A US neo-Nazi fight club is using Charlie Kirk’s killing to recruit new members

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Source: theguardian.com
A US neo-Nazi fight club is using Charlie Kirk’s killing to recruit new members

‘Active clubs’ are capitalizing on assassination of far-right commentator to entice recruits with promises of vengeance

The same American-born neo-fascist fight clubs surging in numbers across the US and around the world, have capitalized on the assassination of far-right commentator Charlie Kirk, to entice new recruits with promises of vengeance and racist camaraderie.

These so-called “active clubs” are a loose collective of neo-Nazi mixed martial arts groups that gather at local gyms and parks to train, tapping into existing gangs of white nationalists or adjacent organizations. Global authorities view them as perhaps one of the most organized and pernicious domestic terrorism threats, emanating from far-right political ideologies.

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