Roots of Antifa: This ‘Idea’ Has Violent Consequences | RealClearInvestigations

Yet, the black mask slips. Scholarly research and daily journalism shed light on antifa s ideology and its long history in the United States. Its mixture of left-wing politics and anarchist nihilism can be traced back more than 100 years. Its modern incarnation, centered in the Pacific Northwest, features 1960s radicals, including former members of the Weather Underground, anti-racist skateboard punks who emerged in the 1980s, and younger radicals. Their racial and ethnic makeup is uncertain, but significant numbers are white. Arrest records and other publicly available information suggest many of those identifying as antifa are itinerant or marginally employed.

Scholars agree with Vysotsky that antifascism is simultaneously a complex and simple political phenomenon. It is simple in that it is an oppositional movement it is defined by its resistance to fascism. Unlike leftists, its adherents are not seeking to gain the levers of power to build a utopia. They are skeptical of state power, hence their frequent clashes with the police, and are more intent on confronting those they see as enemies.

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They were successful in starting our last civil war.