CZM Rewind: Third Position & A Secret Third Thing
Show notes
We're revisiting two classic Weird Little Guys episodes from last year about a white nationalist political party's attempt to get their candidate on the ballot.
Third Position
Original air date: 8/21/25
In 2012, a newly formed white nationalist political party tried to get their candidate on the ballot. The American Third Position Party wanted Americans to vote for Merlin Miller, but how did the party end up picking him?
Sources:
https://www.fec.gov/resources/cms-content/documents/federalelections2012.pdf#page=11
https://irehr.org/2018/06/14/what-is-the-american-freedom-party/
https://www.ocregister.com/2009/09/04/two-time-felon-runs-pro-white-political-group/
https://rosecityantifa.org/articles/meet-the-oregon-chapter-of-the-american-freedom-party-part-one/
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/will-la-elect-a-ron-paul_b_104053
https://independentpoliticalreport.com/2013/08/two-american-freedom-party-leaders-speak-out-about-their-party/
https://history.state.gov/historicaldocuments/frus1964-68v19/d284
https://www.history.navy.mil/browse-by-topic/wars-conflicts-and-operations/middle-east/six-day-war-liberty.html
A Secret Third Thing
Original air date: 8/28/25
After the 2012 election, the American Third Position Party rebranded. Not because their candidate lost, they expected that. But probably because their candidate didn't know what the party's name meant.
Sources:
https://www.fec.gov/resources/cms-content/documents/federalelections2012.pdf
https://politicalresearch.org/2016/12/19/what-third-position
https://www.splcenter.org/resources/reports/neofascism-european-style/
https://www.alternet.org/2008/07/surviving_a_weekend_with_americas_premiere_pro-white_activist_group#
https://www.montgomeryadvertiser.com/story/news/2016/10/18/former-mpd-chief-drue-lackey-dead-90/92349168/
Winkler, Martin M. Arminius the Liberator: Myth and Ideology. Oxford University Press, 2016.
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