'Aryan Tribal Land' in Eastern Tennessee with Link to Patriot Front Revealed

Atlanta Antifascists shows how – and where – the Volunteer State is still volunteering to be the Nazi Safe Space State.

Release from Atlanta Antifascists

In a new article, Atlanta Antifascists reveal the location of “Aryan Tribal Land” owned by neo-Nazis in Tellico Plains, eastern Tennessee. Patriot Front, a racist and fascist organization, has trained on the land, and several members live there. The leader of the “tribe” on the property is Brian Culpepper, a decade-long neo-Nazi activist with the National Socialist Movement who acted as its PR director for several years.

The 122-acre property is owned by Brian Culpepper’s wife Liudmila Culpepper. Amongst other white supremacist agitation, the Culpeppers attended the deadly “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, 2017.

Patriot Front members not only train but attend construction work days on the large property. They are building a large hall intended as a martial arts dojo and racist heathen temple.

Ian Michael Elliott (atlantaantifa.org/tag/ian-elliott), is a Patriot Front militant and martial arts trainer who acts as Patriot Front leader Thomas Rousseau’s bodyguard at Patriot Front demos. According to messages he posted on Telegram, he is now living at the compound full time. Elliott is closely connected to other fascist groups including the Church of Aryanity, the Wolves of Vinland/Devotion Jiu-Jitsu, and the Active Club network.

We are publishing about the compound to warn eastern Tennessee residents about the white supremacist threat in their midst. We hope that locals, community groups, and religious organizations speak up, sending a strong message that residents reject Nazism and will stand by each other.

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