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Dope:
And if any of these lefties had lived in a city that allowed Antifa to take over several city blocks,You mean an imaginary city where and imaginary Antifa takes over several city blocks? Antifa is not in the business of taking over several city blocks kid. They don't do that. You've been reading too many propaganda pamphlets. Dope, you've gone down a rabbit hole and you need to find your way back out.
2018 report
https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/IF/IF1...Anarchist violent extremists (European view)
US government agencies frequently use 'anarchist violent extremism' as a blanket term for both
anarchist and left-wing violent extremism. Anarchist violent extremists are thus defined as 'DVEs
who oppose all forms of capitalism, corporate globalisation, and governing institutions, which are
perceived as harmful to society'.19
These individuals and groups are often –
and in many cases
wrongly – associated with Antifa, a moniker that is nowadays commonly used in US debates over
domestic counter-terrorism (see the box below).
Anarchist violent extremists are organized in small cells, and unlike other DVE groups, they have no
hierarchy or leadership structures. They typically target property rather than humans, which may
explain the smaller number of victims compared to some other forms of extremism. Their attacks
have often happened around major events (e.g. economic and financial summits). However, there
have recently been multiple instances of mass-casualty attack planning within this group. Moreover,
given the societal and political factors at play, such as the intensifying polarisation of US society,
anarchist violent extremists may be increasingly likely to perpetrate such attacks in the future.20
Additionally, the growing violence witnessed at demonstrations between extremists from opposing
sides, has resulted in a 'security dilemma', where attempts by one side to improve its own security
threaten the security of others, thereby provoking further escalation.21 As militias and white
supremacist groups have become increasingly active, anarchist violent extremists may feel bound
to display a more aggressive behaviour and to step up their acts of violence, thus provoking the
other parties to do the same.
Antifa
Antifa – shorthand for anti-fascist – is a decentralised network of loosely affiliated anti-fascist groups and
individuals. The FBI Director Christopher Wray has described Antifa as more of an ideology or a movement
than an organisation. The movement traces its origins to the resistance against nascent fascism in post-
World War I Europe; in the US, it is also deeply rooted in the struggle against racist violence.
Antifa's core purpose is to counter the activities of neo-Nazis, white supremacists and other groups the
movement's adherents consider as fascist. In this context, Antifa activists do not cooperate with law
enforcement, as they question the government's ability to properly investigate and prosecute crimes
committed by fascists.
Antifa activities are in part non-violent and include holding protests and lobbying organisations hosting
speakers or rallies for causes Antifa believes to be of a racist or a fascist nature. In this way, Antifa denies
fascists a public platform. The movement adherents occasionally publicise private information about their
perceived enemies (known as doxing). They primarily use violence during clashes with their opponents at
demonstrations, with one fatal incident attributed to them since 1994 (In 2020, a self-described anti-fascist
killed a member of a far-right group during a protest in Portland, Oregon).
https://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/BRIE...(2023)754561_EN.pdf
So I've given you some starters to help you climb out of that rabbit hole.
