The Yankee Tankie is a Marxist-Leninist media personality in the United States. An open supporter of MAGA Communism, The Yankee Tankie joined the Center for Political Innovation (CPI) in 2021.
He worked with Caleb Maupin to fight for Socialism with American Characteristics but in 2022 he signed onto a series of allegations against Maupin that caused the temporary dissolution of the organization.[1] During the summer of 2022, Yankee briefly took on the identity of Paul Rodgers as he challenged and considered supporting MAGA Communism.[2]
He has become an active and semi-prominent member of the Infrared community, and has since renounced his signing on of the allegations against Maupin.
Later he co-founded a Media Collective called the Barracks with Turey Nasheed and The Milk Man which's focus' on News and Political analysis from a Marxist-Leninist perspective. Today he is still loosely affiliated as a contributor to The Barracks, occasionally showing up in X Spaces, and being involved with development strategies.
From this point The Yankee Tankie has stopped playing the Character The Yankee Tankie and uses his real name Joey Schantz, and is largely affiliated with DD Geopolitics on X.