So the argument here is that, among the usual cesspool of ethno-nationalists who always vote for Republicans, this “Third Position” faction (which supposedly draws on socialist ideas) has become unusually powerful and influential? That may very well be the case - but Resnikoff hasn’t put in the work to show it. To give you a sense of scale, here’s the record-breaking attendance for the American Freedom Party’s most recent conference:

That’s just about $2,000 more than alt-centrists raised for Trump in a single week. That’s less than three people maxing out on their contributions.

This all sounds awfully sinister until we notice that the American National Super PAC raised a grand total for Trump of $14,966. Benito Mussolini - the fascist leader par excellence - began his career in politics as a scribbler for various socialist publications he would go on to smuggle elements of socialist thought into a right-wing, nationalist framework.”ġ. The American Freedom Party advances “a particular strain of white supremacism known as Third Position ideology.” Its “most important antecedent is Strasserism. . . . Trump received support from William Johnson, chair of the American Freedom Party, “through his American National Super PAC.”Ģ. There’s a lot to unpack here, but for now I just want to look at two points:ġ. T hinkProgress’s Ned Resnikoff has indulged in one of the favorite pastimes of the Center for American Progress - trying to link socialism to fascism.

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