Dr Hans-Jakob Schindler and Alexander Ritzmann discuss Alexander’s new Counter Extremism Project Policy Brief on Active Clubs (ACs) and the main strategic propaganda messages by the network’s co-founder and figurehead Robert Rundo since his public return in June 2025. ACs are a decentralized, transnational violent network of white supremacist groups that publicly promote combat sports, fitness training, and white brotherhood.
Read Alexander Ritzmann’s Policy Brief: Return of the Leader - Robert Rundo´s Impact on the Violent Extreme-Right Active Club Network
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