# Nationalist Social Club (NSC-131) A **regional neo-Nazi street gang** operating primarily in New England. Founded in 2019 by **Chris Hood** — who had previously cycled through [[Patriot Front]], the [[Proud Boys]], and the Base — NSC-131 combines explicit neo-Nazi ideology (the "131" is alphanumeric code for "Anti-Communist Action," echoing the original Nazi Antikomintern) with aggressive street confrontation tactics targeting LGBTQ events, immigrant shelters, drag shows, and Jewish institutions. NSC-131 matters for the KB as the **regional model** of post-Charlottesville WN organizing: small, geographically concentrated, explicitly Nazi (no "patriotic" branding), and focused on physical intimidation of specific communities rather than the propaganda-at-scale model of Patriot Front or the decentralized fitness model of Active Clubs. ## Organizational Profile | Feature | Detail | |---------|--------| | **Founded** | 2019, eastern Massachusetts | | **Founder** | Chris Hood (previously Patriot Front, Proud Boys, the Base) | | **Geography** | New England (MA, NH, CT, ME primarily) | | **Size** | Estimated 50–100 active members | | **Ideology** | Explicit neo-Nazism; "131" = Anti-Communist Action; Jewish world conspiracy; white genocide theory | | **Tactics** | Armed demonstrations at LGBTQ events, banner drops ("Keep New England White"), confrontation with counter-protesters, targeting immigrant shelters and hotels | | **Designations** | SPLC hate group; ADL monitored | ## Activities NSC-131's signature is **direct physical confrontation** with target communities: - Repeated disruption and attempted shutdowns of LGBTQ community events - Targeting hotels providing emergency shelter to immigrants - Banner drops: "Keep New England White" on highway overpasses - Armed demonstrations with Nazi flags and insignia at public events - Antisemitic propaganda distribution - Expanding into Connecticut (2025: "Connecticut is ours!") ## Legal Actions | Date | Action | |------|--------| | **Jul 2022** | Members displayed "Keep New England White" banner, Portsmouth NH; criminal charges filed | | **Jan 2025** | NH Supreme Court ruled civil rights charges from banner incident were unconstitutional (free speech grounds) | | **2025** | Massachusetts AG [[Andrea Joy Campbell]] filed civil complaint against NSC-131, Chris Hood, and Liam McNeil for pattern of civil rights violations | The Massachusetts AG action represents a new legal strategy: **state civil rights enforcement** against WN organizations, complementing the SPLC civil liability model that destroyed [[Aryan Nations]] and WAR. ### Task Force Butler The anti-fascist research collective **Task Force Butler** has conducted extensive OSINT investigations exposing NSC-131 members' identities and employment, resulting in multiple firings and social consequences — the digital-era version of the SPLC's exposure model. ## KB Significance NSC-131 illustrates a pattern visible across the KB's WN organizational map: **founder migration through multiple organizations** before establishing their own. Hood's path (Patriot Front → Proud Boys → the Base → NSC-131) demonstrates how the decentralized WN ecosystem functions as a **personnel pipeline** — individuals carry tactics and networks from one organization to the next, and each new formation is informed by the failures and lessons of predecessors. The "New England ethnostate" framing is also a regional variant of the [[Northwest Imperative]] — the same strategic logic (concentrate white nationalists in a defensible, predominantly white region) applied to a different geography. ## See Also - [[Patriot Front]] — Hood's prior organization; different tactical approach (propaganda-first vs. confrontation) - [[Active Club Network]] — Parallel WN formation; fitness-based vs. NSC-131's street-gang model - [[Blood Tribe]] — Contemporary explicit neo-Nazi group; armed marches - [[Northwest Imperative]] — Strategic logic NSC-131 applies to New England - [[White Nationalist Radicalization Pipeline]] - [[Militias and Extremist Groups Ecosystem]]