The collapse of the Traditionalist Worker Party (TWP) earlier this month, following the arrest of chairman Matthew Heimbach for the battery of his wife and father-in-law, turned the white supremacist movement’s months-long optics debate on its head.
Opposition to immigration is what unites them all: white nationalists who marched in Charlottesville, anti-immigrant hate groups with Beltway credibility, and President Donald Trump.
For awhile, the ‘alt-lite’ media organ has played coy with white nationalism — but now it appears the façade is fast crumbling.
If there’s a second “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, the League of the South won’t be there.
Following the resignation of its founder, the future of the racist “alt-right” Foundation for the Marketplace of Ideas appears to be in question.
Last weekend, the white nationalist group Identity Evropa (IE) held its first national conference, called “Leading our People Forward 2018,” followed by a large banner drop at the Parthenon in Nashville, Tennessee.
As Traditionalist Worker Party leader Matt Heimbach stays silent about his arrest and news of his affair with the wife of his top spokesman, some aren’t being as quiet.
Below is an update to an earlier story posted about Matthew Heimbach's arrest.
Matthew Heimbach, the leader of the Traditionalist Worker Party, is free on bond after being charged with strangulation and battery in southern Indiana.
The white nationalist movement has been embroiled in a war over optics since last year’s Unite the Rally in Charlottesville, and Richard Spencer’s disastrous event at Michigan State University last weekend only increased tensions between those dedicated to street action and others who worry that high-profile confrontations will damage the movement’s image.
