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The change.org link for mentioned in the above link (declaring antifa a
terrorist organization):
https://www.change.org/p/president-of-the-united-states-declare-antifa-a-
terrorist-organization
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The violence and murder of a protester in Charlottesville, Virginia, over
the weekend has been attributed to far-right elements that descended on the
city to demonstrate against the proposed removal of a statue of Confederate
war hero Robert E Lee.
President Donald Trump drew widespread criticism on Saturday when he said
that there was violence on "many sides" in Charlottesville and initially
neglected to explicitly censure the white supremacists who organised the
rally.
On Monday, he bowed to pressure to castigate the KKK, white supremacists and
neo-nazis.
But many conservatives say blame should be shared by Antifa, a loosely
affiliated group of far-left protesters.
Critics argue the media tends to excuse violence by Antifa militants just
because they are fighting white supremacists and their odious ideology.
What exactly is Antifa?
The social causes of Antifa (short for anti-fascist or Anti-Fascist action)
are easily identifiable as left-leaning.
Most members oppose all forms of racism and sexism, and strongly oppose what
they see as the nationalist, anti-immigration and anti-Muslim policies that
Mr Trump has enacted.
However, as their name indicates, Antifa focuses more on fighting far-right
ideology than encouraging pro-left policy.
Unlike the mainstream left, they do not seek to gain power through
traditional channels - winning elections and passing bills into law.
Antifa is anti-government and anti-capitalist, and their methodologies are
often perceived as more closely aligned with anarchists than the mainstream
left.
Antifa does not shy away from militant protest methods, including the
destruction of property and sometimes physical violence.
They were present at the 2017 Berkeley protests of far-right speaker Milo
Yiannopoulos and at violent protests against Donald Trump's inauguration;
they were also present at Charlottesville.
Antifa's roots go back almost as far as Nazis
Much like the far-right, Antifa members around the world comprise a
patchwork of groups, though the most active appear to be based in the US,
the UK (under the name Anti-Fascist Action) and Germany (Antifaschistische
Aktion).
The German movement was founded in 1932 to provide a militant far-left group
to counter the fast-rising Nazi party.
They were disbanded in 1933 after Hitler took control of parliament and
resurrected in the 1980s as a response to neo-Nazism after the fall of the
Berlin Wall.
President Trump's election seems to have been something of a touchstone for
the Antifa movement, which has links with the Black Lives Matter (BLM)
movement and various anarchist groups.
According to James Anderson, one of a group of people who run the popular
anti-fascist and anarchist news site, It's Going Down, interest has spiked
since Mr Trump's election.
The It's Going Down website, which received around 300 hits daily in 2015,
now garners between 10-20,000 hits a day.
Since the events in Charlottesville on Saturday, the It's Going Down Twitter
handle has gained 2,000 new followers.
While interest may have spiked since Mr Trump's election, it is all but
impossible to quantify how many people are active members of Antifa.
Much like the far-right, chapters of Antifa are loosely connected and highly
secretive, and organise mostly on message boards such as Reddit and over
social networks like Twitter and Facebook.
Calls to label Antifa a terror organisation
Antifa has become a popular topic for right-leaning websites and among
conservative pundits.
Fox News commentator and conservative speaker Erick Erickson says in The
Resurgent, a conservative blog, that "Antifa and the white supremacists are
two sides of a common coin. The people dead in Charlottesville died because
of one neo-Nazi, but there were dozen [sic] of people left bleeding in the
streets because of Antifa".
Meanwhile, a change.org petition lobbying Mr Trump to declare Antifa a
domestic terror organisation has garnered nearly 100,000 supporters.
In pictures: Charlottesville protest
While Antifa has gained relatively little attention in the mainstream media,
that may soon change.
According to Mr Anderson, the events in Charlottesville over the weekend
represent a "sea change" in how Antifa is perceived.
"This is a huge turning point and vindication for our movement," he said.
"We are working with Black Lives Matter, local clergy, this is not a
movement that wants to be a lone group of militants," he said.
"This is about popular power. Sometimes that looks controversial - but this
is a broad movement, and we are looking to engage a wide variety of people." | m********g
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