A component member of the “Nationalist Front”, the NSM was founded in 1974 in Minnestota. The founders were Robert Brannen and Cliff Herrington. Brannen and Herrington were members of the American Nazi Party (ANP).

Jeff Schoep, chairman since 1994

It has its own newsletter, NSM Magazine

The organization rebranded its logo to add the Odal Rune symbol when Donald Trump was elected in November 2016.

Jeff Schoep’s twitter channel was suspended by Twitter in December 2017 after a crackdown on racists following a retweet by Donald Trump of Britain First, a right wing group who was posting anti-Muslim propaganda.