Antifa (United States)
Far-left anti-fascist political activist movement
The antifa (/ænˈtiːfə, ˈæntiˌfɑː/),[1] short for anti-fascist, movement in the United States is a militant[2] far-left-wing, anti-fascist political activist movement.[3][4][5] It is made up of activist groups that protest with the use of direct action instead of policy changes.[6][7]
The methods include protesting, digital activism, property damage, physical violence and harassment against those who they see as fascist, racist, or on the far-right.[8][9][10][11][12][13]
The movement has anti-capitalist views and support anarchism, communism, liberalism, social democracy and socialism.[14]
It has been called a terrorist movement by President Donald Trump after the group took part in the George Floyd protests in 2020.[15]
References
change- ↑ "Language Log " Ask Language Log: How to pronounce "Antifa"?". languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu. Retrieved September 23, 2017.
- ↑ "Who Are Antifa?".
- ↑ "An Inside Look at the Antifa Movement". KNTV. September 27, 2017. Retrieved October 13, 2017.
NBC Bay Area sat down with several militant Antifa protesters...
- ↑ Blow, Ashli (September 18, 2017). "Man with swastika armband gets punched in downtown Seattle while yelling at people". KIRO-TV. Retrieved October 13, 2017.
Antifa, a militant anti-fascist political movement...
- ↑ Cummings, Ian; Rice, Glenn E. (September 14, 2017). "Confused about antifa, protests and KC guns laws? Here's the deal". The Kansas City Star. Retrieved October 13, 2017.
Antifa ... is a movement of militant leftist activists promoting direct action against white supremacists and fascists.
- ↑ Bogel-Burroughs, Nicholas (2 July 2019). "What Is Antifa? Explaining the Movement to Confront the Far Right". The New York Times. Retrieved 13 July 2019.
- ↑
- Beinart, Peter (August 16, 2017). "What Trump Gets Wrong About Antifa". The Atlantic. Retrieved August 16, 2017.
- February 25, Lily Rothman; 2019. "What the Artist Behind a Comics-Style History of Anti-Fascist Resistance Thinks You Should Know About Antifa". Time. Retrieved 2019-07-22.
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- ↑ "Meet Antifa's Secret Weapon Against Far-Right Extremists". Wired. Retrieved 2018-11-13.
- ↑ Steakin, William (May 4, 2017). "What is Antifa? Controversial far-left group defends use of violence". AOL. Retrieved August 15, 2017.
- ↑ Cammeron, Brenna (August 14, 2017). "Antifa: Left-wing militants on the rise". BBC News. Retrieved August 15, 2017.
- ↑ Kaste, Martin; Siegler, Kirk (June 16, 2017). "Fact Check: Is Left-Wing Violence Rising?". National Public Radio. Retrieved August 15, 2017.
- ↑ Mattoni, Alice. "Voices of dissent: activists' engagements in the creation of alternative, autonomous, radical and independent media". CiteSeerX 10.1.1.459.6366.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ↑ Klein, Adam (2019). "From Twitter to Charlottesville: Analyzing the Fighting Words Between the Alt-Right and Antifa".
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ↑ Fuller, Thomas; Feuer, Alan; Kovaleski, Serge F. (August 17, 2017). "'Antifa' Grows as Left-Wing Faction Set to, Literally, Fight the Far Right". The New York Times. Retrieved September 10, 2017.
[...] the diverse collection of anarchists, communists and socialists has found common cause in opposing right-wing extremists and white supremacists
- ↑ "Antifa: Trump says group will be designated "terrorist organisation"". BBC News. May 31, 2020. Retrieved June 1, 2020.
