- Far-right activists from groups like the Patriot Youth and the Tennessee Active Club disrupted a student meeting hosted by the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) at Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU). The groups claimed responsibility for the disruption in a video posted on Telegram.
- The disruptors had been monitoring the DSA for weeks, particularly focusing on its student book clubs. The video showed evidence of online DSA materials being vandalized and deleted.
- The Tennessee Active Club, which outwardly identifies as Nazis, has close ties to the Lewis Country Store, where members post about training for physical violence. They supported a far-right alderman, Gabrielle Hanson, in Franklin’s city elections, but she was ultimately defeated. This incident is part of a broader trend of increased white supremacist and far-right violence in the U.S. Read More
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