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Organization around ethnic identity tends to produce fragmented movements with multiple rebel groups. I expect that ethnicity will tend to be salient when civilians are targeted with repression. Three empirical analyses provide support for this contention. I show that individuals who have been attacked are more willing to use violence and more likely to identify with their ethnic group. Next I show that repression significantly increases the probability that new rebel groups will enter a conflict, and that these new groups are likelier than others to emphasize a single ethnic identity. I also demonstrate that repression triggers a reorganization of existing rebel groups around ethnicity, with repression being associated with increased probabilities of rebel group splintering and the formation of ethnically-homogeneous alliances. I supplement these quantitative analyses with case studies of several secessionist movements in Burma. 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I show that individuals who have been attacked are more willing to use violence and more likely to identify with their ethnic group. Next I show that repression significantly increases the probability that new rebel groups will enter a conflict, and that these new groups are likelier than others to emphasize a single ethnic identity. I also demonstrate that repression triggers a reorganization of existing rebel groups around ethnicity, with repression being associated with increased probabilities of rebel group splintering and the formation of ethnically-homogeneous alliances. I supplement these quantitative analyses with case studies of several secessionist movements in Burma. 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