President Donald Trump declared Sunday afternoon that the
anti-fascist left-wing movement known as ANTIFA will be designated as a terrorist group.
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'The United States of America will be designating ANTIFA as a Terrorist Organization,' the president tweeted.
On Saturday Trump blamed ANTIFA for violent nationwide protests over the death of George Floyd, after Minnesota Governor Tim Walz suggested that foreign influences, white supremacists and drug cartels are fueling chaos.
'It's ANTIFA and the Radical Left. Don't lay the blame on others!' Trump said in a tweet on Saturday, referring to the militant far-left movement, short for 'anti-fascism', that is known for violence.
Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8374393/Trump-designates-Antifa-terrorist-organization.html
ANTIFA Origins as Told by MSMIn Charlottesville and at many subsequent events held by white supremacists or right-wing extremists, antifa activists have aggressively confronted what they believe to be authoritarian movements and groups.
While most counter-protestors tend to be peaceful, there have been several instances where encounters between antifa and the far-right have turned violent.
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These violent counter-protesters are often part of 'antifa' (short for 'antifascist'), a loose collection of groups, networks and individuals who believe in active, aggressive opposition to far right-wing movements. Their ideology is rooted in the assumption that the Nazi party would never have been able to come to power in Germany if people had more aggressively fought them in the streets in the 1920s and 30s.
Most antifa come from the anarchist movement or from the far left, though since the 2016 presidential election, some people with more mainstream political backgrounds have also joined their ranks.
The antifa sometimes use a logo with a double flag, usually in black and red.
The antifa movement began in the 1960s in Europe, and had reached the US by the end of the 1970s.
* MSM get their information from the Jewish Supremacist organisation, the ADL (https://www.adl.org/resources/backgrounders/who-are-antifa).
The TruthANTIFA's hateful logo was devised by
Association of Revolutionary Visual Artists members Max Keilson and Max Gebhard in 1932, pre-war Germany. ANTIFA from its founding until relatively recently was a part of the Communist Internationalist movement with funding and training from Soviet Russia.
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Scene from the 1932 Antifaschistische Aktion conference
ANTIFA, in partnership with various Black and Jewish Supremacist organisations, has been responsible for terrorist bombings, murders and riots throughout the post WWII history of the United States. However, due to the
Political Incorrectness of ANTIFA's targets, they have always remained immune from prosecution.
It remains to be seen if President Trump's announcement will actually amount to anything.
@Cailen.