[EDITOR’S PREFACE: This was meant to be released by a larger outlet sometime in May 2025. Time’s gotten away from all of us, in the face of a great deal of nonsense happening everywhere. I’m releasing this on behalf of anonymous antifascists in CT, with their permission.]
Consider this an anonymous press release for a story that should be of interest.
On Saturday, April 5th, 2025 there was an invitation-only international neo-nazi concert held at the Polish National Home Inc in Windsor Locks, Connecticut.
The show, entitled Return of the Bootboys, was performed by the bands Thumbscrew from Spain, Les Villains from Belgium, Offensive Weapon from New York, Wellington Arms from Chicago, and Brassic from Los Angeles. It was mainly organized by Offensive Weapon in collaboration with Danbury CT resident and definite United Riot Records affiliate Stephanie Kane, who goes by her stagename* “Stephanie Devotchka.” Stephanie also hosted some of the bands in her home. Tickets to the show were only available by invite, or on private, vetted internet forums. Various fascist clubs and “crews” were present, such as the Pennsylvania Active Club, 211 Bootboys, and American Defense Skinheads. United Riot Records is a fascist punk label owned by Dennis Davila, who is a member of the 211 Bootboys and has close ties to the Proud Boys. Members of Offensive Weapon are also rumored to be members of 211 Bootboys. The promotional artwork was drawn by @munadrawsstuff.
The following evidence was collected by a coalition of New England anti-fascists by way of open-source investigation. It was a collaborative effort over the course of several weeks before, during, and after the show. We will not be answering follow-up questions or issuing further comments in order to protect our operational security and the efficacy of our methods should we need them in the future. The venue was given a chance to comment by email inquiry, but as of Saturday, April 19th, they have not replied. Any redactions or censorship in the provided materials were present when they were collected. Everything has been left as is.
In the interest of educating those unfamiliar with the involved subcultures, skinheads and the oi punk subgenre originate in England (in the 1960s and 70s, respectively,) but now have a presence in small scenes across the globe. Racist skinheads are often referred to as
“boneheads” by their anti-racist peers, putting them in contrast with SHARPs (skinheads against racial prejudice.) SHARPs were instrumental in the success of this investigation. Bonehead bands, when they’re not openly using fascist or white supremacist imagery and lyrics, may hide behind tags and tropes like nationalist oi, RAC (Rock Against Communism,) patriotic oi, right wing oi, and any number of eurocentric, nationalistic symbols. The common association of skinhead subculture with racism is due to efforts by neo-nazis to appropriate it as a recruiting tool.
That’s the long and short of it. I encourage any journalist who takes up this story to investigate it further if they’d like. Again, none of us who did the anti-fascist research up to this point will be answering any further questions, and this email account will have been deleted before you reply. Thank you for your time. Below you’ll find various links that corroborate my version of events, and attached to this email you’ll find further photo evidence.
Bella Ciao,
– CT Anti-Fascists
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| Brassic on Facebook crediting Offensive Weapon with organizing the show | Thumbscrew on Facebook sharing video of the show | Pennsylvania Active Club sharing photos of the show |
- Proof of the venue
- Wikipedia page about the Devotchkas, Stephanie Devotchka’s former band
- Reddit post with statement by the Devotchkas disavowing Stephanie Kane. Also features Kane sockpuppeting in the comments.
- [EDITOR’S NOTE: Videos from the show posted to both Facebook and Twitter, as well as PAxAC’s pics off Telegram, can be made available on request]
P.S. – Also, how pathetic is it to get kicked out of a band 20 years ago and still use your old stage name? She was the original singer of the Devotchkas, but she was only in the band for 5 years. They’ve reunited without her and disavowed her for being a nazi.
I can’t imagine being such a loser in my 20s and then spending the rest of my life doubling down so hard.
[EDITOR’S NOTE: For what it’s worth, Stephanie Kane was present in the #MidgardExposed leaks, as a customer in Midgard’s register. I would also like to thank the tri-state area antifascist researchers who tipped us off to the ADS show in the first place!]