CNN, “Unmasking the leftist Antifa movement”
“There are people who were energized by Bernie (Sanders) that now are anarchists,” said an organizer of the website It’s Going Down, a newsblog for Antifa. “People are freaked out by a Trump regime, freaked out by the far-right. A lot of people saw neo-Nazi symbols. There’s a reason why people are becoming polarized. It’s […]
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 […]
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 […]
USA Today, “Trump is right — violent extremists on both sides are a threat”
Everyone understands that the neo-Nazi and KKK groups are composed of violent extremists. The apparent blind spot is with the anarchist/socialist far left, which is puzzling given recent history. Take for example the radicals who toppled the Confederate statue in Durham, NC, who were affiliated with the Worker’s World Party (WWP). Their program includes disarming […]
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 […]
The Washington Post, “Candidate for Sessions’s Senate seat uses Scalise shooting in TV ad”
Brooks, who has been attacked by a Republican super PAC for having criticized Trump in 2016, is the first candidate to directly tie the left to political violence. But a new ad from the Congressional Leadership Fund, the House GOP’s main super PAC, attacks the Democrats’ “Better Deal” rebrand with footage of black bloc anarchist […]
The Washington Post, “Activists, wary of health-care bill pause, plan more protests against proposal”
The alliance between elected Democrats and protest groups, fragile just a few months ago, has strengthened even as protests have become more disruptive. In Georgia’s special House election, Republican groups spent millions of dollars linking the Democratic candidate to “the resistance,” with images of Women’s March protesters seeping into footage of anarchists smashing windows. Continue […]
Mic, “Conservatives have discovered the word “antifa” and are attaching it to everything”
Before inauguration day this year, North Americans didn’t have to hear the word “antifa” thrown around much. In case anyone doesn’t know yet: Antifa is short for “anti-fascist,” and consists of any coalition, typically of leftists, communists and anarchists, that standing up to perceived threats of fascism, often by showing up to protest right-wing rallies […]
New York Magazine, “Georgia’s Extra-Special Election Enters the Final Stretch”
There have been two candidate debates, and lots of attacks and counterattacks in ads (again, especially on the GOP side, where national groups have spent millions depicting mild-mannered centrist nerd Jon Ossoff as some sort of anarchist flower child whose two favorite people are Nancy Pelosi and Kathy Griffin). Continue Reading
Mic, “Liberals are playing just as dirty as conservatives did in the ’90s — and it sounds great”
Through the local comedy scene, he was set up with Brett Paine, another budding anarchist comedian. Paine thought Quinby was an “old, square guy,” and Quinby thought Paine was a “young, hip asshole.” But they had on-air chemistry and similar politics and so, with Quinby’s cable installation money, they bought a cheap mixer and a […]