Aaron Cambridge – Sacramento WLM Propagandist and NorCal Active Club Member

A Collaboration with Antifa Sacramento

Arron Jacob Cambridge, aka “Scipio”, is a neo-nazi from Elk Grove who has been active with multiple white supremacist groups in the Sacramento and San Francisco Bay areas. Cambridge is a member of “White Lives Matter” California, and NorCal Active Club, a nazi fight club connected to Robert Rundo’s W2R/RAM network. Cambridge has also participated in joint actions with the Sacramento Proud Boys, Patriot Front, and Golden State Skinheads.

Arron Cambridge runs several inter-related businesses, generally revolving around imaging and his commercial pilot’s license. He is certified as a commercial pilot (single engine and instrument), a remote (drone) pilot, and as an advanced and instrument ground instructor. Using this pilot’s license, Cambridge performs aerial scatterings of cremated remains under the names Cambridge Flying Services and Wentzel’s Flying Services (a company he inherited from another pilot). Cambridge also runs a print and design business under the name Cambridge Studios, through which he also performs aerial photography. A news story from 2017 shows that Cambridge also worked as a contractor for Pacific Gas and Electric, doing aerial fire reconnaissance in the summers. It’s not currently known if Cambridge is still performing this contract work. 

Evidence suggests that rather than owning his own plane, Aaron Cambridge may rent to meet his business needs. Based on available flight footage and photos, Cambridge can be seen with planes with tail numbers N738YC and N1920F, operated by Executive Flyers in Sacramento and N7690J, operated by Mach 5 Aviation in Auburn, CA. 

Cambridge has routinely used his professional skills in furtherance of his neo-nazi agenda. He routinely uses his experience as a commercial drone pilot to film the actions of his neo-nazi groups, and serves as an on-the-ground photographer as well. In at least one case, he has used his photography to try to gather materials with which to dox pro-LGBT activists. He has also used his print shop to produce white supremacist and neo-nazi flyers and other propaganda materials, which the groups distribute. 


Arron Cambridge has been active with the Northern California chapter of the neo-nazi group “White Lives Matter” since at least March 2022. At events, Cambridge can frequently be seen recording videos and piloting his drone. He has also been known to take photos to use to attempt to dox pro-LGBT activists.

On March 12, 2022, Cambridge made his debut piloting his drone over the freeway to record propaganda videos of the day’s White Lives Matter banner drop in Rancho Cordova. He also included clips of his own aerial footage as the introduction for the video. At that event, one member was recorded making a nazi salute at a passing black woman in the neighborhood. Cambridge would go on to use his drone to record footage of several other WLM/Active Club events, including June 25 2022, when they harassed a Children’s pride event in Rancho Cordova, an August event in Downtown Sacramento, October outside the offices of Meta in Menlo Park, November in Walnut Creek.

Cambridge would again press his drone piloting skills into service to record a brief banner drop put on by two other WLM CA members in July of 2022. The two white men, holding a banner reading “White Lives Matter” stood in front of the California Capitol, as part of a campaign to “take back” Indigenous People’s Day.

On April 14, 2023, Cambridge joined three other neo-nazis associated with WLM-CA and Norcal Active Club to record a banner drop over I-5 in Sacramento advocating for “Total Transgender Elimination”. This followed Norcal Active Club accusing a local pro-LGBT pastor of being a pedophile, and an associated propaganda film featured footage of a protest supporting the pastor along with Cambridge’s drone footage of the banner.

Cambridge (center) at WLM California’s Rancho Cordova pride harassment

On June 25, 2022, members of WLM California joined up with the Sacramento Proud Boys to harass a children’s pride event in Rancho Cordova. Cambridge and four other white nationalists from WLM CA held a banner baselessly accusing LGBT members of pedophilia outside the event and at least one member entered the children’s event with a sign to harass the families there. Alongside them were Proud Boys including Tyler Greenghalgh and arms dealer Brandon Revering (who was later found to be a member of the WLM California private chat). Cambridge photographed several participants of the event, apparently for prospective doxxing purposes, as well as using his drone to collect footage.

Leaked internal messages from the Norcal Active Club chat also show that Cambridge was giving large numbers of flyers to other members for distribution. Messages from August, 2022 show that one Active Club member wanted to pick up 5-700 flyers for a neo-nazi propaganda video. Though Cambridge was not available to hand over the flyers on that occasion, these are likely the same flyers that were eventually used by WLM California in their September event in Danville. Flyers with this design also showed up after a mass flyering on the night of June 18th-19th, 2023, intended to coincide with Juneteenth. Given the large number of these flyers, it’s likely that Cambridge produced them through his print and design shop, Cambridge Studios.

On March 8, 2023, Norcal Active Club Posted threats on telegram calling for “Nationalists” to show up to attack a planned “Trans Day of Joy/Trans Day of Rage” event to be held at the California capitol in Sacramento on March 10. Two hours later, WLM California echoed the call, adding a call to bring PPE for Pepper Spray. On the day of the protest, A small group of neo-nazis confronted the group briefly before retreating. Arron Cambridge was among that group, taking high-res photos of attendees. Later in the day a Proud Boy associate pulled a gun on the “Trans Day of Joy/Trans Day of Rage” crowd. Norcal Active Club later claimed the counter presence as their own through their telegram channel, and posted Cambridge’s photos along with a call for others to identify them for doxxing purposes.

Cambridge leaving the Trans Day of Rage protest

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Morgan Hill Nazi Raver, Martin J. Wenzel member of “White Lives Matter – CA” and “NorCal Active Club”

Sacramento Children’s Museum (06/24/23).

On June 24, 2023 a group of roughly 15 neo-nazis, consisting of a members of the Sacramento Proud Boys, Patriot Front, White Lives Matter CA, and NorCal Active Club, harassed a children’s pride event at the Sacramento Children’s Museum. Present with the group was recently exposed Modesto neo-nazi Harley Ray Petero Jr., neo-nazi Proud Boy Jeffrey Erik Perrine, and Bay Area Patriot Front member Ryan Sundberg. Also in attendance was Martin Jens Wenzel of Morgan Hill, a member of White Lives Matter CA and NorCal Active Club, who we’ll be getting to know a little better in this article.

For more background on White Lives Matter CA in Northern California please refer first to our previous article on Harley Ray Petero Jr., as well as Borwin10’s recent work detailing both Jeffrey Erik Perrine and neo-nazi bomb maker Joshua Isgrigg. For background on the Active Club movement in general please refer to Stumptown Research Collective’s excellent work outlining Evergreen Active Club in Washington State.

Sacramento Children’s Museum (06/24/23).

Martin J. Wenzel: White Lives Matter CA’s “Cali Kaiser”

Martin J. Wenzel first appeared on antifascists’ radar following WLM’s October 2022 “Day of Action,” where, in protest of Meta’s decision to ban the hate group’s Instagram account, about seven members did a banner drop on a nearby overpass and then posed in front of the 1 Hacker Way sign. Wenzel stuck out, wearing a Rhodesian Brushstroke camouflage gator mask, which he would again wear at the January 22nd 2023 Walk for Life in San Francisco, where WLM CA were confronted by pro-choice counter-protestors.

Martin J. Wenzel pictured wearing a Rhodesian Brushstroke gator mask outside of Meta Headquarters at 1 Hacker Way, Menlo Park (WLM CA’s August 2022 “Day of Action”).

Rhodesian Brushstroke is the camouflage pattern of the former Rhodesian Security Forces, an explicitly white-supremacist colonial military that once occupied present-day Zimbabwe. Today’s white nationalists look to Rhodesia as an example of realized white nationalism, and idealize the Rhodesian Security Forces for their bush fighting tactics, gunsmithing abilities, and their symbolism as anti-communist lost-cause fighters. Recent pro-Rhodesia sentiment is most infamously associated with white nationalist mass shooter Dylann Roof, who went by “The Last Rhodesian” on his website and similarly titled his manifesto, before murdering nine members of the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in hopes to start a race war. Recently on August 26 of this year, Jacksonville gunman Ryan Palmeter left behind white supremacist messages and murdered three Black people at a nearby Dollar General, wearing a Rhodesian army patch on his tactical vest. Wenzel himself appears to have traveled to South Africa while studying at Mt. Madonna High School, making his affinity for a symbol of militarized white nationalism, apartheid, and white-minority rule all the more damning.

Meet the Wenzels: Morgan Hill’s German-American White Nationalist Family

(Left to Right) Nicholas, Silke, and Martin Wenzel.

In other white supremacist chats on telegram, Wenzel has consistently stated that his family is supportive of his neo-nazi beliefs, commenting “Going back to visit Germany every couple years, the demographic changes are so striking. In my fam we pretty much all agree these migrants have to go. Just nobody wants to talk openly about how that’s gonna happen. Quite the pickle”. Martin’s brother Nicholas Wenzel also appears to be influenced by his brothers politics and social media account history shows him liking and interacting with Neo-traditionalist and other far-right content. Both Nicholas and Martin recently purchased a house in Boise, Idaho a territory white nationalists see as the American Redoubt or as part of the Northwest Territorial Imperative. The Wenzel brother’s home was previously owned by Sam Wenzel of Boise Rental Properties LLC, a family member who also appears to have also worked for Martin’s employer PrimePay and SyncHR by Primepay a “Human Capital Management” company.

“Going back to visit Germany every couple years, the demographic changes are so striking. In my fam we pretty much all agree these migrants have to go.” – Martin Wenzel

PLUR Means Raver Nazis Not Welcome

“PLUR” is a set of principles associated with rave subculture. An ideology to some, a form of community agreements to others, PLUR originated out of the 1990s nightlife and rave scene and stands for:

P. – Peace
L. – Love
U. – Unity
R. – Respect

Essentially, the agreement can be summed up as: don’t bring conflict and negativity into rave spaces, engage in goodwill with others, welcome others into the environment and shared space regardless of personal differences, and show sensitivity and tolerance towards others. As a member of multiple white nationalist hate groups, Wenzel’s behavior flies directly in the face of this principle he supports in name, and claims he “redpills when (he) can”, nudging members of his social group in the direction of neo-nazi ideas. Wenzel is also involved in mycology and a weed growing subculture, as well as backpacking, surfing, and trail running. He is likely armed.

“I redpill as much as I can (…) we need the guidance to bring normies into the fold”

As a member of the white supremacist groups WLM CA and NorCal Active Club, Martin J. Wenzel’s identity as “Cali Kaiser” is of public interest. Due to his enthusiastic identification with Rhodesia’s militarized white nationalism and explicit nazism as a German-American, and his direct connection via WLM to members of Patriot Front and Golden State Skinheads, residents of Morgan Hill and Santa Clara County as well as Boise, ID should made aware of his regional organizing and activity. An employee at PrimePay, a company specializing in payroll, benefits, and HR solutions, it is not difficult to see how Wenzel’s embrace of explicitly Nazism could lead to workplace discrimination.

Martin Jens Wenzel

DOB: 04/22/96

Address: 16814 Hill Top Ct. Morgan Hill, CA, 7747 W Middle Fork St Boise, Id 83709

Twitter: @cali_kaiser

Instagram: @wenzel_pretzel

Occupation: Emerging Market HCM Consultant at PrimePay

7747 W Middle Fork St Boise, Id 83709 – Home recently purchased by Nicholas and Martin Wenzel.

Please send any further tips about Martin Jens Wenzel, WLM CA, NorCal Active Club, or the Wenzel family to bay161(at)riseup(dot)net

NorCal Active Club member Harley Ray Petero Jr. and wife Haley Phillips of Modesto, CA, responsible for Goyim Defense League fliers in Central Valley

Harley Ray Petero Jr. pictured alongside members of Patriot Front harassing a children’s pride event at the Children’s Museum in Sacramento (06/24/23).

On June 24, 2023 a group of roughly 15 neo-nazis, consisting of members of the Sacramento Proud Boys, Patriot Front, White Lives Matter CA, and NorCal Active Club, harassed a children’s pride event at the Sacramento Children’s Museum. Present with NorCal Active Club was Harley Ray Petero Jr. (a.k.a.: “Scottie BigBalls”) of Modesto, CA. Petero is a member of the Goyim Defense League, a neo-nazi hate group, and is responsible for recent antisemitic disruptions during Sacramento City Council meetings public comment section, as well as for distributing GDL fliers throughout the Central Valley.

Who are White Lives Matter California?

White Lives Matter is an international white nationalist propaganda initiative attempting to make neo-nazi politics more palatable through vague “pro-white” messaging. In California, the group has worked with members of other hate groups such as the Ku Klux Klan, the Hammerskin Nation, the Proud Boys, Patriot Front, Golden State Skinheads, the Goyim Defense League, the Aryan Freedom Network, Clockwork Crew, and countless other fringe white supremacist groups. Their activity has mainly consisted of freeway overpass banner drops and stickering.

Harley Ray Petero Jr. a vetted WLM CA member present at WLM California’s May “day of action” in Jackson, CA (05/14/23).
Petero, spotted here wearing the WLM khaki uniform can usually be picked out by his “Hammerwaffen” reflective sunglasses and tattoo sleeve

What is NorCal Active Club?

NorCal Active Club is a self-styled neo-nazi fight club inspired by (and distantly connected to) Robert Rundo’s Rise Above Movement. NorCal Active Club has recruited from the Northern California membership of White Lives Matter California, and attempts to embody what they call “Nationalism 3.0,” which they hope will usher in a white nationalist ethnostate. (For clarity, “Nationalism 1.0” refers to old school neo-nazi skinheads, often called boneheads, and “2.0” refers to the “Alt-Right.”)

For Active Clubs and similar overlapping groups like Patriot Front, a nationalist culture is thought to be born through hyper-masculinity, athletics, MMA tournaments, and anonymous flash-mob style demonstrations, as well as flyering, banner drops, and putting up fascist propaganda stickers. “Nationalism 3.0” has been heavily pushed by Media2Rise, and through the fascist lifestyle clothing brand Will2Rise, both heavily overseen by Rundo (prior to his recent arrest in Romania), fascist videographer Allen Michael Goff, and SoCal RAM member Grady Mayfield. Active Clubs are further influenced by a culture of neo-nazi telegram chats informed by smaller regional groups like Nationalist Social Club 131. Based in New England, NSC-131 and followers of their tactics and organization model ape autonomist aesthetics and attempt to mimic antifascist and anarchist tactics.

What is the Goyim Defense League?

The Goyim Defense League is an explicitly genocidal group of neo-Nazis and antisemitic conspiracy theorists based around the social media presence of failed actor/rapper Jon Eugene Minadeo II. Previously a resident of Petaluma, CA, Minadeo has relocated to Florida, where he has worked with the National Socialist Movement and NatSoc Florida, two explicitly Neo-Nazi groups. Group “activism” is largely comprised of livestreaming, “Omegle trolling” or “irl” (in real life) antisemitic harassment, including banner drops and mass distribution of antisemitic flyers. The GDL semi-regularly holds “Name the Nose” tours, which are essentially antisemitic hate roadtrips. During one of these “tours” in Texas, a young neo-nazi emboldened by the increased level of open neo-nazi activity attempted to burn down the Congregation Beth Israel synagogue in Austin, Texas.

Goyim Defense League Activity in the Central Valley

Petero passing out neo-nazi fliers just feet away from a group of children at a playground.

Tattoos visible on Scottie BigBalls’ Odysee profile compared against photos posted on Haley “Halez” Phillips’ Facebook profile of her husband, confirm Harley Ray Petero Jr.’s identity as “Scotty”. Phillips’ social media history further confirmed “Scottie” as Petero’s alias when she documented his cover-up of an Insane Clown Posse “hatchetman” tattoo.

“Fuck It, Mask Off”

A relatively recent member of NorCal Active Club as of 2023, Petero has become a regular face at nazi showings in the Central Valley, and attempted to make a name and career for himself as a nazi merch salesman under the alias “Scottie BigBalls”. He is heavily involved with the Goyim Defense League, has led harassment campaigns of both Walnut Creek City Council and Sacramento City Council, and has distributed antisemitic fliers repeatedly in Modesto and the Central Valley.

Leader of the Goyim Defense League Jon Eugene Minadeo II (a.k.a.: “Handsome Truth”) refers to Petero as “my brother Scottie.”
Inside at Sacramento City Council (05/23/23).
Still from Petero’s since banned TikTok showing his printer setup/Hitler shrine.

Additional footage from a post on Phillips’ Facebook profile appears to show the two attending Straight Pride in Modesto, CA, in August 2022 to surveil people protesting the yearly anti-LGBTQ hate rally, which is organized by christofascist Don J. Grundmann. Petero also appears to be involved in administrating the GDL Flyers website in some capacity.

Video posted to Haley Phillips’s Facebook show her and another person (likely Harley Petero Jr.) tailing a march of antifascist counter-protesters at Straight Pride 2022.

The Petero Family

Haley Phillips and Harley Petero’s introduction to openly antisemitic politics was likely through the Q-Anon subsection of the MAGA movement. Coming from a family of Juggalos (fans of the horrorcore band Insane Clown Posse), the Petero family along with Haley Phillips was featured in a 2009 Modesto Bee article describing a run in with the Central Valley Gang Impact Task Force over supposed “Juggalo” gang affiliation.

From a 2009 Modesto Bee article. Family photo of a young Harley Petero Jr. throwing up “WC” for Insane Clown Posse “Wicked Clowns”.

Petero’s family seem to have a generally favorable view of his lifestyle choices, and he appears to have been in a relationship with Haley Phillips for over a decade.

Haley Phillips poses with one of her children at the Atwater CA Trump parade, holding a Q-Anon flag (10/31/20)

Accelerationist Connections and Violent Fantasies

Bloodsplattered “Dark Foreigner” style graphic marks Petero as a accelerationist and likely adherent of James Mason’s Siege. Gab followings also show connections to accelerationist groups including one attempting to revive imagery of “InJekt Division”
Petero appears to have a concealed carry permit and fantasizes about violence towards Black people.
Anniversary post showing that Petero and Phillips own at least one Glock 17 and a similar compact 9mm semiautomatic handgun, as well hollow point ammunition

Due to Harley Ray Petero Jr.’s traveling throughout the state to regularly engage in racist, anti-LGBTQ, and antisemitic “activism”, his involvement with regional neo-nazi groups, his accelerationist leanings, and armed status, we believe this information is in the interest of Modesto residents, as well as to NorCal anti-racists as a whole.

Harley Ray Petero Jr. aka “Scotty”

Address: 441 Enslen Park Ct, Modesto, CA (College Manor)

Vehicle: Silver 2009 Chevrolet Malibu Sedan #6VAP704 CA, Black 2005 GMC Yukon SUV #8SXY045 CA

Please send any further tips about Harley Ray Petero Jr. and Haley Marie Phillips, the Goyim Defense League, NorCal Active Club, and White Lives Matter – CA activity to bay161(at)riseup(dot)net