Patriot Front
About
Patriot Front is a white nationalist extremist group in the United States, known for its promotion of a white supremacist ideology. It was formed in 2017 after the Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, as a successor to a previous organization, Vanguard America. The group advocates for a return to a “white America” and uses propaganda, public demonstrations, and vandalism to promote its message.
Characterizations
Patriot Front is characterized by its secretive nature and its focus on grassroots activism, often engaging in coordinated efforts to distribute flyers and stickers in various communities. The group has been involved in several high-profile incidents and has attracted significant scrutiny from law enforcement and civil rights organizations, including the Southern Poverty Law Center and the Anti-Defamation League.
Christopher Cantwell at Unite the Right - pepper sprayed - Shawn Breen, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons
Manifesto
The group published a manifesto which contained passages including: "Those of foreign birth may occupy civil status within the lands occupied by the state, and they may even be dutiful citizens, yet they may not be American. Membership within the American nation is inherited through blood, not ink. Even those born in America may yet be foreign...Nationhood cannot be bestowed upon those who are not of the founding stock of our people, and those who do not share the common spirit that permeates our greater civilization, and the European diaspora...In order to survive as a culture, a heritage, and a way of being, our nation must learn that its collective interests are fighting against its collective threats of replacement and enslavement...The damage done to this nation and its people will not be fixed if every issue requires the approval and blessing from the dysfunctional American democratic system. Democracy has failed in this once great nation."