Tim Mudde
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Tim Mudde also known as Brigadier M or Sassem Tim, is active within the right wing radical movement in The Netherlands. He was party secretary of the Centre Party '86 (an offshoot of the Centre Party
) and like many other senior members of this party became active for Voorpost
and later founded the Nationale Beweging, the nationalist mail order
company Fenris and the nationalist internet radio
station Radio Rapaille.
Mudde played in the Rock Against Communism
(RAC) band Brigade M
and the Feyenoord themed Oi!
band Foienoord. On Radio Rapaille he presented a weekly two hour radio show called Dietse Dinsdag ("Dietsland
ish Tuesday") under the alias DJ Hadjememaar (named after the colourful early 20th century politician Cornelis de Gelder who used the nickname Had-je-me-maar) and he now presents Dwars door Dietsland ("Straight through Dietsland") every Monday as well as Ha die Hadjememaar ("Hey Hadjememaar") on Saturday (both are one hour shows).
He is the older brother of the renowned political scientist Cas Mudde
, who studies rightist movements.
In 1996 Mudde was one of the two founders of Brigade M, which initially was called Brigade Mussert referring to the personal bodyguards of Anton Mussert
. Mudde was also a member of other RAC/Nationalistic bands: Dietse Patriotten, Die Fünfte Kolonne, Distrikt 217, H6, O.D.M., Oi-Die-Poes and Sassem Bootbois (later called Sassem Boot Boys). Mudde is also involved with the RAC record companies Sassem Produkties and Muziek met wortels (Music with Roots). On 22 October 2005 he gave a speech for the National Alliance
party about the Antifa.
Mudde considers himself to be a nationalist rather than a national socialist. In the '80s and '90s he was convicted several times for offenses dealing with "hate speech
".
Centre Party (Netherlands)
The Centre Party was a Dutch nationalist extreme right-wing political party espousing an anti-immigrant program. The party was founded by Henry Brookman in 1980, and was represented by Hans Janmaat in the Dutch House of Representatives from 1982, until he was expelled from the party in 1984 and...
) and like many other senior members of this party became active for Voorpost
Voorpost
Voorpost is a volksnationalist group founded in Flanders, Belgium by Karel Dillen in 1976 as a splinter from the Volksunie. Voorpost has the vision of Dietsland, a political entity that will unite all Dutch-speaking territories in Europe...
and later founded the Nationale Beweging, the nationalist mail order
Mail order
Mail order is a term which describes the buying of goods or services by mail delivery. The buyer places an order for the desired products with the merchant through some remote method such as through a telephone call or web site. Then, the products are delivered to the customer...
company Fenris and the nationalist internet radio
Internet radio
Internet radio is an audio service transmitted via the Internet...
station Radio Rapaille.
Mudde played in the Rock Against Communism
Rock Against Communism
Rock Against Communism started out as series of white power rock concerts in the United Kingdom in the late 1970s, and is also a name for the subsequent music genre. Despite its name, RAC song lyrics rarely focus on the specific topic of anti-communism...
(RAC) band Brigade M
Brigade M
Brigade M was a Dutch right wing nationalist Rock Against Communism-band from Sassenheim in the Bollenstreek. The driving force behind Brigade M had always been Tim Mudde....
and the Feyenoord themed Oi!
Oi!
Oi! is a working class subgenre of punk rock that originated in the United Kingdom in the late 1970s. The music and its associated subculture had the goal of bringing together punks, skinheads and other working-class youths ....
band Foienoord. On Radio Rapaille he presented a weekly two hour radio show called Dietse Dinsdag ("Dietsland
Dietsland
Greater Netherlands is the political movement to unite all Dutch-speaking people into a single state. Also known as Dietsland , which uses the word "Diets," an archaic term for Dutch...
ish Tuesday") under the alias DJ Hadjememaar (named after the colourful early 20th century politician Cornelis de Gelder who used the nickname Had-je-me-maar) and he now presents Dwars door Dietsland ("Straight through Dietsland") every Monday as well as Ha die Hadjememaar ("Hey Hadjememaar") on Saturday (both are one hour shows).
He is the older brother of the renowned political scientist Cas Mudde
Cas Mudde
Cas Mudde is a Dutch academic who studies the Extreme Right in Europe. As of 2010 he is a visiting scholar at the Janet Prindle Institute for Ethics and visiting associate professor at the political science department DePauw University in Greencastle, Indiana...
, who studies rightist movements.
In 1996 Mudde was one of the two founders of Brigade M, which initially was called Brigade Mussert referring to the personal bodyguards of Anton Mussert
Anton Mussert
Anton Adriaan Mussert was one of the founders of the National Socialist Movement in the Netherlands and its de jure leader. As such, he was the most prominent national socialist in the Netherlands before and during the Second World War...
. Mudde was also a member of other RAC/Nationalistic bands: Dietse Patriotten, Die Fünfte Kolonne, Distrikt 217, H6, O.D.M., Oi-Die-Poes and Sassem Bootbois (later called Sassem Boot Boys). Mudde is also involved with the RAC record companies Sassem Produkties and Muziek met wortels (Music with Roots). On 22 October 2005 he gave a speech for the National Alliance
National Alliance (Netherlands)
The National Alliance was a Dutch nationalist political party. The party was disbanded in 2007.The party was formed on 12 November 2003, by Jan Teijn and Virginia Kapić. Teijn kicked off his political career in the Centrum Democraten in Rotterdam, before going over to the CP'86, where he was one...
party about the Antifa.
Mudde considers himself to be a nationalist rather than a national socialist. In the '80s and '90s he was convicted several times for offenses dealing with "hate speech
Hate speech
Hate speech is, outside the law, any communication that disparages a person or a group on the basis of some characteristic such as race, color, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, nationality, religion, or other characteristic....
".