cisco's Network Admission Control technology Access Control Server, the server authenticating a card in the 3-D Secure framework Action Code Script, a scripting language used in video games such as Hexen: Beyond Heretic Adobe Creative Suite ,
1008-556: The European market. In April of that year, it made an approach to purchase Atlantia's 88% stake in motorway division Autostrade per l'Italia , which valued the business at 9 billion-10 billion euros ($ 10.7 billion-$ 11.9 billion). In September 2022, Atlantia sold its 14.46% stake in Hochtief to ACS Group in exchange for 577.8 million euros ($ 576.9 million). In July 2022, the company was fined €57.1 million, along with five other contractors, by
1050-691: The Irish Army ACS-3, the military version of Raybird-3 , a Ukrainian UAV Places [ edit ] Ács , a Hungarian town Achinsk Airport , an airport in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia (IATA: ACS) Technology and science [ edit ] Advanced Camera for Surveys , an instrument aboard the Hubble Space Telescope Advanced Composite Solar Sail System (ACS3) , a NASA technology demonstration for future small spacecraft Air cavity system ,
1092-688: The Rise Above Movement in Southern California in 2017. Facing federal rioting charges in the United States, Rundo left for southeastern Europe to promote the movement. He has described his goal as creating "White Nationalism 3.0" and envisioned a decentralized cell network that would be difficult for researchers and law enforcement to track. He created an online messaging and merchandising organization to encourage communications with other white supremacist groups, such as Patriot Front . Rundo
1134-542: The Spanish utility company Unión Fenosa ; its stake in the business was subsequently increased to 45%); two years later, ACS Group opted to divest its stake to Gas Natural . In September 2011, ACS Group issued an offer to purchase a controlling stake in German rival Hochtief ; the latter mounted an unsuccessful challenge to this approach. During April 2011, the firm raised its stake in Hochtief to 50.16%, effectively acquiring
1176-498: The US American Cryonics Society , non-profit corporation that supports and promotes research and education into cryonics American CueSports Alliance , a US-based pool league Association of Caribbean States , an advisory, consultative body of Caribbean countries Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians , an association founded England in 1973 to collect cricket data Audience Council Scotland ,
1218-513: The company's strategy of continuous rotation of mature assets to generate resources for new projects, ACS Group sold a 74% stake in a batch of six tranches of ‘shadow toll’ highways in Spain to Hermes for €950 million. In October 2020, ACS Group announced that it had received a €5.2 billion ($ 6.08 billion) bid from the French infrastructure group Vinci SA for its ACS Industrial division; this transaction
1260-538: The company. During 2017, the company participated in a bidding war to acquire the toll road management business Abertis . In October 2018, ACS Group joined with the Italian holding firm Atlantia to undertake a 16.5 billion euro ($ 19 billion) acquisition of Abertis as part of its ambition to build the world's largest toll road group; the transaction was approved by the European Commission . Two years later, under
1302-458: The group have made bomb threats and marched with National Action , a banned neo-Nazi terrorist organisation, and some members have links to Patriotic Alternative . There are also other groups in the UK drawing on elements of the international Active Club movement. ACS often sends messages using the white supremacist slogan 14 Words on its Telegram channel. In Finland, local groups operate at least in
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1344-498: The network was created in January 2021 and promotes mixed martial arts to fight against what it asserts is a system that is targeting the white race , as well as a "warrior spirit" to prepare for a forthcoming race war . Some extremism researchers have characterized the network as a "shadow or stand-by army" which is awaiting activation as the need for it arises. The origin of the network has been traced to Robert Rundo, who formed
1386-720: The production of Terrorgram propaganda and planned to join the Russian Volunteer Corps . The Guardian reported in August 2023 that some in the Clockwork Crew, a cell of about one dozen members in Long Beach, California , were serving or had served in the United States military. One cell member was expelled from the Marines after he and five others were caught "stealing more than 10,000 rounds of ammunition and several grenades from
1428-412: The purpose of launching "coordinated, large-scale" violent attacks. A CEP study revealed that the network adhered to a strategy of "hiding in plain sight" by showing a "friendly face" to recruit young white men for fitness, sports and martial arts. Alexander Ritzmann, the author of the 2023 CEP study, stated "I've never seen a network in right-wing extremism grow so fast. Usually it takes years to build
1470-403: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title ACS . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=ACS&oldid=1255463646 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
1512-467: The white man". However the clubs are not well-established in Australia. Grupo ACS ACS, Actividades de Construcción y Servicios, S.A. ( Spanish pronunciation: [aθeˈese] ) is a Spanish company dedicated to civil engineering, construction, all types of services and telecommunications . It is one of the leading construction companies in the world, with projects in many countries around
1554-565: The world. The company was founded in 1997 through the merger of OCP Construcciones, S.A. and Ginés Navarro Construcciones, S.A. The group has a presence in the United States, Germany, India, Brazil, Chile, Morocco and Australia. The headquarters are in Madrid and the chairperson is Florentino Pérez . Listed on the Bolsa de Madrid , the company's shares form part of the IBEX 35 stock market index. The company
1596-530: Was allegedly also a member of Canadian Active Club. Kristoffer Nippak, another founding member of the Northern Order who also has been charged with terrorism offenses, is also a member of the Active Club. According to the director of the University of New Brunswick’s Criminology and Criminal Justice Program, David Hoffman, Atomwaffen is using Active Clubs as a cover for organizing where they have been outlawed as
1638-404: Was completed during the following year. Additional arrangements between the two companies led to the creation of a joint venture focused on the renewable energy sector. During 2021, ACS Group conducted an internal review to simplify its structure and allegedly considered spinning out its construction business; around this time, the company was focused on increasing its toll road division within
1680-466: Was extradited from Romania to face charges in the United States in August 2023. His supporters have held "Free Rundo" demonstrations in several countries, including Russia, Sweden, and Canada. The network adheres to the Great Replacement and white genocide conspiracy theories, conspiracy theories which are based on the belief that elites, Jews and the mainstream media are jointly engaging in
1722-682: Was formed when a team of engineers acquired Construcciones Padrós S.A. , a construction business which had been in financial difficulty, in 1983. The company acquired a majority holding in Cobra , a support services business, and merged with OCISA S.A. to create OCP Construcciones, S.A. In 1993, it went on to merge with Ginés Navarro Construcciones, S.A. to create Grupo ACS in 1997. It subsequently bought Onyx SCL , an environmental contractor in 1999 and stakes in Xfera and Broadnet , telecommunications businesses in 2000 before going on to acquire Dragados S.A. ,
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1764-659: Was largely attributed to its construction portfolio in the United States and Australia, particularly its toll road interests. Major projects involving the company have included the Alqueva Dam completed in 2002, the Palau de les Arts Reina Sofia completed in 2005, the Torre Agbar completed in 2005, the Torre de Cristal completed in 2008, the Torre Caja Madrid completed in 2008,
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