Sooo... Antifa.

For today’s episode, let us revisit anti-fascism, commonly known as Antifa, particularly in the context of the United States and Britain.

21st-century militant anti-fascism has a decentralised structure and commitment to direct action and "no platform" principles against the far right.

Our sources:

https://crestresearch.ac.uk/resources/understanding-21st-century-militant-anti-fascism/

https://www.csis.org/analysis/who-are-antifa-and-are-they-threat

https://www.britannica.com/topic/Antifa

Crucially, the CREST report highlights that militant anti-fascists exercise restraint in their use of violence, challenging associations with terrorism. The second source, a Critical Questions analysis from the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), addresses who Antifa are and assesses the threat they pose, concluding that Antifa is a decentralised network with anarchist and communist leanings that has historically been responsible for only a small percentage of domestic extremist attacks in the US compared to far-right and religious terrorism.

Both documents discuss the debate surrounding the conflation of Antifa with domestic terrorism, with the CSIS piece noting the difficulties in designating the network as a terrorist organisation.

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