Since 2025, the number of neo-Nazi Active Clubs has increased by 28 percent, with many dedicated to training white supremacist teenage boys and girls. Youth Clubs have seen their chapter numbers increase by 142 percent. Since publishing Neo-Nazi Active Clubs Spreading Globally, Allying with Similar Extremists, and Taking to the Streets in October 2023 and Active Club Chapters Growing Globally in June 2025, the Global Project Against Hate and Extremism (GPAHE) continues to monitor the Active Club (AC) movement globally. GPAHE’s most recent investigation into these white supremacist fighting groups has revealed a 28 percent increase in Active Club (AC) chapters, along with a 142 percent increase in Youth Clubs, which are Active Club chapters reserved for teenagers aged 15 to 18 years old. These chapters, which now include girls-only groups, are using mainstream social media platforms, such as Instagram and YouTube, to recruit new members. Including Youth Clubs, there are now 220 active AC chapters in 33 countries – representing a 28 percent increase in chapters from the 187 active chapters in 27 countries recorded by GPAHE in June 2025. Likewise, Youth Clubs (included in the above count) have seen their chapter numbers grow from 19 in 2025 to 46 in 2026, a staggering 142 percent increase. The United States alone saw the creation of thirteen Youth Clubs over the past year. Since 2023, GPAHE has identified 298 Active Club chapters, of which 78 have either had their social media accounts deleted, have not posted to their accounts since January 2026, or lack other evidence showing they are still functioning. It is unclear whether any of these groups have truly disbanded, simply been deplatformed, or are operating underground. Active Clubs are part of a transnational neo-Nazi movement that engages in physical training, such as mixed martial arts (MMA), collaborates with other extremists worldwide (such as at the annual far-right C9M march in France), and spreads hate propaganda through stickering, banner drops, and posting videos online. The movement was conceived by neo-Nazis Robert Rundo and Denis Kasputin under their “White Nationalism 3.0” model, which encourages the creation of an international, decentralized movement of groups working towards the fascist ideal of becoming physically fit “super men” which act as, according to Rundo, “minutemen in the early stages of the revolutionary war” (i.e., a race war). In March 2026, Active Clubs and the violent ideology that drives their existence were deemed as posing a risk for “extreme violence” by Public Safety Canada (PSC). PSC’s report claimed Active Clubs are known to radicalize members towards “ideologically motivated violent extremism,” which rationalizes violence against Jews, people of color, and LGBTQ+ people. As such, Active Clubs’ continued physical combat training, including cross-state, cross-organizational, and transnational collaborations are concerning. In early 2026, the Lone Star Active Club, based in Texas, and the Pennsylvania Active Club took part in a “Forest Fights” event alongside members of other white nationalist groups including the Wolves of Vinland, the Patriot Front, and a member of the Hammerskin Nation, a transnational racist skinhead gang with chapters in North America, South America, Europe, and Australia. The “forest fights” are a tool that brings white supremacists together from across the U.S., creates propaganda, and, more concerning, serves as a bridge between organizations and individuals already connected to violent white nationalist organizations. In a March 2026 post written by Rundo on his Substack blog, he praised the Forest Fights event, adding that “these events are a tip off point for a fascist cultural revolution,” and “the first step in building our own parallel system.”
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