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[[File:Anti-Trump anarchists, 2017.jpg|thumb|250px|Antifa anarchists protesting Trump on Inauguration Day 2017]]

[[File:Anti-Trump anarchists, 2017.jpg|thumb|250px|Antifa anarchists protesting Trump on Inauguration Day 2017]]

The '''"Antifa"''' (short for "Anti-fascist action"), sometimes known as the '''ARA''' (short for "Anti-Racist Action") is an international terrorist movement of [[anarchist]]s and [[Marxist-Leninist]]s dedicated to the overthrow of the existing order and responsible for violence, mayhem, and church burnings in the United States and throughout the world.<ref>https://www.thenewamerican.com/culture/faith-and-morals/item/27252-fiendish-alliance-antifa-anarchists-communists-feminists-islamists-homosexualists-escalate-attacks-on-catholic-church/</ref> While posing as an anti-fascist movement, the groups in fact is an [[Liberal intolerance|intolerant]] hate group that uses [[fascism|fascist]] tactics and direct quotations from [[Adolf Hitler]].<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNMAp8kXWrc</ref><ref>Knighton, Tom (July 10, 2017). [https://pjmedia.com/trending/2017/07/10/anti-fascists-applaud-speech-made-completely-of-hitler-quotes/ 'Anti-Fascists' Applaud Speech Made Completely of Hitler Quotes]. ''PJ Media''. Retrieved August 21, 2017.</ref> The group relies on [[Cultural Marxist]] ideals and [[rhetoric]] for recruiting young people.  It has been designated as a terrorist group in the United States.<ref>Kassam, Raheem (June 30, 2019). [https://humanevents.com/2019/06/30/antifa-terror-faction/ AntiFa, Terror Faction.] ''Human Events''. Retrieved July 2, 2019.</ref>  The [[Democratic National Committee]] partners with Antifa for fundraising<ref>https://noqreport.com/2020/07/19/action-network-bonds-antifa-blm-riots-and-dnc-at-the-hip/</ref> and group works closely with [[Democratic Socialists of America]] (DSA). They have been spotted chanting 'Death to America', 'Black Power', as well as other racist and anarchist chants on the streets. They are known for rioting in the streets.

The '''"Antifa"''' (short for "Anti-fascist action"), sometimes known as the '''ARA''' (short for "Anti-Racist Action") is an international terrorist<ref>[https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-announces-u-s-to-designate-antifa-as-terrorist-organization-following-violent-protests Trump announces US to designate Antifa as terrorist organization following violent protests]</ref> movement of [[anarchist]]s and [[Marxist-Leninist]]s dedicated to the overthrow of the existing order and responsible for violence, mayhem, and church burnings in the United States and throughout the world.<ref>https://www.thenewamerican.com/culture/faith-and-morals/item/27252-fiendish-alliance-antifa-anarchists-communists-feminists-islamists-homosexualists-escalate-attacks-on-catholic-church/</ref> While posing as an anti-fascist movement, the groups in fact is an [[Liberal intolerance|intolerant]] hate group that uses [[fascism|fascist]] tactics and direct quotations from [[Adolf Hitler]].<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNMAp8kXWrc</ref><ref>Knighton, Tom (July 10, 2017). [https://pjmedia.com/trending/2017/07/10/anti-fascists-applaud-speech-made-completely-of-hitler-quotes/ 'Anti-Fascists' Applaud Speech Made Completely of Hitler Quotes]. ''PJ Media''. Retrieved August 21, 2017.</ref> The group relies on [[Cultural Marxist]] ideals and [[rhetoric]] for recruiting young people.  It has been designated as a terrorist group in the United States.<ref>Kassam, Raheem (June 30, 2019). [https://humanevents.com/2019/06/30/antifa-terror-faction/ AntiFa, Terror Faction.] ''Human Events''. Retrieved July 2, 2019.</ref>  The [[Democratic National Committee]] partners with Antifa for fundraising<ref>https://noqreport.com/2020/07/19/action-network-bonds-antifa-blm-riots-and-dnc-at-the-hip/</ref> and group works closely with [[Democratic Socialists of America]] (DSA). They have been spotted chanting 'Death to America', 'Black Power', as well as other racist and anarchist chants on the streets. They are known for rioting in the streets.

Although Antifa has been promoted by [[CNN]] as the elite Trump resistance movement since 2017,<ref>[https://www.dailywire.com/news/46554/cnns-chris-cuomo-antifa-good-cause-ryan-saavedra CNN's Chris Cuomo: Antifa Is 'A Good Cause'], By RYAN SAAVEDRA, ''The Daily Wire'', April 30, 2019.</ref><ref>[https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2017/08/20/seriously-cnn-changes-headline-on-story-about-antifa-because-they-didnt-like-be-n2370907 Seriously? CNN Changes Headline On Story About Antifa Because They Didn't Like Being Called Violent], Matt Vespa, ''Townhall'', Aug 20, 2017.</ref><ref>[https://www.breitbart.com/the-media/2019/07/01/nolte-cnns-brian-stelter-downplays-antifas-brutal-beating-of-andy-ngo/ CNN’s Brian Stelter Downplays Antifa’s Brutal Beating of Andy Ngo], JOHN NOLTE, ''Breitbart'', 1 Jul 2019.</ref> the concept of anti-fascism, especially as a far-left ideology, existed as early as World War II for propaganda purposes, where Stalin referred to the USSR as "anti-fascist", with the obvious implication that the USSR and Stalin were "morally better" than the Nazis and Hitler, using the misapplication of Nazism and fascism as being of the far right instead of being of the far left.<ref name="Washington Examiner">https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/why-you-should-never-use-the-term-anti-fascist/article/2632847</ref>  They are also anti-American in outlook,<ref>Nadales, Gabriel (December 6, 2019). [https://thehill.com/opinion/national-security/473457-antifa-is-anti-america-and-its-values Antifa is anti-America and its values]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved December 6, 2019.</ref> often chanting "No border! No wall! No U.S.A. at all!"<ref name="Washington Examiner" />

Although Antifa has been promoted by [[CNN]] as the elite Trump resistance movement since 2017,<ref>[https://www.dailywire.com/news/46554/cnns-chris-cuomo-antifa-good-cause-ryan-saavedra CNN's Chris Cuomo: Antifa Is 'A Good Cause'], By RYAN SAAVEDRA, ''The Daily Wire'', April 30, 2019.</ref><ref>[https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2017/08/20/seriously-cnn-changes-headline-on-story-about-antifa-because-they-didnt-like-be-n2370907 Seriously? CNN Changes Headline On Story About Antifa Because They Didn't Like Being Called Violent], Matt Vespa, ''Townhall'', Aug 20, 2017.</ref><ref>[https://www.breitbart.com/the-media/2019/07/01/nolte-cnns-brian-stelter-downplays-antifas-brutal-beating-of-andy-ngo/ CNN’s Brian Stelter Downplays Antifa’s Brutal Beating of Andy Ngo], JOHN NOLTE, ''Breitbart'', 1 Jul 2019.</ref> the concept of anti-fascism, especially as a far-left ideology, existed as early as World War II for propaganda purposes, where Stalin referred to the USSR as "anti-fascist", with the obvious implication that the USSR and Stalin were "morally better" than the Nazis and Hitler, using the misapplication of Nazism and fascism as being of the far right instead of being of the far left.<ref name="Washington Examiner">https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/why-you-should-never-use-the-term-anti-fascist/article/2632847</ref>  They are also anti-American in outlook,<ref>Nadales, Gabriel (December 6, 2019). [https://thehill.com/opinion/national-security/473457-antifa-is-anti-america-and-its-values Antifa is anti-America and its values]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved December 6, 2019.</ref> often chanting "No border! No wall! No U.S.A. at all!"<ref name="Washington Examiner" />