Traditionalist Worker's Party
The Traditionalist Worker's Party was a “secessionist”[1] party founded by Matt Heimbach, an anti-capitalist, antisemitic, white supremacist widely known for being a speaker at the Unite the Right rally in August, 2017.
Aleksandr Dugin
According to an article at Business Insider dated Dec 10, 2016,[2] Aleksandr Dugin "recorded a speech titled 'To My American Friends in Our Common Struggle' for a nationalist conference organized by Heimbach last year in California."
A Twitter thread on Matt Heimbach reveals him holding up Aleksandr Dugin's "The Fourth Political Theory" and the League of the South (LoS) flag. According to their website, the League of the South wants "a free and independent Southern republic"[3]:[4]
- "Heimbach holding both a Dugin book and a neo-Confederate 'League of the South' flag."
Traditionalist Worker's Party
Jack Smith IV tweeted a video on August 12, 2017 of Matt Heimbach explaining that his Traditionalist Worker's Party is anti-capitalist and and "criticized President Trump for his 'war-mongering neocon policies' and for 'siding with the bankers and multi-national corporations over the American worker.'"[5]
References
- ↑ #UniteTheRight: Anti-Christian, Anti-Capitalist, Pro-Russian Leftists (accessed August 30, 2023)
- ↑ 'A model for civilization': Putin's Russia has emerged as 'a beacon for nationalists' and the American alt-right (accessed August 30, 2023)
- ↑ League of the South: What it is (accessed August 30, 2023)
- ↑ Tweet from Casey Michel Twitter thread dated January 4, 2017 (2) (accessed August 30, 2023)
- ↑ Jack Smith Archived Tweet dated August 12, 2017 (accessed August 30, 2023)