Our latest for @LCRWnews:
Last weekend, white supremacists, neo-nazis and skinheads from various states came together for an MMA tournament in the San Diego area.
The event brought together multiple factions of the loosely organized (but interconnected) fascist fight club scene scene and marks the culmination of RAM founder Rob Rundo’s long-time efforts to bring organized, euro-nationalist style fight clubs to the U.S.
This tournament signals a worrisome new phase in the reemergence of the U.S. fascist fight club scene—one in which Rise Above Movement has continued to have an outsized impact.
In 2021, a new generation of RAM-inspired fascist fight clubs began popping up across the country.
Over the past couple of months, we noticed that one “active club” in particular appears to be more than just inspired by RAM.
At first, it appeared that SoCal Active Club was paying homage to the original fascist fight club in a way only the biggest fanboys could (or would)—through a series of photos that recreated some of RAM’s most recognizable propaganda.
As it turns out, this was part of a larger propaganda campaign leading up to the neo-nazi MMA tournament.
With the helping hands of two of Rundo’s right-hand men, SoCal Active Club appears to be going through a rebranding in which the group is being promoted as RAM 2.0
Both SoCal Active Club and Patriot Front have been credited with helping to organize the private, invite-only neo-nazi tournament.
And to be clear: When we say neo-nazi, we mean actual fucking nazis.
Nazis like this dude with a swastika tattoo on his pasty gut.
He wasn’t just personally invited to fight in the neo-nazi tournament, he’s also appeared in RAM redux propaganda.
Very few images of the event have been released, but of the attendees we have identified (so far), one was a participant of #UniteTheRight and one is a particularly terrifying proponent of terrorism (and rape).
We were able to ID a few more participants, all of whom are included in the article:
leftcoastrightwatch.org/articles/neo-n…
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