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Weltschmerz à GogoCopied from @awinston at the dead bird site:Bit of news in American Neo-Fascist circles: Rob Rundo, the co-founder of the Rise Above Movement & its 'Active Club' doppelgangers, is in negotiations with SoCal federal prosecutors for a possible plea deal to his 2018 anti-riot act conspiracy charges, per a 8/29 docket item<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Rundo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Rundo</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fascism</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ActiveClubs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ActiveClubs</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NeoNazis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NeoNazis</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/fcknzs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fcknzs</a>

Atlanta Antifascists :antifa:This is a useful piece on neo-Nazi infiltration of martial arts contests. However, it gives the impression that Ian Elliott is no longer part of Patriot Front. As we and others have pointed out, Elliott remains a high-profile, active PF member. His handle on the Telegram messaging application even provides his alias within that organization, followed by the letters "PF" to indicate his organizational affiliation.<a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/family-friendly-gym-training-partner-identified-as-alleged-neo-nazi?ref=home?ref=home" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.thedailybeast.com/family-friendly-gym-training-partner-identified-as-alleged-neo-nazi?ref=home?ref=home</a>depaywalled link: <a href="https://archive.is/mpiqF" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://archive.is/mpiqF</a><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IanElliott" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#IanElliott</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IanMichaelElliott" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#IanMichaelElliott</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Alabama" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Alabama</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MMA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MMA</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Nazi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Nazi</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/antifascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#antifascism</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PatriotFront" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PatriotFront</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/chewjitsu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#chewjitsu</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AthensJiuJitsu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AthensJiuJitsu</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/jiujitsu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#jiujitsu</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Tennessee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Tennessee</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ActiveClubs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ActiveClubs</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/fightclubs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fightclubs</a>

AnarchoNinaAnalyzesWhile much of the world in a post-Charlottesville environment has moved on to primarily focus on politicized, mainstreamed fascism in the Pig Empire, scholars and antifascist observers have by necessity also continued to track the organizational efforts and activities of neo-Nazis groups, street fascists and far-right gangs. You may not hear about them as much on the news these days, but violent fascist groups haven't disappeared in the time between 2017 and now; in fact, they're become more dangerous, organized, and resilient against efforts to stop them. This in turn means that as mainstreamed fascist political movements gain power in the Pig Empire, they have effective irregular armies of brownshirts to call on to do their dirty work; a situation that will be ominously familiar to anyone who has studied 20th century fascist movements in interwar Europe - like you know, the Nazis, Italian fascism under Mussolini, and the Francoist movement in Spain.This August report by Jacob Wagner from the Institute for Strategic Dialogue looks at two such groups, Patriot Front and Active Clubs, to discuss how their organizational methods have changed to make them far more dangerous and resistant to opposition after the disastrous (for white nationalist street thugs) Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville:<a href="https://www.isdglobal.org/digital_dispatches/patriot-front-and-active-clubs-two-modern-models-of-white-nationalist-organizing/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.isdglobal.org/digital_dispatches/patriot-front-and-active-clubs-two-modern-models-of-white-nationalist-organizing/</a>Patriot Front and Active Clubs: Two modern models of white nationalist organizing"Over the last decade, the organizational structures of the white nationalist movement have evolved to adapt to everchanging political and social landscapes. Groups across the broader movement have learned from their failures, resulting in restructuring efforts to make the groups more resistant to law enforcement disruption, reducing the reliance on a single leader or personality, and boosting opportunities for recruitment. The aftermath of the 2017 Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville represented a blow to the white nationalist movement. While many groups benefited from the increased attention, the wave of arrests, doxxings, and general exposure of group members resonated through the community and showed its vulnerability to both law enforcement disruption and measures taken by ideological opponents like antifascist groups. In the wake of this dislocation, analysts identified extremist groups discussing restructuring and changing tactics to adapt to the post-Charlottesville era of organizing. This Dispatch examines two groups in the US, Patriot Front and the Active Club network, and details how these groups have adapted, becoming harder to disrupt and more appealing to potential recruits.Patriot Front’s strict hierarchy and the Active Club network’s emphasis on decentralization work in tandem toward their shared goals while withstanding attempts at disruption, posing new challenges for those seeking to counter their efforts."The key takeaways here are that violent white nationalist groups have responded to pressure from both antifascist action and law enforcement efforts (such as they are) to stop them by completely reorganizing how their movements work. In the case of Patriot Front, this has involved establishing a strict hierarchal leadership chain and widespread compartmentalization. On the opposite end of the spectrum, Active Clubs, followers of Robert Rundo, and the larger movement that refers to themselves as "White Nationalism 3.0" have adopted a decentralized, "leaderless movement" model copied from early 80's era Klansmen; although ominously they appear to be a good deal better at operating that way than their white nationalist predecessors were. Despite these two varied approaches, the effect of this reorganization effort appears to be the same; they are both far more resilient in the face of attempts to remove their leaders from the equation; which has until recently been far and away the most effective way to stop street nazis, white nationalist organizations, and far right gangs. When you cut off the head, the snake does not in fact die anymore. This in turn means that antifascists and law enforcement agencies (as much as they are useful in this endeavor, and believe me, it's not much) are forced to adapt their strategies to contain and ideally eliminate these movements and the "children" (movements) they will undoubtedly birth even if that effort is successful. As you see in the UK now, we are rapidly escalating towards a war in the streets with violent fascist mobs that require no leaders to operate and can deploy rapidly using nothing more than social media incitement. Responding to this will require mass resistance, feet in the streets, and most importantly solidarity between everyone working together to stop these violent fascist groups; who are becoming increasingly bold as mainstreamed political fascism rallies new converts to their movements.<a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Fascism</a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/Antifascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Antifascism</a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/ActiveClubs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ActiveClubs</a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/PatriotFront" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PatriotFront</a>

Weltschmerz à GogoThis is a solid analysis of the ways that two of the most prominent neo-fascist groups in the US organize, namely Patriot Front and the Active Club network. Specifically, it looks at the ways they have adapted to the post-Unite the Right environment and their resilience in the face of threats from law enforcement and antifascists. If you're not familiar with how these groups organize, this would be a very good primer. And if you're already up to speed, I still think this is a good analysis of how they have weathered certain challenges and what organizing problems they still face, in light of the fact that they take very different approaches to organizing.(I should mention that I'm not crazy about ISD's orientation toward crafting analyses that might be useful for law enforcement. Still, this is good research that's freely available online, and there's nothing to stop the rest of us from utilizing their work for our own nefarious purposes.)From the article:Key FindingsFailures resulting from the 2017 “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, which included the doxxing of protestors, substantial financial penalties, and increased scrutiny on the white nationalist movement, forced leaders and groups to shift their tactics and organizational structures.Specific organizational models, like those used by Patriot Front and Active Clubs, have been instrumental in making groups more resilient to disruption from law enforcement and perceived enemies.Recent arrests of key white nationalist leaders do not appear to have had a significant impact on groups’ operations, which have continued unabated and may indicate that changes at the organizational level are generating some results.<a href="https://www.isdglobal.org/digital_dispatches/patriot-front-and-active-clubs-two-modern-models-of-white-nationalist-organizing/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.isdglobal.org/digital_dispatches/patriot-front-and-active-clubs-two-modern-models-of-white-nationalist-organizing/</a><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PatriotFront" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PatriotFront</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ActiveClubs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ActiveClubs</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fascism</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WhiteNationalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WhiteNationalism</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NeoNazis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NeoNazis</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/fcknzs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fcknzs</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LeaderlessResistance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LeaderlessResistance</a>

Susan Larson ♀️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🌈“These "<a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/activeclubs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#activeclubs</a>" regularly harass the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/LGBTQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LGBTQ</a>+ <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/community" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#community</a> and spread <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/hate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#hate</a>.”

Rita, antifascist 🏴🦯🦯🦯welcome to the sunlight neo-nazi Alex Thompson, Ottawa Active Club member & friend of several white nationalist extremists. Alex first came to Red Table Collective’s attention when he was seen in one of Ben Mockler’s workout videos at his gym Nova Signum. i see the Midgard leak continues to be the gift that keeps on giving 😎check it out<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Ottawa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Ottawa</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/activeclubs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#activeclubs</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/midgard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#midgard</a> <a href="https://redtablecollective.noblogs.org/post/2024/04/29/alex-thompson-aj-willan/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://redtablecollective.noblogs.org/post/2024/04/29/alex-thompson-aj-willan/</a>

Weltschmerz à GogoSome good news this week: ==== From the article:“Since the arrests and the apparent exposure of their connections to Atomwaffen and terrorism there has been radio silence from the active club on their public channels,” said Smith. “It doesn't mean that the group has dissolved but… it seems like their main goal is to put as much distance as they can between themselves and this issue.”After the Canadian Active Club's main page was deleted a desperate neo-Nazi hermit crabbed it in an attempt to drive people to join a racist forum they created. Stealing the name on December 20 they now shill links to their forum non-stop. The desperate racist's gambit has thus far been a failure and their forum is a ghost town. It has less than 20 members and only the creator posts things.<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ActiveClubs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ActiveClubs</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/fcknzs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fcknzs</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Canada</a><a href="https://www.vice.com/en/article/y3wk7j/neo-nazi-fight-clubs-canada" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.vice.com/en/article/y3wk7j/neo-nazi-fight-clubs-canada</a>

Susan Larson ♀️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🌈This ‘<a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Violence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Violence</a>-<a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Ready" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Ready</a>’ <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Militia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Militia</a> Is <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Hiding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Hiding</a> in <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/PlainSight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PlainSight</a>. <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Whitesupremacist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Whitesupremacist</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ActiveClubs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ActiveClubs</a> are <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/growing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#growing</a> exponentially — "They’re Who The <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ProudBoys" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ProudBoys</a> Wanted To Be," one <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/researcher" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#researcher</a> says. <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Women" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Women</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Transgender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Transgender</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/LGBTQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LGBTQ</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/LGBTQIA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LGBTQIA</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Conservatives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Conservatives</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Extremism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Extremism</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Fascism</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/RepublicanParty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RepublicanParty</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Hate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Hate</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Bigotry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Bigotry</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Violence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Violence</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Genocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Genocide</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Discrimination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Discrimination</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/AntiSemitism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AntiSemitism</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Racism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Racism</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Xenophobia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Xenophobia</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Homophobia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Homophobia</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Transphobia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Transphobia</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ThePartyOfHate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ThePartyOfHate</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/BlackMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BlackMastodon</a> <a href="https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/white-nationalist-active-clubs-1234835015/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/white-nationalist-active-clubs-1234835015/</a>

VICE NewsA new report shared with VICE News outlines the massive growth so-called Active Clubs, neo-Nazi fitness and fight clubs, have experienced in both the United States and internationally. <a href="https://www.vice.com/en/article/xgw4bz/neo-nazi-active-clubs-rising-globally" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.vice.com/en/article/xgw4bz/neo-nazi-active-clubs-rising-globally</a> <a href="https://federated.press/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#News</a> <a href="https://federated.press/tags/TheExtremismDesk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TheExtremismDesk</a> <a href="https://federated.press/tags/activeclubs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#activeclubs</a> <a href="https://federated.press/tags/Whitenationlism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Whitenationlism</a> <a href="https://federated.press/tags/neo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#neo</a>-nazis <a href="https://federated.press/tags/robertrundo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#robertrundo</a>

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