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The event, billed as a 鈥淲hite Lives Matter鈥� rally will be the NF鈥檚 first public appearance since the coalition orchestrated some of the worst acts of violence during the 鈥淯nite the Right鈥� rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, on August 12.

NF coalition members, hoping to reclaim some dignity following months of public scorn and online bickering in the wake of the deadly rally, have been forewarned: attendance isn鈥檛 optional.

鈥淎s this tumultuous year draws to a close and winter approaches, it鈥檚 imperative that we close out with a show of strength, a show of resolve, and a show of clarity,鈥� Matthew Parrott of the Traditionalist Worker Party (TWP) on October 10, 2017.

Middle Tennessee is a favorite location for the LOS, who held two similar rallies in the region in 2013. Newly minted LOS 鈥減ropaganda chief,鈥� Brad Griffin 鈥� who writes under the pseudonym 鈥淗unter Wallace鈥� on his blog Occidental Dissent 鈥� the LOS鈥檚 return in the event announcement, 鈥淲e don鈥檛 want another Charlottesville.鈥�

Griffin blamed the massive public reaction against Unite the Right on Charlottesville鈥檚 demographics and leadership, citing, 鈥渁 Democrat governor, a Jewish mayor, a black city manager and a black police chief in a place that had proclaimed itself the 鈥楥apitol of the Resistance,鈥欌�� as reasons for its failure.

Griffin鈥檚 retrospective conspicuously refuses to address the death of counter-protester Heather Heyer, allegedly at the hands of James Alex Fields, who rallied with Vanguard America 鈥� a NF coalition organization.

In a of 鈥淪outhern Nationalist Radio,鈥� the League of the South鈥檚 North Carolina state chairman, Harold Crews, and president Michael Hill, discussed a recent rally with NF in Pikeville, Kentucky, as having a preferable outcome due to, 鈥� 鈥� [and] keeping both sides separate.鈥�

Hill and Crews also laid out their vision for why LOS 鈥渙perations in small white southern towns鈥� would be the model going forward. Referencing the two 2013 LOS rallies in Shelbyville and Murfreesboro, Tennessee, Hill stated his belief that the League predicted a recent at a church in Antioch, Tennessee, by a Somali immigrant who was allegedly by Dylann Roof鈥檚 tragic 2015 massacre in Charleston.

The rally is personal for the LOS 鈥� of the return to street level activism by the racist right 鈥� and comes at the end of a summer of simmering rage and a renewed campaign to remove confederate memorials and symbols from public spaces that began after the Charleston massacre.

Shelbyville looks to be a departure from this week鈥檚 toxic attempt at image rehabilitation by Richard Spencer at the University of Florida (UF), a famously liberal southern campus, where he and a handful of supporters were met with enormous crowds of counter protesters.

After his scheduled appearance at UF was cancelled following Hurricane Irma鈥檚 devastating landfall in Florida, the event was hastily rescheduled to the chagrin of university administrators and students 鈥� ultimately costing UF an estimated and prompting Governor Rick Scott to declare a out of fear of violence like what was seen in Charlottesville.

Like Griffin, who attended the UF event, Spencer cast doubt on Heyer鈥檚 death at Charlottesville, and instead demanded justice for her alleged murderer.

The intentions of the LOS and NF are clear in Shelbyville. Rehabilitation, narrative reconstruction and the perennial quest for new recruits. As Griffin wrote in an October 1 piece titled on Occidental Dissent, 鈥淭he easiest way to turn someone from a convert to a committed supporter of your cause 鈥� is to give them activities to participate in. It鈥檚 really that simple. That鈥檚 why you give them a revolutionary fantasy of social change and channel their anger into public spaces.鈥�

Hill laid out his own rationale, stating: 鈥淲e鈥檙e going back there to say 鈥楲ook, you do need to do something about this [immigrant population]. Your lives as white people, the lives of your children and grandchildren matter. You need to get these people out of here. They鈥檙e not civilization creators, they鈥檙e civilization destroyers, and they鈥檙e bringing in an alien religion that eventually when it gets strong enough will push you out and your people.鈥欌��

While the LOS and the larger NF have broken with Spencer on the question of image rehabilitation, all parties involved seem to agree on the use of chaotic 鈥渇lash mob鈥� tactics to gain an element of surprise on would-be protesters.

While the Shelbyville 鈥淲hite Lives Matter鈥� rally is the group鈥檚 only scheduled protest, the event鈥檚 Facebook page alludes to plans for at least one subsequent flash mob in the region later that day.