Patriot Front

Patriot Front members are also told that raping women is acceptable, “as long as you’re raping, like, people in your own race” and describe how in their ideal society, “ethnostate rape gangs” would be allowed to freely target unmarried white women who did not adhere to “traditional values.”

Unicorn Riot, “‘We’re Americans, And We’re Fascists’: Inside Patriot Front“

Relevance to New England Landscape:

• Chris Hood, leader of Nationalist Social Club – NSC 131, was originally a member of Patriot Front and spun off after internal conflicts.
• Evidence suggests that at least some members are jointly involved in Patriot Front and NSC.

Resources & Links:

• “Patriot Front Fascist Leak Exposes Nationwide Racist Campaigns,” Unicorn Riot, January 21, 2022
• “White supremacist stickers found on cars at event for Black and brown-owned vendors in Haverhill” Boston.com
• “Extremist Files: Patriot Front,” Southern Poverty Law Center
• “‘We’re Americans, And We’re Fascists’: Inside Patriot Front,” Unicorn Riot, March 5, 2018
• “Patriot Front Archives,” Unicorn Riot
• “They Are Racist; Some of Them Have Guns. Inside the White Supremacist Group Hiding in Plain Sight,” Carol Schaeffer, Fritz Zimmermann, ProPublica, November 8, 2019
• “Protesters go head to head during Boston immigration rally,” Taylor Pettaway, August 4, 2019
  • Patriot Front organized the counter-demonstration to this prison abolition and immigration justice rally; local media did not identify them as such in their coverage

New England Known Members/Affiliates:

• Chris Hood (former member)
• Matthias Thorpe
• Sal Munafo

New England Known Supporters:

• Mark Sahady
• John Camden
• Samson Racioppi
• Mike Moura

New England Actions Since 2017:

• Patriot Front March
  July 2, 2022
  Boston
• Patriot Front Banner Drops 4 Banners
  June 26-28, 2022
  Boston, Weston, MA, and Chelsea, MA
• Disruption of “March Against Cages / Marcha Contra Jaulas”
  August 4, 2019
  Boston