League of the South
American white supremacist organization / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The League of the South (LS) is an American white nationalist, neo-Confederate, white supremacist organization[6][7][8][9][10] that says its goal is "a free and independent Southern republic".[11]
Abbreviation | LS |
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Formation | 1994; 30 years ago (1994) |
Type | Non-governmental organization, Separatist group |
Legal status | Active |
Purpose | Creation of a neo-Confederate white Southern nation, based on Protestant Christianity. |
Headquarters | Killen, Alabama |
Location | |
Region | Southern United States |
Fields | Politics |
President | Michael Hill |
Key people | Thomas Fleming, Michael Peroutka, Brad "Hunter Wallace" Griffin, Clyde N. Wilson, Isaac Baker,[1] Michael Tubbs,[2] Michael "Palmetto Patriot" Cushman[3] Thomas Woods[4][5] |
Subsidiaries | The Free Magnolia (magazine) |
Website | leagueofthesouth |
Headquartered in Killen, Alabama, the group defines the Southern United States as the states of the Confederacy: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Texas, Tennessee, and Virginia.[12] It claims to also be a religious and social movement, advocating a return to a more traditionally conservative, Christian-oriented Southern culture.[13]
The movement and its members are allied with the alt-right. The group was part of the neo-Nazi Nationalist Front formerly alongside the National Socialist Movement (NSM), the now-defunct Traditionalist Workers Party (TWP) and Vanguard America (VA, since rebranded as Patriot Front). The group helped organize the Pikeville rally in Pikeville, Kentucky; the Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia; and the White Lives Matter rally in Shelbyville, Tennessee.[14][15] The Southern Poverty Law Center has designated it as a hate group.[16]