Dossier
Slaughter Smokey Mountain
Coverage of Slaughter Smokey Mountain in the Nexus archive.
- Tentacles of fascist fight club reach into Tennessee, critics call Active Clubs a 'neo-Nazi militia'
Tristan Rettke, a Tennessee EMT and member of the Active Club movement, has participated in combat events linked to white nationalist groups. Robert Rundo, founder of Active Club, has a history of federal prison time for riot planning and frames the movement as a 'fascist cultural revolution.' Critics, including the Counter Extremism Project, describe Active Club as a 'neo-Nazi militia' inspired by historical fascist groups.