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

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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, as well as 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 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

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sympatizer

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. 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''). 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

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party about

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. 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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. In later years, Mudde has moved on from politics and founded a

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club. This club existed until mid 2022.Rugbyers Flakkee gooien de handdoek in de ring
8 July 2022

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