Conceived by the leaders of the neo-Nazi groups
National Socialist Movement (NSM) and
Traditionalist Worker Party (TWP), the coalition was formed in 2016. Its aim was to unite white supremacist and white nationalist groups under a common umbrella. Originally the group was named the
Aryan Nationalist Alliance and was composed of neo-Nazi,
Ku Klux Klan and
White power skinhead organizations, the logo of the group was two hands joined with the
Celtic Cross in the background and multiple
Wolfsangels in the circle. The coalition later rebranded itself as the Nationalist Front with a logo that had the group initials "NF" inside a white background with a black circle with stars and the slogan "Iunctus Stamus" (United We Stand) it would also be later joined by the neo-Confederate
League of the South, the neo-Nazi/alt-right
Vanguard America and four other groups such as the Aryan Strikeforce. The ideology of the Nationalist Front centers on a desire for a
white ethnostate. The groups participated in the August 2017
Unite the Right rally in
Charlottesville, Virginia. Earlier in the year, it organized the white supremacist rally in
Pikeville, Kentucky, which attracted 100 to 125 supporters. The coalition and its member groups, were considered
extremist organizations. After the Unite the Right rally, two lawsuits targeting 21 racist "
alt-right" and
hate group leaders, including the National Socialist Movement and its leader at the time, Jeff Schoep, as well as the Traditionalist Worker Party were filed in the
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia and another lawsuit was filed in
Virginia Circuit Court. The Nationalist Front was a key organizer of the "
White Lives Matter" rally in
Shelbyville and
Murfreesboro, Tennessee, on October 28, 2017. In 2021, there were subsequent White Lives Matter rallies in a number of cities, including
New York City,
Philadelphia, and
Fort Worth, Texas. In February 2018, the Traditionalist Worker Party dissolved, causing the Nationalist Front to fall apart. == Membership ==