The white nationalist hate group Patriot Front is trying to boost recruitment by secretly controlling a large swath of the active clubs network, according to audio messages and a leaked document posted to Telegram that Hatewatch verified.

The audio messages and leaked document reveal that Patriot Front is the hidden hand behind about a dozen active clubs across the country. The leaked document, which appears to be an internal report created to update Patriot Front leadership on a new recruitment tactic, refers to these active clubs as “subsidiary recruitment projects.” Other active clubs are referred to as “cooperative” and “highly cooperative.”

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Over the last several years, Hatewatch has monitored the close relationship between some active clubs and Patriot Front. The leaked document corroborates Hatewatch’s observations and provides a detailed look at how these relationships reflect Patriot Front’s changing tactics as its brand has faced setbacks. For example, in a Feb. 4, 2024, post to Telegram about an anti-LGBTQ+ rally, an active club chapter refers to being “alongside” Patriot Front at the event. However, the document shows that Patriot Front directly controls the active club chapter that participated, which suggests that Patriot Front organized the rally.

The inclusion of an active clubs chapter to what is essentially a Patriot Front rally raises questions about whether these active club members knew they were being groomed by Patriot Front leadership. It also suggests a new strategy Patriot Front has implemented to compete for recruits as the group faces criticism and suspicion from powerful far-right influencers. Some have claimed the group is full of undercover federal agents or is otherwise collaborating with federal law enforcement — a common accusation in the paranoid world of the organized white power movement.

https://www.splcenter.org/resources/hatewatch/patriot-front-active-clubs-network-influence/

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A self-proclaimed “tribe” of racist heathens is building a compound on a 122-acre property in Tellico Plains, eastern Tennessee. This group overlaps with Patriot Front (PF), a fascist organization with members nationwide, and the “Church of Aryanity,” a racist cult that refers to Adolf Hitler as “the Great One.” The leader of the Tennessee “tribe” is Brian Culpepper, who spent a decade in the white supremacist National Socialist Movement (NSM) and was its PR Director for several years.

In 2022, Patriot Front used the large property—mostly woodland but with cleared areas—to train its members for street demonstrations. Last year, PF members traveled to work construction on the property, including a large building intended as a combined martial arts dojo, heathen temple, and home for PF member, Ian Michael Elliott. As construction on the land progresses, the property will host increasingly large racist gatherings. At least equally dangerous, the “tribal land” will bring together far-right martial artists, aspiring street brawlers from fascist “Active Clubs,” and some of the most violent fringes of the neo-Nazi scene. It already provides a home for committed PF members. By documenting this compound and revealing its location, we hope to warn eastern Tennessee residents about the white supremacist threat in their midst.

https://atlantaantifa.org/2024/01/30/revealed-patriot-front-linked-aryan-tribal-land-in-eastern-tennessee/

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