The Communist Origins of the Antifa Extremist Group
The extremist anarchist-communist group Antifa has been in the headlines because of past violent clashes in Charlottesville, Virginia. Yet while the organization has been applauded by some left-leaning news outlets for including white nationalists and neo-Nazis in its list of targets, the organization wasn t always about targeting fascism, as it claims.
The organization was initially part of the Soviet Union s front operations to bring about communist dictatorship in Germany, and it worked to label all rival parties as fascist.
The organization can be traced to the united front of the Soviet Union s Communist International (Comintern) during the Third World Congress in Moscow in June and July 1921, according to the German booklet 80 Years of Anti-Fascist Action by Bernd Langer, published by the Association for the Promotion of Anti-Fascist Culture. Langer is a former member of the Autonome Antifa, formerly one of Germany s largest Antifa organizations, which disbanded in 2004.
Those darn Commies. Up to their mischief again.