Tim Mudde (born 23 February 1965), also known as ''Brigadier M'' or ''Sassem Tim'', was active within the

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radical movement in the Netherlands between the 1980s and the early 2010s. He was party secretary of the ''

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'' (an offshoot of the '' Centre Party'') and like many other senior members of this party became active for ''

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'' and later founded the ''Nationale Beweging'', the nationalist

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company ''Fenris'' and the nationalist

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station ''Radio Rapaille'' where he presented several shows. Mudde played in the

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(RAC) band '' Brigade M'' and the

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themed

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band ''Foienoord''. He is the older brother of the political scientist

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, 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

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. 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 also had been 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. Brigadem20062009

Mudde considered himself to be a

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rather than a

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. In the 1980s and 1990s he was convicted several times for offenses dealing with

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.Antisemitism and Xenophobia Today, Netherlands, November 1998

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