Romper, “Is Antifa A Terrorist Group? It’s A Movement As Far Left As You Can Get”
According to CNN, the movement known as antifa subscribes to values on the farthest left of the political current and does not consider itself aligned with the values of the Democratic Party. If it does align itself with a particular political ideology, antifa members would typically identify as communists, socialists, or anarchists. With no central […]
WOSU Public Radio, “Some Left-Wing Protesters Were Ready To Trade Blows In Charlottesville”
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. Video of one brawl was posted to YouTube. Continue Reading
The Washington Post, “Who are the antifa?”
Militant anti-fascist or “antifa” (pronounced ANtifa) is a radical pan-leftist politics of social revolution applied to fighting the far right. Its adherents are predominantly communists, socialists and anarchists who reject turning to the police or the state to halt the advance of white supremacy. Instead they advocate popular opposition to fascism as we witnessed in […]
Slate, “Yes, What About the “Alt-Left”?”
Some of the anarchists and anti-fascist folks came up to us and asked why we let them through and asked what they could do to help. Rev. Osagyefo Sekou talked with them for a bit, explaining what we were doing and our stance and asking them to not provoke the Nazis. They agreed quickly and […]
The Atlantic, “What Trump Gets Wrong About Antifa”
As members of a largely anarchist movement, antifa activists generally combat white supremacism not by trying to change government policy but through direct action. They try to publicly identify white supremacists and get them fired from their jobs and evicted from their apartments. And they disrupt white-supremacist rallies, including by force. Continue Reading
The Guardian, “I was in Charlottesville. Trump was wrong about violence on the left”
At the time they did this, they were being monitored by counter-protesters, some of whom were themselves armed. But the fact that they were watching was welcomed by West, who said: “We would have been crushed like cockroaches if it were not for the anarchists and the antifascists.” Continue Reading
Columbia Daily Herald (TN), “Restaurant worker loses job over Charlottesville protest”
Stubsten, who describes herself as both a communist and an anarchist, is helping organize a resistance against Nazis rally at 7:30 p.m. Thursday in Coolidge Park. ″[Nazism] is something that should be rooted out and destroyed,” she said. “There should be consequences for their actions. If they go to that Klan rally unrobed, they should […]
Bloomberg, “Charlottesville and the Gasps of Weak Fascism”
From the anarchists in the turn of the 20th century to the Weather Underground of the 1970s, violent radical movements have failed. The chances that the bigots in Charlottesville can bring back segregation are as non-existent as those that husband-and-wife shooters of San Bernardino, California, had in heralding an era of America Sharia. Continue Reading
Miami New Times, “Florida State Senator to Attend Pro-Confederate Event After Charlottesville Rally”
Baxley’s statement was similar in tone to Trump’s. The senator said that he “condemns bigotry, condemns violence” and that slavery was a “curse on this country and absolutely horrible.” But he claimed there are “anarchists in the country who want us to have a battle” and also blamed the “alt-left” for wanting to “attack police” […]
Chicago Tribune, “What is ‘antifa?’ Virginia clashes bring attention to anti-fascist movement”
In the hundreds of protests against Trump since his election, there have been rare, scattered incidents of violence. Those episodes usually involve select anarchists or members of the anti-fascist movement that see violence as a way to fight the state and protect the vulnerable. Continue Reading