ID Bulletin: Ryan M. Irwin, of Leicester MA

A triptych of photos of Ryan Michael Irwin at various points in his life. The first is of Irwin during or before March 2020. Taken from what appears to be the driver's seat, Irwin sits in the back passenger side of a car. On his lap is a Jack Russel terrier, wearing a gray hoodie with green hood pulls; the dog's face has been intentionally redacted. Irwin imself wears blue jeans, an emerald green shirt, a black wristband loosely on his left arm, a chain of what appear to be gold plastic Mardi Gras beads, and two-tone horn-rimmed corrective lenses with rectangular frames. He has a short blond beard and a buzzcut, his face wearing the ghost of a smirk. The second is of Irwin at an America Backs the Blue event in Mansfield MA during September 2020. Irwin wears black pants, a gray Smokey the Bear "If Not You, Who?" graphic t-shirt, black plastic-framed rectangular lenses, and a camo Red Sox baseball cap. He wears a white bandana to conceal most of his face and neck. His right hand is curling into a fist. He is with a company of NSC-131 members. The third is of Irwin and his daughter, as they ride the Worcester EcoTraium's Explorer Express Train, during 2024. They both face the camera, which is outside the train. The daughter's face has been intentionally redacted. Irwin wears an olive green graphic design tee, a green baseball cap with the word "Worcester" on it embroidered in script, a gold chain necklace, his two-tone horn-rimmed glasses, olive green camo shorts, and what appear to be black Crocs. He smiles faintly toward the camera, his phone in his lap.

If you know the whereabouts of Ryan Michael Irwin, a/k/a “Hyperborean Hooligan” and a long-time member of NSC-131, please reach out! Irwin is currently attending college to his own admission, and I believe his campus of choice is somewhere in or around Worcester MA. CW for all kinds of abuse.

It’s been 6 months since we’ve seen hide or hair of NSC-131. As “PINE,” they used to make noises about protecting white families? Kinda strains credibility to tell people this when NSC counts people like Irwin, a man most recently charged with assaulting his pregnant-at-the-time girlfriend, as members.

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February 4, 2023October 22, 2023

Christopher Raymond Hood, Jr.

Preamble

Christopher Raymond Hood Jr. (born September 28th, 1998) is an American white supremacist, antisemitic conspiracy theorist, self-styled community organizer, and neo-Nazi. Hood has been a member of several far-right groups ranging between the patriot militia III% to the neo-Nazi accelerationist Base before founding his own organization, the Nationalist Social Club of New England. According to Megan Squire, Hood has also had connections with the Proud Boys’ Fraternal Order of Alt-Knights and the League of the South. [1]

Hood aspires to unite nationalist crews operating out of New England under the NSC banner. This does not preclude him from entering into conflicts with other neo-Nazi, nationalist, and fascist groups, such as the Bowl Patrol, the Proud Boys, and Patriot Front. [1] [2] [3] [♣] [4]

Hood hails from a largely Asian family. He is originally from Dorchester MA, and has lived in Malden and Pepperell MA. His currently resides in Newburyport MA. [1] [2] [3]

He currently posts to Telegram under the @crew131guy account. He previously operated an Instagram account as @thefuegofascist, and Twitter accounts as @BDthanRed and @ChrisThe131Guy. His Patriot Front serial number was PF-5054. [1] [‡] Continue reading “Christopher Raymond Hood, Jr.”

January 19, 2023October 22, 2024

ID Bulletin: Robert T. Budzyna, of Auburn MA

Robert Budzyna, who allegedly attempted to commit a pair of arsons in Auburn MA on June 28th of 2019, is formerly “Peter MA” of Patriot Front, and is currently “Red Wood” who is almost certainly a member of the Nationalist Social Club of New England. Normally any good identification bulletin would come with an action item; I feel I have no responsible recommendations on how to approach that, considering Budzyna is currently being tried for his actions in Worcester County Superior Court!

March Against Cages, Boston MA, August 2019	March Against Cages, Boston MA, August 2019
Patriot Front banner-drop, Hartford CT, October 2019	Facebook profile picture, shear-corrected, March 2020
Telegram profile picture, March 2020	before the B&W standout, Boston MA, January 2022

In September 2022, I published a bulletin on Patriot Front members David Spellman-Oldenquist & Tyler Primevara via Twitter, and detailed a fracas between Spellman-Oldenquist and Chris Hood that stemmed from Patriot Front nonsense. If you’ve read it, you may recall me mentioning Robert Budzyna, at whose home the aforementioned fracas occurred. I recommend reviewing said bulletin! We’re gonna build off events described there.

I’ll also be making copious use of various chat leaks, especially Torch Network’s 2019-2020 Patriot Front general channel Rocketchat leaks, and some leaks of the New England Nationalists chat circa early 2022.

There will be a considerable amount of chatter concerning neo-Nazi organizer Christopher Raymond Hood Jr., teenage III%er, former Proud Boy, member then Network Directing Officer within Patriot Front before his expulsion from said organization, member of the New England cell of the Base, and founding member of the Nationalist Social Club of New England, NSC-131 for short.

While I’ll be citing a number of sources running the gamut from courts to journalists to antifascist researchers, I’ll also be speculating thoroughly throughout, particularly when I’ve questioned how responsibly or capably I can pursue a line of inquiry and left it incomplete as a result. I hope that I’ve written well enough to differentiate between reality and my own meanderings.

Finally, be advised: content warnings for antisemitism, racism, misogyny, and other nonsense you’d expect from a bunch of neo-Nazis, as well as at least one mention of self-harm. Continue reading “ID Bulletin: Robert T. Budzyna, of Auburn MA”