Tim Mudde

{{Short description|Dutch politician and activist (born 1965)}}

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Tim Mudde (born 23 February 1965), also known as Brigadier M or Sassem Tim, is a former Dutch activist, politician, and musician who was active within the radical right movement in the Netherlands between the 1980s and the early 2010s. He was party secretary of the far-right Centre Party '86,{{cite web | url=http://www.volkskrant.nl/vk/nl/2824/Politiek/article/detail/507163/1997/11/20/Angst-voor-het-spookbeeld.dhtml | title=Angst voor het spookbeeld | publisher=de Volkskrant | date=20 November 1997 | accessdate=14 June 2011 | author=Rottenberg, Hella|language=nl}} an offshoot of the Centre Party, and like many other senior members of this party became active for Voorpost,{{in lang|nl}} [http://retro.nrc.nl/W2/Lab/Profiel/Extreemrechts/voorpost.html Intellectuele metapolitiek], Archive of NRC Handelsblad{{cite web | url=http://www.groene.nl/1998/21/de-heel-nederlandse-gedachte | title=De heel-nederlandse gedachte | publisher=De Groene Amsterdammer | date=20 May 1998 | accessdate=14 June 2011 | author=Vermaas, Peter}} and later founded the Nationale Beweging, the nationalist mail order company Fenris, and the nationalist internet radio station Radio Rapaille where he presented several shows.{{in lang|nl}} [http://www.radiorapaille.com Radio Rapaille website]

Mudde played in the Rock Against Communism (RAC) band Brigade M,[https://web.archive.org/web/20060409005332/http://www.nationaalrevolutionair.com/index3.htm Brigade M website] as well as the Feyenoord themed Oi! band Foienoord.[https://web.archive.org/web/20080430211148/http://www.foienoord.com/ Foienoord website] He is the older brother of the political scientist Cas Mudde, who studies radical-right 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 Nazi sympatizer Anton Mussert.{{in lang|nl}} [http://www.nationaalrevolutionair.com/html/pagina/vraaggesprek-fightingbreed.htm Interview with Brigade M]

Mudde was 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).[http://www.discogs.com/artist/Tim+Mudde Tim Mudde discography] on Discogs.com Mudde also had been involved with the RAC record companies Sassem Produkties[http://www.vinylsearcher.com/Labels/Sassem-Produkties.aspx Sassem Produkties] on VinylSearcher.com {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717210021/http://www.vinylsearcher.com/Labels/Sassem-Produkties.aspx |date=17 July 2011 }} and Muziek met wortels (Music with Roots). On 22 October 2005, he gave a speech for the National Alliance party about Antifaschistische Aktion. Mudde considered himself to be a nationalist rather than a neo-Nazi. In the 1980s and 1990s, he was convicted several times for offenses dealing with hate speech.{{in lang|nl}} [http://www.trouw.nl/tr/nl/5009/Archief/article/detail/2481544/1995/12/12/Top-CP-86-ook-door-hof-veroordeeld.dhtml Top CP'86 ook door hof veroordeeld], Trouw, 12 December 1995[http://www.axt.org.uk/antisem/archive/archive2/netherlands/index.html Antisemitism and Xenophobia Today, Netherlands, November 1998] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110707020904/http://www.axt.org.uk/antisem/archive/archive2/netherlands/index.html |date=7 July 2011 }} In later years, Mudde has moved on from politics and founded a rugby club.{{in lang|nl}} [https://flakkeenieuws.nl/nieuws/rugby-nieuwe-zondagssport-op-flakkee/8298 Rugby nieuwe zondagssport op Flakkee], Flakkeenieuws, 25 September 2017 This club existed until mid 2022.{{in lang|nl}} [https://www.eilandennieuws.nl/nieuws/algemeen/12749/rugbyers-flakkee-gooien-de-handdoek-in-de-ring Rugbyers Flakkee gooien de handdoek in de ring], 8 July 2022