The problem they have is that there is no central organization/charter for ANTIFA. There is no leadership to be identified though ANTIFA is a real thing.
In my opinion ANTIFA is secretly organized and directed by deep state operatives and funding, but without being able to identify who that is, who do you target?
This may have been presented already, but it's late and I haven't time to go through about 140 posts here, so jumping in with some thoughts and links.
Antifa is intentionally "no central organization/charter" to reduce the sort of documentation that could be used in court. However they are very organized with a formula for indoctrination/training, and organizing turnout to "protests".
It's a thorough read but not a large book and highly recommend;
Unmasked: Inside Antifa's Radical Plan to Destroy Democracy
– February 2, 2021
by
Andy Ngo (Author)
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In this #1 national bestseller, a journalist who's been attacked by Antifa writes a deeply researched and reported account of the group's history and tactics.
When Andy Ngo was attacked in the streets by Antifa in the summer of 2019, most people assumed it was an isolated incident. But those who'd been following Ngo's reporting in outlets like the New York Post and Quillette knew that the attack was only the latest in a long line of crimes perpetrated by Antifa.
In Unmasked, Andy Ngo tells the story of this violent extremist movement from the very beginning. He includes interviews with former followers of the group, people who've been attacked by them, and incorporates stories from his own life. This book contains a trove of documents obtained by the author, published for the first time ever.
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Unmasked: Inside Antifa's Radical Plan to Destroy Democracy [Ngo, Andy] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Unmasked: Inside Antifa's Radical Plan to Destroy Democracy
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In this #1 national bestseller, a journalist who's been attacked by Antifa writes a deeply researched and reported account of the group's history and tactics. When Andy Ngo was attacked in the streets by Antifa in the summer of 2019, most people assumed it was an isolated incident. But those...
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One group Andy focused on was in Portland, Oregon and supposedly the oldest 'chapter' of Antifa in the USA*.
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Rose City Antifa (RCA) was founded in Portland, Oregon in October of 2007. RCA was formed after a coalition of local people and organizations formed the 'Ad-Hoc Coalition Against Racism and Fascism' in order to shut down a neo-Nazi skinhead festival called Hammerfest. RCA continues the work of that Ad-Hoc Coalition and countless others who have worked to oppose racial prejudice, bigotry and fascism in our communities in Portland, Oregon, and the Pacific Northwest more broadly.
Rose City Antifa opposes fascist organizing through direct action, education, and through solidarity with leftist spaces, activists, and organizations.
Direct Action is any work that prevents fascist organizing, and when that is not possible, provides consequences to fascist organizers. This is supported by researching and tracking fascist organizations.
Education helps us give our communities the information they need to recognize and oppose fascism. Fascists often hide their ideas and try to co-opt other movements, like environmentalism, anti-captialism, and anti-globalism. Sometimes they may even claim to be feminists. It is important that our community is able to see and understand what fascism is, what gives it power, and how to stop it.
Solidarity helps us model the kind of world we want to live in: a classless society, free from all forms of oppression. We ally ourselves with other groups that have similar values, and support them in their organizing. Through this solidarity, we hope to create radical spaces that can not only grow these movements, but also act as a viable alternative to those that seek community and may be preyed on by fasicsts who provide false solutions to problems of class and alienation in our society.
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Homepage of Rose City Antifa.
www.rosecityantifa.org
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Rose City Antifa (
RCA) is an
antifascist group founded in 2007 in
Portland, Oregon. A
leftist group, it is the oldest known active
antifa group in the United States. While anti-fascist activism in the United States dates back to the 1980s, Rose City Antifa is the first to adopt the abbreviated moniker
antifa. Since 2016, Rose City Antifa has been one of the nine chapters of the
Torch Network coalition.
en.wikipedia.org
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Antifa is not "NEW" however. It may be so in the USA, but it goes back nearly a century to Germany;
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Antifa (German pronunciation:
[ˈantifa] is a
political movement in Germany composed of multiple
far-left,
autonomous,
militant groups and individuals who describe themselves as
anti-fascist. According to the German
Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution and the
Federal Agency for Civic Education, the use of the epithet
fascist against opponents and the view of
capitalism as a form of
fascism are central to the movement. The antifa movement has existed in different eras and incarnations, dating back to
Antifaschistische Aktion, from which the moniker
antifa came. It was set up by the then-
Stalinist Communist Party of Germany (KPD) during the late history of the
Weimar Republic. ...
[this link is to an 18 page/image slideshow of the earlier, German as well as recent German Antifa;
Antifa (Germany) - Wikipedia ]
en.wikipedia.org
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May be more later, but this should serve a good starter.
