Traditionalist Worker Party
Defunct neo-Nazi and white nationalist American political party / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Traditionalist Worker Party (TWP) was a neo-Nazi political party active in the United States between 2013 and 2018, affiliated with the broader "alt-right" movement that became active within the U.S. during the 2010s. It was considered a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center's list.[4]
Traditionalist Worker Party | |
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Abbreviation | TWP |
Chairman | Matthew Heimbach |
Founded | 2013 |
Dissolved | 2018[1][2] |
Headquarters | Paoli, Indiana[3] |
Ideology | |
Political position | Far-right |
Regional affiliation | Nationalist Front (2016–2018) |
Party flag | |
Established by Matthew Heimbach under the name Traditionalist Youth Network (TYN), the group promoted white separatism and a white supremacist view of Christianity. As a member of the neo-Nazi Nationalist Front, the TWP held a number of protests and other local events. In 2015, the Traditionalist Workers Party changed into a political party so as to run in elections for local office. In April 2018, The Washington Post reported that the TWP had been disbanded the previous month after group leader Matthew Heimbach's arrest for battery.[2] In July 2021, Heimbach announced his intention to reform the party along National Bolshevik lines.[5]