| Aryan Freedom Network | |
|---|---|
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| Founder | Dalton Henry Stout |
| Foundation | 2018 |
| Country | United States |
| Motives | Establishment of awhite ethnostate through arace war |
| Headquarters | Texas |
| Ideology | |
| Size | 1,000-1,500[2] |
| Allies |
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| Website | https://white-power.org/ |
TheAryan Freedom Network (AFN) is an Americanneo-Nazi group based inTexas with chapters in 40 U.S. states.[3] AFN maintains its activities by holding private events, participating in public demonstrations, and distributing flyers. The group is led by Tonia Sue Berry, Dalton Henry Stout, and his father, George Bois Stout, an arms dealer based inDe Kalb.[5][4] According to theAnti-Defamation League's Center on Extremism (COE) andDallas News, AFN has significantly contributed to Texas leading the nation inwhite supremacist propaganda distribution.[6][7][8][9]
AFN is the latest white supremacist group established by Dalton Stout in recent years. Before 2018, Stout led aKlan group. In April 2018, he claimed to have joined the white supremacistLeague of the South (LS), appearing alongside LS founder Michael Hill at a Knights Party event in Arkansas. He also attempted to establish and promote askinhead group prior to forming AFN.[10] AFN has welcomed "pro-White motorcycle clubs" and former members of theNational Justice Party into its ranks. The group includes a youth wing called "Aryan Youth" and a women's group known as the "Valkyrie Division".[9]
In August 2025, Henry Stout, the founder of Aryan Freedom Network, said "Trump awakened a lot of people to the issues we’ve been raising for years. He’s the best thing that’s happened to us.”[2]
According toThe Forward, AFN describes itself as engaging in a "racial holy war based on the ideas ofWhite Racial Supremacy and establishing an Aryan Homeland for our People," and is "on the hunt" forcommunists in Texas. The group frequently shares videos showing dozens of members undergoing armed training and shooting mannequins painted withStars of David.[1][4] Membership requires individuals to be "100% of White European ancestry, including: Nordic, Slavic, Mediterranean, Celtic, or Germanic background.”[11]
AFN holds an annual "White Unity Conference" and has organized multiple anti-LGBT "anti-grooming demonstrations." In 2022, the group organized at least 12 private gatherings across several states, including Texas,South Carolina,Arkansas,Georgia,Mississippi,Idaho, andNebraska. In January 2023, AFN announced "Aryan Fest," a white supremacist music festival. During one anti-LGBT event, armed AFN members menacedGrand Prairie drag show attendees.[4][7][12]
In 2022, AFN also organized an event inHayden, Idaho, at the former headquarters ofAryan Nations.[13] Both AFN and Aryan Nations share an ideological affinity for the antisemiticChristian Identity movement.[14]
In 2023, AFN held an event and circulated flyers inLexington, Kentucky. The flyers read: “You know who else was condemned for ‘hate speech?’Jesus Christ.”[15]
AFN is led by Dalton Henry Stout (also known as "Brother Henry"), Tonia Sue Berry (aka Daisy Barr), and Stout's father, George Bois Stout, an arms dealer based inDe Kalb.[5][4][16] According to the Anti-Defamation League, Berry and Dalton Stout married in 2020 but appear to have divorced in April 2022. However, according to Reuters, this was a legal move to protect assets in civil rights lawsuits, effectively a divorce in name only.[2][10] According to theSouthern Poverty Law Center, Stout's family leads De Kalb'sKu Klux Klan chapter. Berry's father was also an Imperial Wizard of the KKK, and the couple has been described as "racist royalty".[16][2]