Patriot Front

Patriot Front (organization logo)

Patriot Front is an American white nationalist organization.

History

The organization was founded by Thomas Rousseau after breaking with a similar organization Vanguard America in 2017. Since its inception, the organization has become one of the largest and most active nationalist organizations within the United States. Their strict commitment to real world activism has seen thousands of incidents across the nation. Their activism ranges from placing stickers in public areas, placing murals and posters, engaging in community support, protesting in live demonstrations and much more. The group has steadily committed to the use of "American Imagery" while distributing materials and promoting their ideology. The main slogan of the group, "Reclaim America" furthers this devotion to the American appeal by calling back to a time more prosperous for the nation.

Culture

The organization has an active social media presence within multiple platforms in which their culture can be viewed. From various online channels, Telegram, Gab, Odyssey, and other platforms. The organization promotes a culture their culture through a unique brand of images and video. The organization's culture can be viewed as promoting health and fitness, displaying various activities from rock climbing, hikes, and mixed martial arts; family, with various holiday events which feature themes of both Christian and Pagan world views, and include women and children; fraternity, which routinely displays acts of teamwork, education in the form of lectures and reading, mentorship, and general brotherhood as evidenced by their messaging.

Slogans

Since the inception of the organization, demonstrations, protests, and other incidents of activism have utilized certain slogans consistently which include "Reclaim America", "Strong families, strong nation", "Life, liberty, victory".

Some of the imagery and themes expressed by Patriot front have been adopted by other personalities. Notably, [Nick Fuentes] began his America First podcast in 2017, the same year in which Patriot Front was founded. More recently, President Donald J, Trump and running mate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. adopted the long time Patriot Front slogan "Reclaim America" as part of his 2024 bid for the Presidency.

Iconography (gallery)

The imagery and messaging of Patriot Front has been found on a wide variety of materials from stickers, signs, banners, t-shirts and in online media. Icons and imagery share a common theme of America, communicating those traditions and principles upon which the nation was founded.

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Activism by Year

Starting in 2022, Patriot Front began publishing yearly activism data collected by the organization using the publicly available documentation of the organization's actions.

2021 Activism

2021 Activism Map posted on Patriot Front's Telegram page

Patriot Front activists, during 2021, completed a total of 8,343 instances of activism in 48 states and the District of Columbia.[1]

Included in that total are:

• 7 Demonstrations in Chicago, Washington, Salt Lake City, San Antonio, Nashville, Philadelphia, and Washington.
• 28 Hikes
• 39 Training Meets
• 93 Poster Placements
• 130 Banner Drops
• 199 Stencil Placements
• 4 Road Signs Reprogrammed
• 4 Trash Pickups
• 7,839 instances of promotional materials being placed in a city

The top five states for all activities were:

• Virginia (804)
• Pennsylvania (734)
• Texas (529)
• Massachusetts (525)
• Maryland (449)

2022 Activism

Red dots represent promotional material placements, while gold triangles represent all other forms of activism

Patriot Front activists, during 2022, completed a total of 6,942 instances of activism, averaging over 19 per day, in all 48 states and the District of Columbia.[2] Alongside these actions were marches in Washington, Chicago, Indianapolis, and Boston.

Promotional material was placed a total of 6,279 times, and all other forms of activism constitute 663 collective instances.

• Stencil Placements: 210
• Banner Drops: 196
• Poster Placements: 85
• Training Meets: 73
• Sign Placements: 36
• Hikes: 25
• Flyer Handouts: 11
• Food Drives: 11
• Litter Cleanups: 4
• Protests: 3
• Road Signs Reprogrammed: 3

Top 10 States:

• Massachusetts (606)
• Virginia (475)
• Texas (474)
• Michigan (408)
• Pennsylvania (362)
• Utah (305)
• New Hampshire (265)
• Arkansas (241)
• Connecticut (224)
• Oklahoma (219)

2023 Activism

Red dots represent promotional material placements, while gold triangles represent all other forms of activism

Patriot Front activists, during 2023, completed a total of 7,334 instances of activism, averaging 20 per day, in 47 states and the District of Columbia.[3] Patriot Front held large marches in Austin, Columbus, and Washington DC, as well as almost a dozen protests of homosexual "drag" events in WY, TX, OH, TN and more. The organization provided assistance in disaster relief efforts after floods in Vermont, tornadoes in Tennessee, Arkansas, and Mississippi, and the chemical spill in East Palestine, Ohio. In addition, PF hosted numerous social events and community projects around the country which the organization describes as "offering members and supporters a chance for fellowship and networking".

Promotional material was placed a total of 6,353 times in 2,167 cities, and all other forms of activism constitute 981 collective instances. Each instance of promotional material, stencil, banner, and sign activism is composed of at least four individual placements in a single town.

• Stencil/Mural Placements: 247
• Banner Drops: 221
• Sign Placements: 179
• Poster Placements: 98
• Training Meets: 98
• Hikes: 41
• Flyerings: 13
• Social Events: 12
• Protests: 11
• Memorial Actions: 8
• Litter Cleanups: 7
• Disaster Relief: 5
• Food Drives: 7
• Road Signs Reprogrammed: 7
• Workshops: 6
• Billboard Cover-ups: 2

Top 10 States:

• Virginia (568)
• Colorado (408)
• Massachusetts (396)
• Oklahoma (391)
• Missouri (346)
• Texas (336)
• Connecticut (308)
• Wyoming (288)
• Tennessee (272)
• Ohio (263)

2024 Activism

Red dots represent promotional material placements, while gold triangles represent all other forms of activism

Patriot Front Activists, during 2024, completed a total of 9,305 instances of activism, averaging over 25 per day, in 49 states and the District of Columbia. Patriot Front held large marches in New York[4], Charleston[5], Nashville[6] and Denver[7], in addition to a pro-family rally in Washington, DC.[8]

The organization held over a dozen protests on subjects ranging from homosexual propaganda events[9], to the migrant invasion of Springfield[10], to the crisis at the southern border[11], to the vast illegal immigrant colony in south Texas.[12]

PF engaged in consistent and wide ranging disaster relief efforts in response to hurricanes in Florida[13] and North Carolina[14], as well as tornadoes in Oklahoma[15] and Indiana[16].

The organization's conducted a large array of meetings with European and Boer nationalists in the interest of building diplomatic ties of correspondence and mutual support with nationalists around the world. The countries of England[17], Scotland [18], The Netherlands [19], Denmark[20], Sweden [21], France[22], Germany[23], Spain[24], Norway[25], and South Africa [26] received visits from PF representatives.

Numerous family-friendly social and community-building events were held around the country this year in CO[27], NorCal[28], AL[29], IN[30], MN[31], TX[32], SoCal[33], MA[34], WI[35], VA[36], MO[37], FL[38], ID[39], and LA[40].

PF's fighters competed at the annual Will2Rise Frontier combat sports tournament [41], winning seven matches, the organization also hosted it's own combat sports tournament titled American Muscle [42], and some of the organization's best strikers and grapplers were given the opportunity to train with MMA champion [43] Jake Shields.

• Poster Placements: 281
• Stencil Placements: 181
• Banner Drops: 173
• Sign Placements: 132
• Training Meets: 87
• Outdoor Actions: 43
• Family Events: 28
• Memorial Actions: 23
• Flyer Handouts: 17
• Protests: 15
• Charity Actions: 11
• Litter Cleanups: 6

Top 10 States:

• Colorado (961)
• Virginia (828)
• Alabama (636)
• Tennessee (476)
• Missouri (339)
• Mississippi (333)
• Texas (318)
• California (312)
• New York (309)
• Wisconsin (296)

Demonstrations

2017 Demonstrations

• November, 2017 University of Texas Demonstration
• December, 2017 Alamo Demonstration

2018 Demonstrations

• July, 2018 Occupy Ice Protest
• December, 2018 First National Demonstration, Washington D.C.

2019 Demonstrations

• January, 2019 March For Life Demonstration
• March, 2019 AIPAC Protests
• May, 2019 Confederate Statues Memorial Demonstration
• July, 2019 Bunker Hill Demonstration
• July, 2019 Anarchist Book Fair Protest

2020 Demonstrations

• January, 2020 Richmond, Virginia Anti-Zionist Demonstration
• January, 2020 March for Life Demonstration
• February, 2020 Second National Demonstration, Washington D.C.
• March, 2020 Purdue Pharma Demonstration
• May, 2020 Memorial Day Demonstration
• July, 2020 Independence Day Demonstration
• November, 2020 Election Day Demonstration

2021 Demonstrations

• January, 2021 Chicago, Illinois March For Life Demonstration
• January, 2021 Washington D.C. March for Life Demonstration
• March, 2021 Salt Lake City, Utah Demonstration
• May, 2021 Memorial Day Demonstration
• July, 2021 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Independence Day Demonstration
• December, 2021 Third National Demonstration, Washington D.C.

2022 Demonstrations

• January, 2022 Chicago, Illinois and Washington D.C. March for Life Demonstrations
• July, 2022 Boston, Massachusetts Independence Day Demonstration
• September, 2022 Indianapolis, Indiana Labor Day Demonstration

2023 Demonstrations

• May, 2023 Fourth National Demonstration, Washington D.C.
• June, 2023 Tulsa, Oklahoma Pride Protest
• July 8, 2023 Austin, Texas Independence Day Demonstration
• October 14, 2023 Columbus, Ohio Columbus Day Demonstration

2024 Demonstrations

• January 19, 2024 Washington D.C. March for Life Demonstration
• January 20, 2023 New York City, New York Demonstration
• April 20, 2024 Liberty, Texas Immigration Protest
• April 27, 2024 Charleston, West Virginia March
• July 6, 2024 Nashville, Tennessee March
• September 1, 2024 Demonstration in Springfield, Ohio against Haitian migrants
• October 12 2024 March through Denver, CO to commemorate Columbus Day

2024 community service

• October 2024 Hurricane Helene Horseshoe Beach cleanup

In popular culture

Patriot Front has been featured in the video game Hearts of Iron IV, The Fire Rises. The game features the organization as a playable Civil War Faction.

External links

• Patriot Front Home Page
• Who are the Patriot Front?