Matthew Heimbach

[[File:Matthew Heimbach.jpg|thumb|right|165px|Behold the superior race]]
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'''Matthew W. Heimbach''' {{lived|1991}} is a [[white separatist]], [[Neo-Nazism|Neo-Nazi]], [[Neo-Confederate|racist Confederate supporter]], [[Anti-Semitism|Anti-Semite]], Anti-American ideologue, [[Homophobia|homophobe]], [[Excommunication|excommunicated]] [[Orthodox Christianity|Orthodox Christian]]<ref group=note>Prior to his conversion to Orthodoxy, Heimbach was a [[Catholicism|Catholic]]</ref> and co-founder of the '''Traditionalist Worker Party''' and the '''Traditionalist Youth Network'''. He is considered a [[white nationalist]] by the [[Southern Poverty Law Center]].<ref>[https://www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/extremist-files/individual/matthew-heimbach SPLC: Matthew Heimbach]</ref>

Despite founding the "Traditionalist Worker Party" with his wife's stepfather (David Matthew Parrott), both Heimbach and Parrott appear to be ''non''-workers: both gave their occupations as "white nationalists" on a legal indictment.<ref name=indiana>[https://www.splcenter.org/sites/default/files/59d01-1803-f6-000300_redacted.pdf Case number 59d01-1803-f6-000300] State of Indiana vs. Matthew W. Heimbach (03/13/2018) ''Southern Poverty Law Center''.</ref>

Heimbach attracted some notoriety after founding a "White Student Union" at Towson University (Baltimore, [[Maryland]]) in 2012,<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJ_MHp8iqtQ VICE: White Student Union (Documentary)]</ref> and again in 2014 when he joined [[Christianity|a religion founded by a socialist Jew]] and was subsequently excommunicated for promoting [[racism]]. Heimbach's fellow neo-Nazis, on the other hand, have attacked him for not being racist ''enough''. The poor guy just can't win.

==America killer==
Heimbach is known for chanting "Death To America", which to him means that he wants 
to move to [[Iran]]
 the [[United States]] divided up into racially homogeneous mini-states, one of which would be called "Avalon". The Traditionalist Youth Network encourages supporters to become knights of Avalon. They must be Roxy Music fans.<ref name="alj">{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150726210941/http://projects.aljazeera.com/2015/07/hate-groups/|title=The Little Führer}}</ref><ref name="avalon">{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141118034349/http://www.tradyouth.org/avalon|title=Avalonian Society Charter – Traditionalist Youth Network}}</ref>

==Pushy==
In 2016, two criminal complaints were filed against him for shoving a protester at a [[Donald Trump]] rally in [[Kentucky]]; at least one other complaint was filed in connection with that March 1<sup>st</sup> rally.<ref>[http://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/politics/elections/kentucky/2016/03/03/trump-protester-white-supremacist-attacked-me/81262994/ Trump protester: White supremacist attacked me] by Phillip M. Bailey (2:56 p.m. EST March 4, 2016) ''Courier-Journal''.</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20160305101914/http://www.lex18.com/story/31384544/criminal-complaints-filed-following-trump-rally Criminal Complaints Filed Following Trump Rally] (Posted: Mar 04, 2016 2:35 AM PST, Updated: Mar 04, 2016 3:13 AM PST) LEX18.</ref> During 2017 trial proceedings for that incident, he claimed along with one other of his co-defendants that co-defendant Trump incited the violence.<ref>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2017/04/18/white-nationalist-claims-trump-incited-him-to-shove-protester-at-campaign-rally/ White nationalist claims Trump incited him to shove protester at campaign rally] by Katie Mettler (April 18, 2017 at 5:34 AM) ''The Washington Post''.</ref> Heimbach pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct in the incident.<ref name=eltagouri>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2018/03/13/white-nationalist-leader-matthew-heimbach-arrested-for-domestic-battery/ White nationalist leader Matthew Heimbach arrested on domestic battery charges] by Marwa Eltagouri (March 13, 2018 at 11:00 PM) ''The Washington Post''.</ref>

==Family values==
In 2017, Heimbach got himself into much trouble when he was charged with domestic battery against his wife's stepfather, David Matthew (Matt) Parrott, after getting in an argument over an affair, at their home in Paoli, [[Indiana]]. Apparently, he was having an affair with his wife's stepfather's wife.<ref>[https://talkingpointsmemo.com/muckraker/matthew-heimbach-police-report-domestic-battery-affair Police: White Nationalist’s Battery Arrest Follows Affair With Spox's Wife] by Allegra Kirkland (March 14, 2018 10:21 am) ''Talking Points Memo''.</ref>

In 2018, Heimbach was again arrested on domestic battery charges of assaulting his wife and stepfather Parrott.<ref name=eltagouri/> It was alleged that Heimbach had an affair with Parrott's wife, leading to an altercation.<ref name=indiana/><ref name=eltagouri/> Parrott is a co-founder of the Traditionalist Worker Party.<ref name=eltagouri/> Parrott quit his position in the TWP on March 13, 2018, and referred to this domestic dispute as a "white trash circus".<ref>[https://www.thedailybeast.com/matthew-heimbachs-traditional-workers-party-implodes-over-love-triangle-turned-trailer-brawl Neo-Nazi Group Implodes Over Love Triangle Turned Trailer Brawl: Matthew Heimbach and his spokesman came to blows after Heimbach was caught sleeping with the spokesman’s wife. What’s more, Heimbach is married to the spokesman’s stepdaughter.] by Kelly Weill (03.14.18 2:17 PM ET) ''Daily Beast''.</ref>

Heimbach was charged with strangulation (of Parrott), intimidation, and battery.<ref name=indiana/> Strangling someone during a domestic violence incident is indicative that the abuser may later try to commit murder.<ref>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/which-domestic-abusers-will-go-on-to-commit-murder-this-one-act-offers-a-clue/2017/11/16/80881ebc-c978-11e7-aa96-54417592cf72_story.html Which domestic abusers will go on to commit murder? This one act offers a clue.] by Rachel Louise Snyder (November 16, 2017) ''The Washington Post''.</ref>

==Traditionalist Worker Party==
[[File:Flag of the Traditionalist Worker Party.svg|thumb|right|165px|TWP flag]]
The '''Traditionalist Worker Party''' (TWP) was Mr. Heimbach's [[Neo-Nazi]],<ref group=note>The website has posted a video on their [[YouTube]] channel called "What is National Socialism" and its "25 Points" program mentions National Socialism. The TWP also demands "a National Socialist government, economy, and society for our people" in the second point "National Socialism" of the "25 Points" program</ref> [[Third Position|Third Positionist]] party.<ref group=note>Heimbach's article "Class Cooperation Against Capitalism and Communism: Third Position" and "Social Nationalism: An Economic Future for our People" clearly advocates for Third Positionism.</ref> It was founded with Matthew Parrott and Tony Hovater in 2015.<ref name=splc>[https://www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/extremist-files/group/traditionalist-worker-party Traditionalist Worker Party] Southern Poverty Law Center</ref><ref name=phillips>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2017/11/29/nazi-sympathizer-profiled-by-the-new-york-times-says-he-lost-his-job-and-soon-his-home/ Nazi sympathizer profiled by the New York Times says he lost his job and — soon — his home] by Kristine Phillips (November 30, 2017 at 9:41 AM) ''The Washington Post''.</ref> TWP's core principles are those of protecting Faith (mainly [[Christianity|Christian]] faith), Family (nuclear family) and Folk (not all folk of course, only white folk). Its slogan is close to the Nazis ''[[Kinder, Küche, Kirche]]'' mantra. It's a spin-off of the Traditionalist Youth Network. The logo of the Traditionalist Workers Party is a mechanical wheel (representing industry) and a pitchfork (representing agriculture). Hovater was featured in a puff piece by the ''[[New York Times]]'' in November 2017 that was widely criticized.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/25/us/ohio-hovater-white-nationalist.html A Voice of Hate in America's Heartland] by Richard Fausset (Nov. 25, 2017) ''New York Times''.</ref><ref name=phillips/>

Jacob Scott Goodwin, who wore an "[[88]]" pin and a TWP pin during the [[Unite the Right]] rally, was convicted of maliciously wounding an [[African American]] counter-protester at the rally.<ref>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/white-supremacist-is-guilty-in-charlottesville-parking-garage-beating-of-black-man/2018/05/01/033396b4-4af9-11e8-8b5a-3b1697adcc2a_story.html White supremacist is guilty in Charlottesville parking garage beating of black man] by Ian Shapira (May 2, 2018 at 9:30 AM) ''The Washington Post''.</ref>

One of their 25 points happened to be that anyone who abuses their family should be put to death.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20171206221203/https://www.tradworker.org/points/ From Point 25: "Anyone trafficking in hard drugs, those who abuse children or women or the elderly, traitors, and subversives; will, like all criminals, face a fair and open trial, and if convicted, face a swift death penalty by firing squad."]</ref> Which seemed to almost happen, as a result of the March 2018 trailer park trash fisticuffs exchanged between Heimbach and TWP's "spokesman" Matt Parrott. Due to an affair Heimbach was having with Parrott's wife, Parrott told the Southern Poverty Law Center “I’m done. I’m out. SPLC has won. Matt Parrott is out of the game. Y’all have a nice life.”<ref name=barrouquere>[https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2018/03/13/twp-chief-matthew-heimbach-arrested-battery-after-affair-top-spokesmans-wife TWP chief Matthew Heimbach arrested for battery after affair with top spokesman's wife] by Brett Barrouquere and Rachel Janik (March 13, 2018) ''Southern Poverty Law Center''.</ref> (The game salutes you, Herr Spokesman.)

Because of this altercation, when Parrott fled to the nearest [[Walmart]], called the police and Heimbach was subsequently arrested, the party was dissolved, in what may be one of the most hilarious failures of the Alt-Right in history.<ref name=barrouquere/>

==North Korea/Iran/Palestine supporter==
Heimbach is a supporter of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. According to Heimbach, "North Korea is a nation that stands against imperialism and globalism around the world". He even posted a tweet commemorating North Korea's independence day on his now-suspended Twitter account praising its "Nationalist culture, Policies for racial purity, Opposes Globalism" with a message "Happy Independence Day North Korea".<ref>https://www.nknews.org/2017/01/enemys-enemy-the-trump-supporting-alt-right-and-north-korea</ref>

Additionally, Heimbach also supports the [[Islamic fundamentalist]] regime of [[Iran]] as well as being a supporter of [[Palestine]].<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20180209033849/https://www.tradworker.org/2017/12/were-all-palestinians/</ref>

==See also==
*[[Unite the Right]] — Traditionalist Worker Party was part of the coalition but neither Parrott nor Heimbach attended,<ref name=splc/> although Heimbach was a scheduled speaker.<ref>[https://www.politicalresearch.org/2017/08/10/a-guide-to-whos-coming-to-the-largest-white-nationalist-rally-in-a-decade/ A Guide to Who’s Coming to the Largest White Nationalist Rally in a Decade] by Spencer Sunshine (August 10, 2017) ''Political Research Associates''.</ref>
*[[Nazism]] — Heimbach's Traditionalist Worker Party is essentially a thinly-veiled "National Socialist" political party all but in name.
*[[Christian Identity]] - although not a believer in this theology per se Heimbach's version of Christianity is clearly white nationalist and anti-Semitic like Christian Identity.

==External links==
*[https://www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/extremist-files/group/traditionalist-worker-party Traditionalist Worker Party] — [[Southern Poverty Law Center]]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20171128094809/https://www.tradworker.org/ Traditionalist Worker Party] — on the [[Internet Archive]]
*[https://twitter.com/xshularx/status/858402305955299328 "Hail Heimbach" + cringe]

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