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,IMAGE FROM ,AL,JAZE]A4COM ,ANTIFA IS A LEFT-W+1 ANTI-FASCI/ & ANTI-RACI/ POLITICAL MOVEM5T 9 ! ,UNIT$ ,/ATES4 ,AS A HI<LY DEC5TRALIZ$ >RAY ( AUTONOM\S GR\PS1 ANTIFA USES BO? NONVIOL5T & VIOL5T DIRECT ACTION TO A*IEVE ITS AIMS RA!R ?AN POLICY RE=M4 ,MU* ( ANTIFA POLITICAL ACTIVISM IS NONVIOL5T1 9VOLV+ PO/] & FLI] CAMPAIGNS1 MUTUAL AID1 SPEE*ES1 PROTE/ M>*ES1 & COMMUNITY ORGANIZ+4 ,!Y ALSO 5GAGE 9 PROTE/ TACTICS1 SEEK+ TO COMBAT FASCI/S & RACI/S SU* AS NEO-,NAZIS1 :ITE SUPREMACI/S1 & O!R F>-RI<T EXTREMI/S4 ,ANTIFA'S WILL+NESS TO DIRECTLY CONFRONT F>-RI<T ACTIVI/S 7& 9 SOME CASES1 LAW 5=CEM5T7 IS A DEP>TURE FROM O!R LEFTI/ OPPOSITION MOVEM5TS4 ,?IS CONFRONTATION SOMETIMES 9VOLVES DIGITAL ACTIVISM1 DOX+1 H>ASSM5T1 PHYSICAL VIOL5CE1 & PROP]TY DAMAGE AGA9/ ?OSE !Y ID5TIFY AS BELONG+ TO ! F> RI<T4 

,9DIVIDUALS 9VOLV$ 9 ! MOVEM5T T5D TO HOLD ANTI-AU?ORIT>IAN1 ANTI-CAPITALI/1 & ANTI-/ATE VIEWS1 SUBSCRIB+ TO A RANGE ( LEFT-W+ IDEOLOGIES4 ,A MAJORITY ( 9DIVIDUALS 9VOLV$ >E AN>*I/S1 COMMUNI/S1 & SOCIALI/S :O DESCRIBE !MSELVES AS REVOLUTION>IES & CRITICIZE LIB]AL DEMOCRACY1 AL?\< SOME SOCIAL DEMOCRATS & O!RS ON ! ,AM]ICAN ,LEFT 7I4E4 5VIRONM5TALI/S1 ,L,G,B,T & 9DIG5\S RI<TS ADVOCATES7 ALSO ADH]E TO ! ANTIFA MOVEM5T4 ,! NAME ANTIFA & ! LOGO ) TWO FLAGS REPRES5T+ AN>*ISM & COMMUNISM >E D]IV$ FROM ! ,G]MAN ANTIFA MOVEM5T4 

  

,IMAGE FROM ,TIME4COM ,! ,AM]ICAN ANTIFA MOVEM5T GREW AFT] ! #baf ,UNIT$ ,/ATES PRESID5TIAL ELECTION ( ,DONALD ,TRUMP4 ,ANTIFA ACTIVI/S' ACTIONS HAVE RECEIV$ SUPPORT & CRITICISM FROM V>I\S ORGANIZATIONS & PUNDITS4 ,SOME ON ! LEFT CRITICIZE ANTIFA'S WILL+NESS TO ADOPT VIOL5T TACTICS1 :I* !Y DESCRIBE AS C\NT]PRODUCTIVE1 EMBOLD5+ ! RI<T & !IR ALLIES4 ,MANY RI<T-W+ POLITICIANS & GR\PS *>ACT]IZE IT AS A DOME/IC T]RORI/ ORGANIZATION OR USE ANTIFA AS A CAT*-ALL T]M = ANY LEFT-LEAN+ OR LIB]AL PROTE/ ACTIONS4 ,SOME S*OL>S >GUE ?AT ANTIFA IS A LEGITIMATE RESPONSE TO ! RISE ( ! F> RI<T & ?AT ANTIFA'S VIOL5CE IS NOT EQUIVAL5T TO RI<T-W+ VIOL5CE4 ,S*OL>S T5D TO REJECT ! EQUIVAL5CE BETWE5 ANTIFA & :ITE SUPREMACY4 

,!RE HAVE BE5 NUM]\S EF=TS TO DISCR$IT ANTIFA BY V>I\S RI<T-W+ GR\PS & 9DIVIDUALS4 ,SOME HAVE BE5 DONE VIA HOAXES ON SOCIAL M$IA1 MANY ( !M FALSE FLAG ATTACKS ORIG9AT+ FROM ALT-RI<T & #d*AN US]S POS+ AS ANTIFA BACK]S ON ,TWITT]2 SOME HOAXES HAVE BE5 PICK$ UP & PORTRAY$ AS FACT BY RI<T-LEAN+ M$IA & POLITICIANS4 ,:ILE ! ,TRUMP ADM9I/RATION BLAM$ ANTIFA = OR*E/RAT+ ! ,GEORGE ,FLOYD PROTE/S ( MID-#b#b1 ANALYSIS ( F$]AL >RE/S F\ND NO L9K4 ,!RE W]E REPEAT$ CALLS BY ,DONALD ,TRUMP & ,WILLIAM ,B>R TO DESIGNATE ANTIFA AS A T]RORI/ ORGANIZATION DESPITE ! FACT ?AT IT IS NOT AN ORGANIZATION4 ,ACADEMICS1 LEGAL EXP]TS1 & O!RS HAVE >GU$ SU* AN ACTION W\LD EXCE$ ! AU?ORITY ( ! PRESID5CY & VIOLATE ! ,FIR/ ,AM5DM5T4 ,SEV]AL ANALYZES1 REPORTS1 & /UDIES HAVE CONCLUD$ ?AT ANTIFA IS NOT A MAJOR DOME/IC T]RORISM RISK4 

,! ,5GLI% WORD ANTIFA IS A LOANWORD FROM ! ,G]MAN ,ANTIFA1 :]E IT IS A %ORT5$ =M ( ! WORD ANTIFAS*I/IS* 70ANTI-FASCI/07 & A NICKNAME ( ,ANTIFAS*I/IS*E ,AKTION 7#a#i#c#b-#a#i#c#c71 A %ORT-LIV$ GR\P :I* 9SPIR$ ! WID] ANTIFA MOVEM5T 9 ,G]MANY4 ,! ,G]MAN WORD ,ANTIFA ITSELF FIR/ APPE>$ 9 #aic & ! LONG =M ANTIFAS*I/IS* WAS BORR[$ FROM ! ORIG9AL ,ITALIAN ANTI-,FASCI/I 70ANTI-FASCI/S074 ,OX=D ,DICTION>IES PLAC$ ANTIFA ON ITS %ORTLI/ = WORD ( ! YE> 9 #bag & /AT$ ! WORD 0EM]G$ FROM RELATIVE OBSCURITY TO BECOME AN E/ABLI%$ P>T ( ! ,5GLI% LEXICON OV] ! C\RSE ( #b#a#g40 

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