Several reports surfaced this week about a white Suprematist Group named Return To The Land co-founded by Eric Orwoll and Peter Csere in 2023 developing a whites-only settlement outside Ravenden.
The group owns 160 acres outside Ravenden Arkansas according to their website and are actively recruiting new members to join their community.
Jewish and non-whites people are explicitly banned according to the group’s bylaws and residents must verify their “ancestral heritage” in a written application along with an interview process before becoming paying members and residing in the settlement, according to the group’s publication.
According to the organization, it hopes to replicate its whites-only settlements across the country, claiming the group is “trying to put land back under the control of Europeans.”
A representative of the Anti-Defamation League says the bare-bones set-up consists of tiny homes and tents, with an estimated dozen people living on the property, where residents grow their own food, homeschool their children, use outhouses, and rely on well water for drinking.
Reports released by MSN, Arkansas Times and two Jewish American news agencies The Forward and VIN News all report that experts warn the group’s practices likely run afoul of anti-discrimination laws and express doubt about its long-term viability. These reports also say the group’s financial and legal infrastructure makes them one of the most established white supremacist residential communities in the United States according to Anti-Defamation League.
In the 1970s and ‘80s, white supremacists urged like-minded racists to move to the Pacific Northwest with the goal of transforming the area into a sovereign state which citizenship is restricted to members of a particular racial group.
The Anti-Defamation League states that in recent years, similar attempts at forming remote communities have cropped up in several states including Kentucky North Dakota and Maine
The ADL reports the group’s leadership is part of the identitarian movement, a movement that believes white European identity is under threat from immigration and globalization.
The group’s response is to create a parallel society of whites-only communities.
Orwoll, from Southern California is a YouTuber who sells online philosophy courses with 14,000 subscribers. Orwoll describes the remote Arkansas development as only a starting point, with grand visions of other expansions in Arkansas. Some of the RTTL community are involved in what can best be described as promotional videos of their philosophy encouraging like minded individuals to join them.
Peter Csere, Return to the Land’s secretary and co-founder of the Sharp County community lived in Ecuador, where he joined Fruit Haven Ecovillage, an off-grid raw vegan community.
Csere allegedly left the organization after being accused of racking up $40,000 in debt, stealing an estimated $25,000 in cryptocurrency. Csere also has pending criminal charges in Ecuador for stabbing a local miner. Csere denied the charges, saying that he acted in self defense.
Return To The Land provides a map of RTTL Community 1:”The Settlement” in their application process with vague descriptions of the exact location. (Map included below)
The property is located in the 400 block of Brown’s Creek Road in rural Sharp County. Tents, campers, and portable buildings are scattered near the entrance to the property.
According to the groups online application the RTTL Ozarks Chapter plans additional property purchases in the area.
