What is ANTIFA
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Antifa is a left-wing anti-fascist and anti-racist political movement. It is a highly decentralized array of autonomous groups in the United States. Anti-Fascism had pre-dated in the 1920's and in the 1930s, but ANTIFAS roots in the United States of America originated in 2007, according to Wikipedia. Antifa does political activism, Which includes and not imited to: Poster and flyer campaigns, mutual aid, speeches, protest marches, community organizing, digital activism, doxing, harassment, violence, and property damage. Supporters of the movement aim to combat far-right and alt-right extremists (The Dissident Right), including Neo-nazis, Fascists (duh) and white supremacists/ethnonationalists.
ANTIFAS Ideology
Individuals involved in the movement subscribe to a range of left-wing ideologies, and tend to hold anti-authoritarian, anti-capitalist, and anti-state views. A large majority involved are anarchists, communists, and socialists, but some Social Democrats also participate in the Antifa movement.
The Rise of ANTIFA (USA)
The Antifa (USA) movement grew after Donald Trump was elected president of the United States in 2016. Antifa activist actions have since received support and criticism from various organizations and pundits. Some on the political left and some civil rights organizations criticize antifa's willingness to adopt violent tactics, which they describe as counterproductive and dangerous, arguing that these tactics embolden the political right and their allies, While Both Democrats and Republicans deny and condemn violence by ANTIFA.
The antifa movement grew after the 2016 United States presidential election. As of August 2017, approximately 200 or more groups existed, of varying sizes and levels of activity (Including irl groups, and internet groups). It is particularly active in the Pacific Northwest, such as in Portland, Oregon. Individuals involved in the antifa movement tend to hold anti-authoritarian, anti-capitalist, anti-fascist, anti-racist, and anti-state views, subscribing to a varied range of left-wing ideologies. A majority of adherents are anarchists, communists, and other socialists who describe themselves as revolutionaries, although some social democrats and others on the American Left, among them environmentalists, LGBT and indigenous rights advocates, also adhere to the antifa movement.
ADL and Misused Slang
According to the Anti-Defamation League, or the ADL, the term antifa "is often misapplied to include all counter-protesters". During the 1st Trump administration, "antifa" became "a conservative catch-all" term as Donald Trump, administration officials, Trumpist base supporters, and right-wing commentators applied the label to all sorts of left-leaning or liberal protest actions.
ANTIFAS Designation as a Terrorist Group
On September 17, 2025, Trump announced plans to designate antifa as a "major terrorist organization".[167] The announcement came a week after the assassination of Charlie Kirk, a political right-wing debator, and founder of Turning Point USA. Legal experts once again expressed concerns about the first amendment and political suppression should it happen while others questioned whether such a designation would even have any impact. According to Mary B. McCord, the acting head of the DOJ's national security division during the Obama administration and the first Trump administration, "Trump can declare whatever he wants to declare, but there is no legal authority to actually designate a domestic group as a terrorist organization even assuming that antifa is an organization and not just an ideology.