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[[File:Ellison-antifa.jpg|right|175px|thumb|[[Democratic National Committee]] Vice-Chair [[Keith Ellison]] and now Minnesota Attorney general promoted Anitfa. The Antifa Manual calls for [[defunding police]].]]

[[File:Ellison-antifa.jpg|right|175px|thumb|[[Democratic National Committee]] Vice-Chair [[Keith Ellison]] and now Minnesota Attorney general promoted Anitfa. The Antifa Manual calls for [[defunding police]].]]

In the [[United States]], they rose up at the [[University of California]], Berkeley in response to [[Democrat]]s losing the [[2016 U.S. Presidential election]]. They claim that those individuals that support President [[Donald Trump]] and other conservatives are "[[Nazi]]s". In Europe, they claim that supporters of right-wing, anti-establishment figures such as [[Marine Le Pen]] in [[France]]<ref>Hoft, Jim (April 23, 2017). [https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2017/04/far-left-antifa-thugs-riot-paris-french-election-results-announced/ Far Left Antifa Thugs Riot in Paris After French Election Results Announced]. ''The Gateway Pundit''. Retrieved April 24, 2017.</ref><ref>[https://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/04/20/pics-violent-anti-fascist-march-on-le-pen-rally-before-french-election/ PICS: Violent ‘Anti-Fascist’ March on Le Pen Rally Before French Election]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved April 24, 2017.</ref><ref>[https://www.foxnews.com/world/2017/04/24/french-presidential-election-leftist-protesters-grow-violent-after-results-come-in.html French presidential election: Leftist protesters grow violent after results come in]. ''Fox News''. April 24, 2017. Retrieved April 24, 2017.</ref> or the [[Alternative for Germany]]<ref>Montgomery, Jack (April 22, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/04/22/far-left-antifa-protestors-try-shut-populist-afd-convention-germany-injure-police-officers/ Far-Left Antifa ‘Protestors’ Attack Populist AfD Convention In Germany; Injure Police Officers]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved April 23, 2017.</ref> are "fascists" and "Nazis." Antifa groups have targeted [[Lega Nord]] in [[Italy]].<ref>Tomlinson, Chris (August 16, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/08/16/far-left-anarchist-extremists-take-credit-for-bombing-italian-populist-party-office/ Far-Left Anarchist Extremists Take Credit For Bombing Italian Populist Party Office]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved August 16, 2018.</ref> Antifa has targeted, intimidated, and harassed conservative figures simply because of political disagreements,<ref>Miller, S.A. (November 8, 2018). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/nov/8/antifa-targets-tucker-carlson-hit-list-expands-con/ Antifa expands its hit list as political violence escalates]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved November 8, 2018.</ref> and they have attempted to disrupt rallies promoting [[free speech]].<ref>Multiple references:

In the [[United States]], they rose up at the [[University of California]], Berkeley in response to [[Democrat]]s losing the [[2016 U.S. Presidential election]]. They claim that those individuals that support President [[Donald Trump]] and other conservatives are "[[Nazi]]s". In Europe, they claim that supporters of right-wing, anti-establishment figures such as [[Marine Le Pen]] in [[France]]<ref>Hoft, Jim (April 23, 2017). [https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2017/04/far-left-antifa-thugs-riot-paris-french-election-results-announced/ Far Left Antifa Thugs Riot in Paris After French Election Results Announced]. ''The Gateway Pundit''. Retrieved April 24, 2017.</ref><ref>[https://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/04/20/pics-violent-anti-fascist-march-on-le-pen-rally-before-french-election/ PICS: Violent ‘Anti-Fascist’ March on Le Pen Rally Before French Election]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved April 24, 2017.</ref><ref>[https://www.foxnews.com/world/2017/04/24/french-presidential-election-leftist-protesters-grow-violent-after-results-come-in.html French presidential election: Leftist protesters grow violent after results come in]. ''Fox News''. April 24, 2017. Retrieved April 24, 2017.</ref> or the [[Alternative for Germany]]<ref>Montgomery, Jack (April 22, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/04/22/far-left-antifa-protestors-try-shut-populist-afd-convention-germany-injure-police-officers/ Far-Left Antifa ‘Protestors’ Attack Populist AfD Convention In Germany; Injure Police Officers]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved April 23, 2017.</ref> are "fascists" and "Nazis." Antifa groups have targeted [[Lega Nord]] in [[Italy]].<ref>Tomlinson, Chris (August 16, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/08/16/far-left-anarchist-extremists-take-credit-for-bombing-italian-populist-party-office/ Far-Left Anarchist Extremists Take Credit For Bombing Italian Populist Party Office]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved August 16, 2018.</ref> Antifa has targeted, intimidated, and harassed conservative figures simply because of political disagreements,<ref>Miller, S.A. (November 8, 2018). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/nov/8/antifa-targets-tucker-carlson-hit-list-expands-con/ Antifa expands its hit list as political violence escalates]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved November 8, 2018.</ref> and they have attempted to disrupt rallies promoting [[free speech]].<ref>Multiple references:

*Brennan, Moss (July 6, 2019). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/jul/6/antifa-protesters-clash-police-they-try-force-way-/ Antifa clash with police, harass Trump supporters outside Demand Free Speech rally]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved July 6, 2019.

*Brennan, Moss (July 6, 2019). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/jul/6/antifa-protesters-clash-police-they-try-force-way-/ Antifa clash with police, harass Trump supporters outside Demand Free Speech rally]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved July 6, 2019.

It was at the Fourth World Congress of the Comintern in 1922 that the plan took shape. Moscow formed the slogan “To the Masses” for its united front strategy and sought to join together the various communist and workers’ parties of Germany under a single ideological banner that it controlled. Both the communist and fascist systems were based on [[collectivism]] and [[economic planning|state-planned economies]]. Both also proposed systems wherein the individual was heavily controlled by a powerful state, and both were responsible for large-scale atrocities and [[genocide]]. In addition, the term "anti-fascism" was originally used by Stalin and the USSR prior to and during World War II as part of propaganda purposes to make the USSR seem mainstream by comparison to Nazi Germany.<ref name="Washington Examiner"/><ref>Davies, Norman: ''No Simple Victory''<br />"Anti-Fascism" did not offer a coherent political ideology. In terms of ideas, it was an empty vessel, a mere political dance....It gave the false impression that principled democrats believing in the rule of law and freedom of speech could rub along fine with the dictators of the proletariat, or that democratic socialists had only minor differences with Communism. What is more, it opened up a wonderful arena for the activities of disciplined activists, whose training in the Leninist techniques of splitting and dividing adversaries would run rings round wooly intellectuals....If you were a French trade unionist, tired of the wrangles of the Left, or a British Empire loyalist baffled by the complexities of modern politics or a Christian peace worker hoping to avoid another war, anti-Fascism was for you! Only in the background was the unspoken dialect that, if Fascism was to be Bad, the Good had to lie with the originator of anti-Fascism -- Joseph Stalin's USSR.</ref>

It was at the Fourth World Congress of the Comintern in 1922 that the plan took shape. Moscow formed the slogan “To the Masses” for its united front strategy and sought to join together the various communist and workers’ parties of Germany under a single ideological banner that it controlled. Both the communist and fascist systems were based on [[collectivism]] and [[economic planning|state-planned economies]]. Both also proposed systems wherein the individual was heavily controlled by a powerful state, and both were responsible for large-scale atrocities and [[genocide]]. In addition, the term "anti-fascism" was originally used by Stalin and the USSR prior to and during World War II as part of propaganda purposes to make the USSR seem mainstream by comparison to Nazi Germany.<ref name="Washington Examiner"/><ref>Davies, Norman: ''No Simple Victory''<br />"Anti-Fascism" did not offer a coherent political ideology. In terms of ideas, it was an empty vessel, a mere political dance....It gave the false impression that principled democrats believing in the rule of law and freedom of speech could rub along fine with the dictators of the proletariat, or that democratic socialists had only minor differences with Communism. What is more, it opened up a wonderful arena for the activities of disciplined activists, whose training in the Leninist techniques of splitting and dividing adversaries would run rings round wooly intellectuals....If you were a French trade unionist, tired of the wrangles of the Left, or a British Empire loyalist baffled by the complexities of modern politics or a Christian peace worker hoping to avoid another war, anti-Fascism was for you! Only in the background was the unspoken dialect that, if Fascism was to be Bad, the Good had to lie with the originator of anti-Fascism -- Joseph Stalin's USSR.</ref>

Antifaschistische Aktion was one of the paramilitaries which proliferated during the economic instability and political unrest of the [[Weimar Republic]]. After [[World War II]] when fascism was defeated Antifaschistische Aktion  absorbed the state ideology and rhetoric of the [[East German]] socialist state.  The [[Berlin Wall]] was called the Antifaschistische Wall or the anti-fascist defense barrier.  The East German state and [[Stasi]] is the model of Antifa objectives.  

Antifaschistische Aktion was one of the paramilitaries which proliferated during the economic instability and political unrest of the [[Weimar Republic]]. The concept of anti-fascism 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>  After [[World War II]] when fascism was defeated Antifaschistische Aktion  absorbed the state ideology and rhetoric of the [[East German]] socialist state.  The [[Berlin Wall]] was called the Antifaschistische Wall or the anti-fascist defense barrier.  The East German state and [[Stasi]] is the model of Antifa objectives.  

[[File:Antifa-portland-attempted-stabbing-us-marine-vet-933x445 (2).jpg|right|300px|thumb|Antifa fascist (right in black hood) moves to stab a [[U.S. Marine Corps]] veteran (left in blue with bicycle).<ref>https://www.nowtheendbegins.com/shocking-raw-video-shows-attempted-stabbing-of-us-marine-veteran-domestic-terror-group-antifa-portland-riots-last-weekend/</ref>]]

[[File:Antifa-portland-attempted-stabbing-us-marine-vet-933x445 (2).jpg|right|300px|thumb|Antifa fascist (right in black hood) moves to stab a [[U.S. Marine Corps]] veteran (left in blue with bicycle).<ref>https://www.nowtheendbegins.com/shocking-raw-video-shows-attempted-stabbing-of-us-marine-veteran-domestic-terror-group-antifa-portland-riots-last-weekend/</ref>]]

Modern Antifa groups emerged in the 1970s in the Anglo-American sphere and took root in the British punk scene in opposition to the growth of racist skinheads.  The subculture crossed over to the [[United States]] and forms the basis of American Antifa.

Modern Antifa groups emerged in the 1970s in the Anglo-American sphere and took root in the British punk scene in opposition to the growth of racist skinheads.  The subculture crossed over to the [[United States]] and forms the basis of American Antifa.