Nationalist Front | |
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| Founded | 2016 |
| Dissolved | 2018 |
| Ideology | Neo-Nazism American nationalism White nationalism White supremacy |
| Political position | Far-right |
| Members |  National Socialist Movement Ku Klux Klan Vanguard America Traditionalist Worker Party League of the South (2017–2018)[1] |
| Colors | Black White Red |
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TheNationalist Front(NF) was a loose coalition ofradical right andwhite supremacist organizations.[2] The coalition was formed in 2016 by leaders of theneo-Nazi groupsNational Socialist Movement (NSM) andTraditionalist Worker Party (TWP). Its aim was to unite white supremacist and white nationalist groups under a common umbrella. Originally the group was named theAryan Nationalist Alliance and was composed of neo-Nazi,Ku Klux Klan andWhite power skinhead organizations.
The coalition rebranded itself as the Nationalist Front and was later joined by the neo-ConfederateLeague of the South, the neo-Nazi/alt-rightVanguard America and four other groups such as theAryan Strikeforce. The ideology of the Nationalist Front centered on a desire for awhite ethnostate.
Conceived by the leaders of the neo-Nazi groupsNational Socialist Movement (NSM) andTraditionalist Worker Party (TWP), the coalition was formed in 2016. Its aim was to unite white supremacist and white nationalist groups under a common umbrella. Originally the group was named theAryan Nationalist Alliance and was composed of neo-Nazi,Ku Klux Klan andWhite power skinhead organizations, the logo of the group was two hands joined with theCeltic Cross in the background and multipleWolfsangels in the circle.[3][4] The coalition later rebranded itself as the Nationalist Front with a logo that had the group initials "NF" inside a white background with a black circle with stars and the slogan "Iunctus Stamus" (United We Stand) it would also be later joined by the neo-ConfederateLeague of the South, the neo-Nazi/alt-rightVanguard America and four other groups such as the Aryan Strikeforce.[5][6]
The ideology of the Nationalist Front centers on a desire for awhite ethnostate. The groups participated in the August 2017Unite the Right rally inCharlottesville, Virginia.[7] Earlier in the year, it organized the white supremacist rally inPikeville, Kentucky, which attracted 100 to 125 supporters.[8] The coalition and its member groups, were consideredextremist organizations.[9]
After the Unite the Right rally, two lawsuits targeting 21 racist "alt-right" andhate group leaders, including the National Socialist Movement and its leader at the time, Jeff Schoep, as well as the Traditionalist Worker Party were filed in theU.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia and another lawsuit was filed inVirginia Circuit Court.[10]
The Nationalist Front was a key organizer of the "White Lives Matter" rally inShelbyville andMurfreesboro, Tennessee, on October 28, 2017. In 2021, there were subsequent White Lives Matter rallies in a number of cities, includingNew York City,Philadelphia, andFort Worth, Texas.
In February 2018, the Traditionalist Worker Party dissolved, causing the Nationalist Front to fall apart.[11][12]
