San Francisco Chronicle, “How should we protest neo-Nazis? Lessons from German history”
“Antifa” is short for antifascists, though the name by no means includes everyone who opposes fascism. The antifa is a relatively small movement of the far left, with ties to anarchism. It arose in Europe’s punk scene in the 1980s to fight neo-Nazism. Continue Reading
Lincoln Times-New, ” Reflecting on Charlottesville, Durham and North Carolina Monuments”
One thing that struck me about these recent events is, 75 years after hundreds of thousands of young Americans of all backgrounds selflessly gave their lives fighting against the most frightening illustrations of Nazism and Authoritarianism this world has ever seen, how many young Americans are now standing among the white nationalists, communists and anarchists. […]
Phoenix New Times, “Antifas, Bikers for Trump, and Other Groups Planning to Protest Trump’s Phoenix Rally”
“They want to build a white ethno-state in the US,” their website says. “Indigenous people, immigrants, anarchists, and other have fought white nationalists, neo-nazis, and anti-immigrant zealots in the streets for years in Arizona.” Continue Reading
The Washington Post, “Why the American left gave up on political violence”
Antifa is mostly anarchist in nature; its members are suspicious and dismissive of the left’s embrace of government institutions. More important, it is loosely banded, disorganized and low scale. Brawling on campuses, throwing rocks or vandalizing property is reprehensible and illegal. But it is incomparable to the scope and breadth of organized violence demonstrated by […]
Fox News, “Mike Huckabee: Abortion Clinics Are as Offensive as Confederate Flags”
“I’m okay if we want to go through the process of public meetings and city officials taking the statues down,” Huckabee continued. “What we can’t do, is have anarchists go tear down the statues because they’re impatient with politicians doing it.” Continue Reading
Brit+Co, “White Supremacist vs. White Nationalist: A Quick Explanation of the Key Figures and Groups Flooding Your Newsfeed”
Antifa: Antifa is short for anti-fascists. They are a group predominantly comprised of communists, socialists, and anarchists focused on halting the advancement of white supremacy, but basically, anybody who is anti-fascist is technically antifa. The group is controversial because its political ideals reach further to the left of what liberals stand by, and people who self-identify as […]
The Effingham Daily News, “Marilyn Wirth: Not everyone perceives things in the same way”
You know, those anarchists dressed like ninjas, starting fires and breaking store windows, There’s the segment of blacks that use hateful rhetoric against the cops, chanting “fry ’em like bacon” and the leftovers from the Occupy Wall Street group, now called antifa, actually has more in common with the fascists than the conservatives do. The […]
North County Public Radio (NY), “‘Antifa’ willing and sometimes eager to trade blows with far-right”
Antifa members say they trace their history to an anti-fascist street movement that’s existed in Europe for decades. Some claim inspiration from anarchist political ideas that are broadly anti-authoritarian and often anti-capitalist. In Charlottesville, they clashed repeatedly with neo-Nazis and white power activists. Continue Reading
Meet the Press (NBC), “Is Violence Ever Acceptable in the Face of Hate Groups?”
Richard Cohen, President of The Southern Poverty Law Center, and Mark Bray, Author, “Antifa: The Anti-Fascist Handbook” debate the tactics used by white nationalist counter-protesters. Continue Reading
Salon, “Charlottesville, “happiest city in America” — but for whom?”
Back at Emancipation Park, word spread among counter-protesters that Charlottesville black residents needed help, and a throng headed south to offer their bodies as support. But by time they got close to the housing complex, an organizer with Anarchist People of Color told them to turn back. The residents had already handled the situation, she […]