Antifa

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Antifa Full Name: Anti-Fascist Action Alias: AntiFascists Antifa The Alt-Left Anarcho-Communists Two Klux Klan Anarchists Origin: Germany, 1932. From the KPD. Foundation: Its ideology traces back to the 1930's headquarters Varies Worldwide Berkeley, California Portland, Oregon Commanders: None Goals: To attack and potentially kill perceived "White Supremacists", "Fascists" and "Nazis". To silence opposing opinions (especially right-leaning ones) Oppose Donald Trump (Ongoing) Implement a communist or otherwise far-left authoritarian state (Ongoing, yet failing miserably) Harass and slander or Outright Kill, right-wingers, centrists, and left-wingers who do not agree with their tactics (ongoing) Crimes: Terrorism Vandalism Multiple Assaults Harassment Doxxing Defamation Hate Speech Xenophobia Propaganda Murder Arson Theft Instigating Riots Christophobia Anti-Catholicism Resisting arrest Censorship Bigotry Americophobia Misandry Caucasiophobia Heterophobia Cisphobia Sexism Type of Villain: Leftist Extremists

“	The job of the anti-fascist is to make [fascists] too afraid to act publicly and to act as volunteer targets for their hate and attacks which might keep them from thinking about burning down the mosque in their neighborhood.	„
	~ Mark Bray, Antifa: The Anti-Fascist Handbook.

Antifa (short for Anti-Fascist Action) are a loosely-organized far-left movement predominantly made up of radical socialists, anarchists, and communists, whose stated goal is the suppression of fascism, Neo-Nazism, white supremacy and other far-right ideologies in North America and Europe through the use of violence and physical/vocal harassment. Despite the undoubtably noble opposition of fascism, Antifa expresses many anti-American, xenophobic and red fascistic opinions as well as scapegoating, doxxing, and harassment. The group gained wider recognition during the protests against Donald Trump, in which Antifa members present were vandalizing, fighting, and causing property damage. Antifa has received criticism from the American and worldwide population on both sides of the political spectrum for their use of violent crimes to achieve ends.

The group is the successor to the German Antifaschistische Aktion, a paramilitary organization founded by the Communist Party of Germany.

Events

2016

In June 2016 Antifa and By Any Means Necessary violently clashed with members of neo-Nazi groups such as the Traditionalist Workers Party outside the California State Capitol in Sacramento. A KCRA news team were at one point attacked by the anti-fascist counter-protestors, who attacked the far-right protestors with wooden bats, fireworks, knives and other weapons. Ten people were injured in the violence, which required over 100 police officers to suppress.

2017

On the day Donald Trump was inaugurated into office, dozens of Antifa activists blocked pedestrians from attending the inauguration. They smashed in windows, and over 100 of them were arrested.

On February 3rd, 2017, when Donald Trump was recently elected. Milo Yiannopolous was invited to speak at the Berkeley University in Berkeley, California. However, Antifa arrived to shut it down. They torched cars, broke windows and doors, and wounded numerous people, a few noticeable victims of their actions were two females, one was bludgeoned over the head with flagpoles, and the other was pepper sprayed in the face wearing a "Make Bitcoin Great Again," hat. There was also graffiti spotted during the riots there that stated "Liberals get the bullet too".

In March 2017 an anti-fascist activist pleaded guilty to plotting an acid attack on an inaugural ball for Trump supporters.

During a free speech rally, in Berkeley, Antifa showed up to try and shut it down. Claiming it was in the name of hate speech, most of them were armed with m-80s, and they threw them at the free speech side. Violence between the two sides resulted in 11 injuries and 20 people were arrested for felony assault. One of the Antifa members present, Eric Clanton, hit one of the right-wing protestors with a bike lock, causing serious injury.

During the far-right Unite the Right rally in August 2017, Antifa protestors clashed with members of the White Power Movement and several people were injured. It was reported that they had used clubs and liquid dyes against alt-right protestors. This was followed by white supremacist James Alex Fields Jr. driving his car into a group of counter-protestors and killing Heather Heyer. During the rally, notorious white supremacist Richard Spencer was punched in the face by an Antifa protestor in a video which soon went viral.

2018

Antifa made an appearance in Berkeley on August 6, opposing a "No To Marxism" rally. Fireworks were thrown and demonstrators from both sides clashed with police. 20 people were arrested.

2019

A free speech rally held by Enrique Tarrio in Washington D.C. reportedly asked for an increased police presence after online threats by an Antifa supporter to attack attendees with muriatic acid.

Right-wing reporter Andy Ngo was milkshaked, sprayed with silly string and kicked and beaten by Antifa protestors while covering a protest in Portland, Oregon, on June 29.

Antifa activist Willem van Spronsen attempted to firebomb an Immigration and Customs centre on July 13. Van Spronsen was killed by police when he attempted to ignite a propane tank.

On August 4, Connor Betts, an Antifa supporter, shot and killed 9 people in Dayton, Ohio, just 13 hours after the El Paso shooting. However police stated he was not motivated by politics.

In August 2019, Antifa made another appearance in Berkeley opposing a rally by the Proud Boys. The police stepped in to try and prevent violence, but several skirmishes occurred, including an attack on a bus full of Proud Boys during which one of the Proud Boys was hit with a hammer, and an incident in which a man was beaten and pepper-sprayed. 13 people were arrested.

The Democratic Party headquarters in Oregon was vandalized by Antifa members in protest of the police's failure to solve the murder of local anti-fascist activist Sean Kealiher.

2020

According to several politicians and several of the “peaceful” George Floyd protesters, Antifa were responsible for the riots and the looting.

During the unrest in Kenosha, Illinois in the aftermath of the shooting of Jacob Blake, Antifa activity in the area spiked. During one Antifa protest, Kyle Rittenhouse (who is pro-police) fatally shot two protesters, Joseph Rosenbaum and Anthony Huber, and wounded a third, Gaige Grosskreutz, during an altercation. It is unknown if any of the people shot were part of Antifa.

During a Trump rally in Portland, Antifa supporter Michael Reinoehl shot and killed a Trump supporter named Aaron Danielson. Reinoehl was killed by US marshals several days later.

2021

Antifa activist Daniel Alan Baker was arrested for plotting to kill right-wing protestors outside the Florida State Capitol during Joe Biden's inauguration.

Relations with groups/factions

Affiliations/Allies

• Far-Left
• George Floyd rioters
• Black Supremacists (sometimes)
• Eco-Terrorists (sometimes)
• Jane's Revenge
• Joe Biden (some but not all)
• Other Anarchists
• Bernie Sanders (some but not all)
• Communists (that agree with their violent tactics)
• Tankies (some but not all)
• Red Fascists (some, but not all)
• Proud Girls

Enemies

• National Alliance
• White Power Movement
• Ku Klux Klan
• Alt-Right
• Far-Right
• Neo-Nazis
• Neo-Confederates
• Proud Boys
• Paul Nicholas Miller (GypsyCrusader)
• Patriot Prayer
• The Police
• The Military
• State Troopers
• Various federal agencies (especially the FBI, CIA, DEA, ATF, park rangers, and the military)
• Firefighters
• Paramedics
• Donald Trump
• Joe Biden (some but not all)
• QAnon
• David Duke
• Richard Spencer
• Jason Kessler
• Racists
• Westboro Baptist Church (possibly)
• Oath Keepers
• Boogaloo Boys
• Three Percenters
• Alex Jones
• Anyone Outside Antifa
• Centrists
• Moderate Liberals
• Moderate Leftists (such as social democrats)
• Foleyists (a group that hates the alt-right and Antifa as well as Fascism and Communism in General)
• Tankies (some but not all)