Antifa is a left to far-left,
anarchist political movement of autonomous,
self-described anti-fascist groups in the United States.
According to The Economist, the "word Antifa has its roots in Anti-Fascist Action, a name taken up by European political movements in the 1930s" and which was revived in the 1990s, particularly in Germany. Peter Beinart writes that "In the late ’80s, left-wing
punk fans in the United States began following suit, though they initially called their groups Anti-Racist Action, on the theory that Americans would be more familiar with fighting racism than fascism."
They are known for militant protest tactics, including
property damage and, sometimes,
physical violence, although a vast majority of their activities are nonviolent.
...commonly associated with a willingness to engage in a
show of force. Antifa groups have most notably protested the 2016 election of Donald Trump. During the inauguration celebrations mask-wearing black bloc protesters "rage[d] across the area just outside" of the security perimeter, "
smashing windows and burning cars."
... Antifa activists "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," in addition to "disrupt(ing) white-supremacist rallies, including by
force."
...Antifa activists
participate in violent actions because "they believe that elites are controlling the government and the media.
source: Wikipedia
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