President Donald Trump held a News Conference with his Cabinet Members, on Wednesday, October 8, 2025. The subject of this meeting was the classification of ANTFA, as a Domestic Terrorist Organization, and the steps that are in process to end their acts of terror. The following is the transcript from this News Conference:

President Trump:

Regarding Israel and Hamas: “We’ll see, but there’s a very good chance to negotiations are going along very well. We’re dealing with Hamas, and many of the countries, as you know, we have Muslim, all of the Muslim countries are included, all of the Arab countries are included. And very rich countries, and some that are not so rich, but just about everybody’s included. 
It’s never happened before. Nothing like that’s happened before in our final negotiation, as you know, is with Hamas. And it seems to be going well.”

“So we’ll let you know if that’s the case, we’ll be leaving probably on Sunday, maybe Saturday, maybe a little, uh, a little later than Saturday evening, but, uh, that, uh, seems to be our schedule. It should be clear to all Americans that we have a very serious left wing terror threat in our country. Radicals associated with the domestic terror group, Antifa, that you’ve heard a lot about lately. 
I’ve heard a lot about them for 10 years. And other far left extremists have been carrying out a campaign of violence against ice agents and other officials charged with enforcing federal law. In Chicago, anarchists have surveilled at least four local ice facilities and posted diagrams of the buildings online, meaning nothing but bad. accompanied by photos of specific ice agents that they’re targeting, one in particular, who’s a top person, and a great person, a great patriot.”

“In July, approximately, a dozen antifa line billeted storm, the ice facility in Texas, and then lured offices out of the building before, firing dozens of rounds at police. They were crazy, frankly. Shooting one Texas officer in the neck, and in Portland, Oregon, Antifa Thugs have repeatedly attacked our officers and late siege to federal property, and attempt to violently stop the execution of federal law.”

“Everything we’re doing is very lawful. What they’re doing is not lawful, and what, uh, the governor and the mayor of, as an example, you could say, of Portland, and you can say, certainly, of Chicago, it’s not lawful, what they’re doing. They have to be very careful.”

“In addition, two weeks ago, radical left terrorists in Dallas conducted a sniper attack on a local ice facility, killing two people and leaving behind a note. It read, Hopefully, this will give ice agents some real terror. That’s bad.”

“This attack came the very same month that Charlie Kirk was assassinated by a far left extremist to inscribe the words, Hey, fascist, catch. Meaning, catch the bullet, onto the bullet shelf itself. The epidemic of left wing violence, and antifa inspired Tara, has been escalating for nearly a decade at universities, antifas, organized writers, mobs, to attack campus speakers.”

“I see it all the time, and these are… these are agitators, anarchists, and they’re paid. And you’ll find that out, you’ll be finding it out very soon. You should see what we have on these people. 
These are bad people. These are people that want to destroy our country. We’re not gonna let it happen.”

“They’ve used armed gangs to assault local police in cities nationwide, and they’ve attacked journalists reporting on their crimes. So, the journalists that reported their crimes. Don’t worry, you’re very safe.”

“I hope that’s not gonna turn you around, but they have been very threatening to people, but we’re gonna be very threatening to them, far more threatening to them than they ever were with us, and that includes the people that fund them. Probably some of the people I know, some of the people I dine with, but if they do, they’re in deep trouble. So we’re gonna be looking very strongly at the people that are funding these operations.”

“When you see the signs, and they’re all made out of beautiful, beautiful paper, beautiful, nice, stiff, very expensive paper, with beautiful wood handles, all the same, all the same color. They come from very expensive printing machines.”

“These are not people that write out their signs in a basement that believe in something. 
These are paid anarchists. At least three of these courageous journalists have personally been victims of antifa attacks. Andy, no, has been repeatedly beaten by Antifa Thugs for his work in, and Andy is a very serious person, too, I have to tell you.”

“I’ve been watching him for a long time. It’s Andy here. That’s what I thought. 
Hello, Andy. I thought that was you. You’re looking better than you do out on those streets, huh? 
You look much better. It’s nice to have you. You feel a little safer here, I think, maybe. 
Well, not that safe, ’cause you have them, you have to worry about them. But thank you very much, Andy, Nell has been repeatedly beaten by Antifa, and including one assault that left him with a brain hemorrhage. Only days ago, Nick Sortur was assaulted in Portland by a flag, burning mob, and we’ve made it one year penalty for inciting riots.”

“We took the freedom of speech away because it’s been through the courts, and the courts said, You have freedom of speech, but what has happened is when they burn a flag, it agitates and irritates crowds. I have never seen anything like it on both sides, and you end up with riots, so we’re going on that basis. We’re looking at it from not from the freedom of speech, which I always felt strongly about, but never passed the courts.”

“This is what they do, is they incite, when you burn an American flag, you incite tremendous violence. We have many examples of it, many, many examples of it, and it’s actually down on tape, and you see things happen that just don’t happen, unless it’s a flag that’s burning. Very recently, Katie, Davis Court was hit in the face with a flagpole in Portland by an Antifa radical, leaving her with a very blackened eye. 
So, Katie, thank you very much, and I’d like to also say that I watched Nick Wiznik as Nick here. Nick, hi, Nick.”

“That was a rough time you went through. 
I watched… I hope you got my little note. I wrote you a note. 
Yeah, I really appreciate it, right? It helped a lot. In your whole situation, very stressful, and you’re never helped a lot.”

“I truly. I thought it was terrible, actually. I thought it was terrible. 
So we’ll talk about it a little bit. Under the less administration, the Department of Justice targeted faithful Catholics, Christians, and patriotic parents, domestic, domestic extremists.”

“They said, Oh, they’re extreme, because they believe in God, they’re extreme, because they go to a Catholic church, or evangelicals, who, everybody was under the gun, unless you were a really bad, sick person, then they left you alone.”

“Under the Trump administration, we’re going after Antifa criminals, and all who fund and support their campaigns are in serious trouble, and we have a lot of records already, a lot of surprises, a lot of bad surprises. It’s people that you would never think, I want to thank Attorney General Pam Bondi, who, by the way, yesterday was incredible in Congress. It was amazing, and she just did it from the heart. 
And the brain, because she’s very smart. in all fairness, but she did it from the heart, and she did it an incredible. everybody was talking about it, and she exposed some of these fake senators, these terrible senators, people like Blumenthal that had a phony war record for 20 years, he talked about what a hero was, and it turned out he never went to Vietnam.”

“For 20 years, he talked about being a hero in Vietnam, then it was exposed when he said, What platoon he was with, and it was exposed that somebody was watching from that particular platoon. They said he was never with us. 
And then he went out and he cried, and he was ready to drop out of the election. And, uh… disgraceful, and then he looks at people like Pam, and he starts criticizing her, and she’s a patriot. And there to do something with that. 
You know, we have a young congressman that’s right now in jail for lying about where he went to college and other things. It was, you know, frankly, not good.”

“It was pretty bad. 
But it was nothing compared to Blumenthal. I mean, what Blumenthal did, he was for 20 years, a hero, a great war hero. And then he sits back, and, you know, sanctimony is kind of a guy, looks out, How dare you do this to the American public, you know? 
What a fake. But, uh, I thought Pam was incredible yesterday, as well as Secretary Christine Ome was, uh, really out there courageously, and I appreciate it, Christie, amazing what you’re doing. FBI Director Cash Patel, who was really, uh, coming up with some great information cash. 
Great, great. Keep it coming ’cause there’s plenty of it. Uh, deputy, attorney, general, one of the best lawyers you’ll ever find. 
Todd Blanche, who I know personally is a good lawyer, because I’m here. Thank you very much, son. Good job, Dad.”

“Let me ask, Attorney General, Bondi, to say a few words, and then we’ll follow it up with Secretary Noam and Director Patel, and we’re gonna have some of the people around the table, very courageous people, and they’re gonna be talking journalists almost all, and they’re gonna be talking, and we’ll take some questions from the press at the end, okay? Pam, please.”

Pam Bondi:

“Thank you, President Trump. 
And as you make clear, Antifa is a domestic left wing terrorist organization. We’ve seen him on video for years because they wanted to be seen, and they got away with it. They beat journalists, they attack courthouses, they attack police stations, they docks and assault our law enforcement officers.”

“The Biden administration let them commit these crimes with total impunity for years. So did Democrat leaders, like Pritzker and Mayor Brandon Johnson. Last week, independent journalist Nick Sorter was arrested just for protecting himself against Antifa. 
I saw it online, and I called Nick. I couldn’t believe what happened. He did all this just trying to save our American flag from being burned.”

“He was pushed down and assaulted. Yet the local police arrested Nick, not the Antipa thugs, who did this to him. Antifa feels empowered to operate in the open, because weak Democrats have turned a blind eye to their actions.”

“Their hatred for President Trump, and for law and order agendas, fuels their violence. We’ve seen more than 1,000%, 1,000%, increase in attacks against our ice agent since January 20th. Secretary Nome is out there fighting for you firsthand to keep our federal officers safe, to keep our federal buildings safe, and we’re not gonna have it anymore, these thugs.”

“We saw what’s happening in Portland and Chicago, and you saw what happened in Dallas. No longer. is not activism, it’s anarchy. We can’t, and we will not, let mask terrorists burn our buildings, attack our law enforcement, and intimidate our communities.”

“Under your leadership, President Trump, we’re deploying the full might of the federal law enforcement to crack down on Antifa and other domestic terrorist organizations, led by Stephen Miller and Stephen, thank you for everything you’re doing. Last week, I issued a memo, ordering our federal law enforcement agents, DEA, FBI, U.S. marshals, and ATF to protect ice officers from Antifa and other radical left wing violence. Director Patel has been going nonstop.”

“He and Deputy Attorney General Blanche were in Chicago yesterday. Yesterday? While Secretary Noam was in Portland, we are around this country fighting against this domestic terrorism. 
We had Apple and Google take down the ice block apps. Hope they continue to comply with that. It’s threatening the safety of our federal law enforcement officers. 
We’re not gonna stop it just arresting the violent criminals we can see in the streets. Fighting crime is more than just getting the bad guy off the streets. It’s breaking down the organization brick by brick.”

“Just like we did with cartels, we’re going to take the same approach, President Trump, with Antifa, destroy the entire organization from top to bottom. We’re going to take them apart. Thanks to your bold leadership and the designation of Antifa as a terrorist organization, which is exactly what they are. 
Americans will no longer tolerate their unhinged violence.”

Kristi Noem

“Thank you. Thank you very much, ma’am. 
Kristi. Well, thank you, Mr. President, and thank you for hosting today and focusing on Antifa and the terrorists that they are. Let’s not make any mistake. These individuals do not just want to threaten our law enforcement officers, threaten our journalists, and the citizens of this country, they want to kill them. Their agenda is to destroy the American people in our way of life. And this president is standing in their way. 
He is stopping them from bringing their death and there’s destruction to the individual citizens in this country that just want to raise their kids and their grandkids in peace and in safety.”

“I want to also thank everyone around this table for being so bold and so brave, for standing up and recognizing the threat that Antifa is. to our way of life. By recognizing how advanced they are, how sophisticated their networks are, how they’ve infiltrated our entire country, and we’re seeing them play out with their tactics from city to city, and how they have built out their funding mechanisms, and, sir, I also want to thank our Treasury Secretary for his work, and getting to the bottom of these funding mechanisms and individuals who are perpetuating this violence on our American cities.”

“I was in Portland yesterday and had the chance to visit with the governor of Oregon and also the mayor. There in town, and they are absolutely covering up the terrorism that is hitting their streets. Well, you talked about some of the stories of our ice agents, our border patrol agents, how they have been attacked, how they have been shot at, injured, the damage that they’ve done, these leaders and these local cities, along with Pritzger and Johnson, ignore what’s going on, or, sir, they’re helping Antifa cover it up.”

“We have arrested dozens of individuals that are Antifa members or affiliated with them, and I want to thank our Attorney General for prosecuting them and making sure they never see the light of day again. They have been so bold in making sure we’re bringing those individuals to justice. One of the individuals we arrested recently in Portland, uh, was the girlfriend of one of the founders of Antifa, and that we are hoping that as we go after her interview her and prosecute her, we will get more and more information about the network and how we can root them out, uh, and eliminate them from the existence of American society.”

“I want to thank the new journalists here today for telling their stories, and for being able and willing to go to the streets and to cover what’s happening here in America. Many times, the legacy media has looked the other way. Refuse to tell the stories, the networks have not really, um, focused on what this is and what damage it is doing to our country and how this network of Antifa is just as sophisticated as MS 13, as TDA, as ISIS, as Hezbollah, as Hamas, as all of them.”

“They are just as dangerous. They have an agenda to destroy us, just like the other terrorists we’ve dealt with for many, many years, and today is the day that we have a president that won’t tolerate it, and will stand up and fight for the American people. So thank you for being here, for being so bold, and for standing in the gap at such a time as this. 
It will matter, it will make a difference, and your life will be one of significance because of what you’ve done today. So with that, God bless you, and thank you, Mr. President. Thank you very much. 
Thank you. Kash, please.”

Kash Patel

“Thank you, Mr. President. 
Mr. President, the American people gave you a sweeping mandate in your victory in this election cycle, and they demanded safety and security for our citizens, and your administration, with your leadership as providers with the resources that we need, which is a whole of government approach to go after criminals absolutely everywhere. Not just outside of this country but within this country. And that takes a whole of government approach.”

“The interagency seated up here with the Department of Homeland Security, our Attorney General, our Deputy Attorney General, and your White House staffers, including Stephen Meters, Stephen Miller’s leadership, has allowed us to go out there and map out these networks. What we are doing at the FBI is simple. It does not require rocket science.”

“We are following the money. Money never lies. And that’s what it’s going to take to bring down this network of organized criminal thugs, gangbangers, and, yes, domestic terrorists, because that’s what they are. 
They are harming everyday citizens in every single one of our communities. And the folks you see here on the right and left, there are some of the bravest men and women we have today. They’re reporting the stories lifetime, because the mainstream media won’t cover it. 
They’re putting their lives on the line.”

“They’re standing up for the flag. The least we can do is stand up for them. 
So you have my thanks. I read more of your stories than I do theirs, because you guys are putting out the truth. And we deserve a country where you are protected as equally as they are. 
We, in this FBI, will go after with the criminals with a vengeance. We will not rest until we find every single seed, money, donor, organization, and funding mechanism that we have. And I want to echo the Secretary’s comments on Scott Besson, who is allowing us to map out these networks through their financial criminal activities, which has been going on for decades, and I would like to remind the American public, they built this diseased temple of corruption over decades, and in eight short months, Mr. President, you have crippled their foundation because of your leadership here, because of the Interagency, because of people like Deputy Attorney General, Blanche, and because of Attorney General Pam Bondi’s fearless leadership to go after criminals, wherever they are, they will not be able to hide.”

“They were able to hide and conspire with prior administrations, and we are exposing their corruption from within, and we will go to every single city in this country, under Operation Summary, and the other operations we were doing at the FBI to bring these criminals to justice. We will arrest every single one of them from whatever perch you sit in, private or public, no matter how your goal or your ambition is, it will be crushed by the Constitution, because the American people deserve law and order, and that’s what we’re gonna give you.”

President Trump

“Thank you very much, Kash. 
Great job.”

What is “Antifa” Means — Definition & Terminology

“Antifa” is short for anti-fascist (from the German antifaschistisch) — essentially meaning opposition to fascism and far-right authoritarianism.

In modern discourse, “antifa” typically refers not to a single organization but to a loosely affiliated network or movement of activists and groups who adopt a militant or confrontational stance against what they regard as fascist, white supremacist, or far-right forces.

Because it lacks centralized leadership, hierarchy, or formal membership, “antifa” is often described as a movement, tendency, or strategy rather than an organization.

Some members or sympathizers identify as anarchists, communists, or other radical left‐wing ideologies, though not all do.

Historical Roots & Intellectual Lineage

To understand contemporary Antifa, it helps to trace its historical antecedents and conceptual foundations.

European (Especially German) Origins

The term Antifaschistische Aktion was adopted in Germany in the early 1930s, under the direction of the German Communist Party (KPD), to build a unified front against the growing fascist threat.

During the late Weimar Republic era, leftist and anti-fascist forces attempted various forms of militant resistance against Nazism, often via street confrontations, paramilitary groups, and alliances among communists, socialists, and others opposed to Hitler’s rise.

After World War II, anti-fascist sentiment in Europe persisted, particularly in Germany, in response to the memory of Nazism. The term “antifa” re-emerged in postwar leftist movements, especially from the 1970s onward, through student movements, autonomous left circles, and radical youth subcultures (punk, squatters, etc.).

In Germany today, “antifa” refers to a network of militant leftist groups that see themselves as defenders against far-right resurgence; German authorities often classify parts of the movement as extreme-left and monitor them.

United States and Recent Growth

In the U.S., militant anti-racist and anti-fascist activism dates back several decades, e.g. in the 1980s and 1990s in response to skinheads, neo-Nazis, and KKK organizing.

A more direct use of the “Antifa” label in the U.S. is traced to Rose City Antifa in Portland, Oregon, founded in 2007. It was among the first U.S. groups to adopt the abbreviated name “Antifa” intentionally.

Many U.S. antifa-aligned groups are or have been affiliated with networks like Anti-Racist Action (ARA), which has roots in 1980s–2000s anti-racist street activism.

The Charlottesville “Unite the Right” rally in 2017 and subsequent clashes brought national attention to antifa-style activism in the U.S.

Ideology and Tactics: Core Beliefs & Motivations

While antifa groups and individuals are diverse, some recurring themes and convictions include:

1. Anti-fascism as a priority: The overriding goal is to prevent, resist, and disrupt what they see as fascist, racist, or far-right organizing before it becomes dominant.
2. Distrust of state institutions: Many in the antifa movement reject the idea that the police, courts, or mainstream institutions can reliably prosecute or suppress fascism, seeing them as tied to existing power structures.
3. Solidarity and direct support for marginalized groups: Antifa activists often align themselves with racial justice, queer liberation, immigrant rights, anti-colonial, and anti-capitalist causes.
4. Rejection of purely institutional or legislative approaches: Some strands hold that simply passing laws or relying on liberal institutions is insufficient to counter fascism — action (sometimes militant) is necessary.

Tactics & Activities

Because antifa is decentralized, there’s no uniform set of tactics across all groups. But some common ones include:

Counter-protests / demonstrations: Physically showing up to oppose far-right rallies, white supremacist demonstrations, or neo-Nazi gatherings.

Direct confrontation: Some members may engage in property damage (graffiti, breaking windows) or scuffles with opponents, typically justified (by them) as a defensive or preventative measure.

Black bloc tactics: Use of uniform black clothing, masks, and anonymity to shield individual identities during protest actions. This is borrowed from anarchist movements.

Public shaming / doxxing: Revealing names, images, or personal information of individuals believed to be far-right organizers or extremists.

Mutual aid / community organizing: Some antifa-aligned groups engage in social services, distributing resources, supporting local causes, and building community resilience.

Research & monitoring: Tracking, documenting, and exposing far-right networks, events, and actors.

It’s important to distinguish between nonviolent antifa-aligned activism (protests, monitoring, confronting speech) and militant tactics (property damage, physical encounters). Because of its fluid boundaries, participants differ widely in their approach.

Controversies, Criticisms & Legal Status

Antifa is highly controversial, especially in political and legal debates. Here are key points and tensions: Criticisms & Opposing Views

Use of violence / illegality: Critics argue that antifa’s willingness to engage in property damage or physical confrontations undermines civil discourse, breaches the rule of law, and can escalate conflicts. Opponents also say that such tactics sometimes provoke more violence or are counterproductive to broader public support.

Lack of accountability / oversight: Because antifa has no formal structure, leadership, or mechanisms for internal accountability, there is no standard way to regulate or distinguish between aggressive and defensive actions.

Free speech concerns: Some argue that antifa, by attempting to block or disrupt speech by right-wing groups, is undermining free-speech norms. Supporters counter that fascists’ speech often leads to violence and the suppression of dissent.

Inflated threat claims / political weaponization: Some suggest that claims of antifa as a monolithic terror group are exaggerated, sometimes used politically to portray left dissenters as extremist.

Effectiveness: There is debate about whether confrontational tactics actually reduce the influence or spread of far-right groups over the long term, or whether they merely drive them underground or feed into polarization.

Legal and Governmental Responses

The U.S. federal government and many state governments do not formally designate antifa as a domestic terrorist organization, largely because it’s not a unified entity.

Reports to Congress and analyses (e.g. by CRS) have stated that antifa is a loose affiliation of activists, not a formal organized body, making it difficult to classify under existing legal frameworks.

Some individual acts of violence or property destruction associated with antifa-affiliated actors have been prosecuted under ordinary criminal law.

In recent years, especially around contentious protests (e.g. 2020 George Floyd protests), antifa has become a flashpoint in legal and political debates about domestic extremism, policing, and surveillance.

Contemporary Developments & Notable Incidents

In public discourse, antifa often is invoked in narratives about protest violence, especially when clashes occur between left and right forces.

The 2020 protests following the killing of George Floyd spurred heightened attention on antifa, with some blaming it for violence in multiple cities, though assessments differ on the scale of its actual involvement versus broader protest dynamics.

Some U.S. politicians have called for antifa to be designated a terror organization; however, as of the latest publicly documented proposals, no formal federal designation has been universally accepted.

More recently (2025), there is news that former President Donald Trump signed an executive order officially designating antifa as a domestic terrorist organization. This is a controversial move because of antifa’s decentralized nature and because such designations are more commonly used for foreign groups.

Comparison and Analytical Observations

Movement vs. organization: One of the recurring confusions is conflating antifa with a hierarchical group. Because it is decentralized, any attempt to suppress or “ban” antifa risks sweeping broad categories of activists or dissenters under one umbrella.

Ideological diversity: Though often characterized in media as uniformly anarchist or communist, in reality antifa-affiliated activists vary. Some are more radical, others adopt more moderate stances, but they are unified by their anti-fascist orientation.

Tactical risk vs. symbolic impact: The more confrontational tactics can have symbolic value (signaling resistance, disrupting far-right mobilization) but also carry risks: media backlash, state crackdown, legal liability, and alienation of moderate supporters.

Polarization & narrative control: Because antifa is often cast by opponents as lawless or “terrorist,” part of its public struggle is narrative: to defend its legitimacy, tactics, and moral position, while opponents seek to delegitimize it.

Effectiveness in long-term antifascist strategy: Scholars differ on whether antifa’s confrontational style is a sustainable or effective means of containing far-right influence, or whether it needs to be paired with institutional, legal, educational, and cultural strategies.

Sources and Citations

Congressional Research Service (CRS) — “Are Antifa Members Domestic Terrorists? Background on Antifa and Federal Classification of Their Actions”

The report states that the FBI does not formally designate Antifa as a domestic terrorist organization, in part because doing so “may infringe on First Amendment–protected free speech.”

The CRS report emphasizes that Antifa is a highly decentralized movement, not a unified organization with a command structure.

It notes that some affiliated individuals may engage in violence or property damage, but that Antifa’s ideology or label, standing alone, is not a crime.

The CRS piece also draws on Congressional testimony (e.g. by FBI Director Wray) noting that law enforcement “investigates violence, not ideology.”

House Hearing — “What is antifa? Is it a group or an idea …” (House Oversight / Government Reform Committee)

This hearing document describes Antifa as a “loose affiliation of local activists scattered across the United States and in a few other countries.”

It confirms the origin of “antifa” as shorthand for “anti-fascist,” used by both supporters and critics.

The document likewise states that Antifa is neither a formal organization nor a single coordinating body.

Reuters / News Explainers

A Reuters explainer states: “Antifa … is a decentralized movement without a clear structure, command hierarchy or leader, according to a 2020 Congressional Research Service report.”

Reuters also notes that Antifa is “not an organized political group in the traditional sense.”

Britannica — “Antifa” Article

Britannica describes Antifa as a “broad and decentralized political movement” composed of individuals and groups who seek to prevent fascism via “radical, and, in some cases, violent and illegal means.”

The article traces the etymology: the name is borrowed from the German antifaschistisch, and the concept has roots in 1930s Germany.

CSIS — “Examining Extremism: Antifa”

The CSIS analysis frames Antifa as a contraction of “anti-fascist,” and describes it as “a decentralized network of individuals” who oppose fascism, racism, and related ideologies.

It also notes the ideological diversity among participants, including anarchists and communists, among others.

Wikipedia / Secondary Summaries

The English Wikipedia page for “Antifa (United States)” captures a lot of commonly accepted descriptions: that Antifa is “a highly decentralized array of autonomous groups,” that its activism includes both nonviolent and violent tactics, and that ideological participants range across anarchist, socialist, and anti‐state orientations.

The page also traces historical roots and connects to earlier movements like Anti-Racist Action (ARA).

The “Anti-fascism” Wikipedia page gives context for older movements (post–World War II, resurgence in Europe, etc.).

“Anarchist: Left-Wing Violent Extremism in America” (GWU / Extremism Research)

This academic paper situates Antifa or affiliated groups within the broader current of left-wing violent extremism in the U.S. It notes that high-quality, nonpartisan research is scarce, but that some individuals tied to “left-wing extremist currents” have been involved in violence.

The paper also references joint reports from FBI and DHS that have identified anarchist or left-wing extremist threats among domestic violent extremist trends.

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