Rise Above Movement

Rise Above Movement
Abbreviation	RAM
Formation	2017
Founder	Robert Rundo
Founded at	Southern California
Type	Alt-Right Fight Club
Purpose	White Nationalism; Neo-Nazism; Straight Edge; Political Violence; Fitness Training; Hand-to-Hand Combat Training;
Key people	Robert Rundo; Benjamin D. Daley; Thomas W. Gillen;
Affiliations	Our Fight Clothing[citation needed]; Patriot Front[citation needed]; Revolt Through Tradition[citation needed]; Hammerskins[citation needed]; Proud Boys[citation needed]; Identity Evropa[citation needed]; Identitarian movement[citation needed]; Serbian Action[citation needed];
Formerly called	DIY Division

The Rise Above Movement (RAM) is a militant alt-right Southern California-based street fighting group which has variously been described as "a loose collective of violent neo-Nazis and fascists", white nationalists,^[1] white supremacists,^[2]^[3] and far-right persons.^[4]^[5] According to the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), it "is inspired by identitarian movements in Europe and it is trying to bring their philosophies and violent tactics to the United States."^[1] Its members are primarily located in the areas of Orange County and San Diego,^[2] and as of 2018, have been variously numbered at 20 to 50.^[4]^[6]^[7] Individual RAM members are also members of other organizations, such as the self-described Identitarian Identity Evropa/American Identity Movement, the "Western chauvinist" Proud Boys, and the neo-Nazi skinhead Hammerskin Nation, according to Northern California Anti-Racist Action (NoCARA).^[8]

^ ^a ^b "Rise Above Movement". splcenter.org. Southern Poverty Law Center.
^ ^a ^b "Rise Above Movement (R.A.M.)". adl.org. Anti-Defamation League. January 22, 2018.
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^ ^a ^b Jarvie, Jenny; Mejia, Brittny; Cosgrove, Jacklyn; and Tchekmedyian, Alene (October 3, 2018) "Trained in California, a white supremacist fight club is accused of bringing violence to Charlottesville" Los Angeles Times.
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^ Vega, Priscella; Sclafani, Julia (October 26, 2018). "Arrests of white power leaders are a reminder of Huntington Beach's painful past". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved April 1, 2019.
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