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Anti-fascismis apolitical movementin opposition tofascistideologies, groups and individuals. Beginning in European countries in the 1920s, it was at its most significant shortly before and duringWorld War II,where theAxis powerswere opposed by many countries forming theAllies of World War IIand dozens ofresistance movementsworldwide. Anti-fascism has been an element of movements across the political spectrum and holding many different political positions such asanarchism,communism,pacifism,republicanism,social democracy,socialismandsyndicalismas well ascentrist,conservative,liberalandnationalistviewpoints.

Fascism, afar-rightultra-nationalisticideology best known for its use by theItalian Fascistsand theNazis,became prominent beginning in the 1910s. Organization against fascism began around 1920. Fascism became the state ideology of Italy in 1922 and of Germany in 1933, spurring a large increase in anti-fascist action, includingGerman resistance to Nazismand theItalian resistance movement.Anti-fascism was a major aspect of theSpanish Civil War,which foreshadowed World War II.

Before World War II,the Westhad not taken seriously the threat of fascism, and anti-fascism was sometimes associated with communism. However, theoutbreak of World War IIgreatly changed Western perceptions, and fascism was seen as an existential threat by not only thecommunistSoviet Union but also by theliberal-democraticUnited States and United Kingdom. The Axis Powers of World War II were generally fascist, and the fight against them was characterized in anti-fascist terms.Resistance during World War IIto fascism occurred in every occupied country, and came from across the ideological spectrum. The defeat of the Axis powers generally ended fascism as a state ideology.

After World War II, the anti-fascist movement continued to be active in places where organized fascism continued or re-emerged. There was a resurgence ofantifa in Germanyin the 1980s, as a response to the invasion of thepunk scenebyneo-Nazis.This influenced theantifa movement in the United Statesin the late 1980s and 1990s, which was similarly carried by punks. In the 21st century, this greatly increased in prominence as a response to the resurgence of theradical right,especially after theelection of Donald Trump.[1][2]

Origins

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See also:Fascism and ideology
Thefascesas depicted in the logo of theNational Fascist Party.It is an axe bound in a bundle of wooden rods, symbolizing amagistrate's power over life or death through the death penalty. In the 20th century, it became the premier fascist symbol.

With the development and spread ofItalian Fascism,i.e. the original fascism, theNational Fascist Party's ideology was met with increasingly militant opposition by Italian communists and socialists. Organizations such asArditi del Popolo[3]and theItalian Anarchist Unionemerged between 1919 and 1921, to combat the nationalist and fascist surge of the post-World War I period.

In the words of historianEric Hobsbawm,as fascism developed and spread, a "nationalism of the left" developed in those nations threatened by Italianirredentism(e.g. in theBalkans,andAlbaniain particular).[4]After the outbreak of World War II, theAlbanianandYugoslavresistances were instrumental in antifascist action and underground resistance. This combination of irreconcilable nationalisms andleftistpartisans constitute the earliest roots of European anti-fascism. Less militant forms of anti-fascism arose later. During the 1930s in Britain, "Christians – especially theChurch of England– provided both a language of opposition to fascism and inspired anti-fascist action ".[5]French philosopherGeorges Bataillebelieved thatFriedrich Nietzschewas a forerunner of anti-fascism due to his derision for nationalism and racism.[6]

Michael Seidman argues that traditionally anti-fascism was seen as the purview of thepolitical leftbut that in recent years this has been questioned. Seidman identifies two types of anti-fascism, namely revolutionary and counterrevolutionary:[7]

  • Revolutionary anti-fascism was expressed amongst communists and anarchists, where it identified fascism and capitalism as its enemies and made little distinction between fascism and other forms of right-wing authoritarianism.[8]It did not disappear after the Second World War but was used as an official ideology of the Soviet bloc, with the "fascist" West as the new enemy.
  • Counterrevolutionary anti-fascism was much more conservative in nature, with Seidman arguing that Charles de Gaulle and Winston Churchill represented examples of it and that they tried to win the masses to their cause. Counterrevolutionary antifascists desired to ensure the restoration or continuation of the prewar old regime and conservative antifascists disliked fascism's erasure of the distinction between the public and private spheres. Like its revolutionary counterpart, it would outlast fascism once the Second World War ended.

Seidman argues that despite the differences between these two strands of anti-fascism, there were similarities. They would both come to regard violent expansion as intrinsic to the fascist project. They both rejected any claim that theVersailles Treatywas responsible for the rise of Nazism and instead viewed fascist dynamism as the cause of conflict. Unlike fascism, these two types of anti-fascism did not promise a quick victory but an extended struggle against a powerful enemy. During World War II, both anti-fascisms responded to fascist aggression by creating a cult of heroism which relegated victims to a secondary position.[7]However, after the war, conflict arose between the revolutionary and counterrevolutionary anti-fascisms; the victory of the Western Allies allowed them to restore the old regimes of liberal democracy in Western Europe, while Soviet victory in Eastern Europe allowed for the establishment of new revolutionary anti-fascist regimes there.[9]

History

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Dutch resistancemembers with U.S.101st Airbornetroops inEindhoven,September 1944

Anti-fascist movements emerged first in Italy during the rise ofBenito Mussolini,[10]but they soon spread to other European countries and then globally. In the early period, Communist, socialist, anarchist and Christian workers and intellectuals were involved. Until 1928, the period of theUnited front,there was significant collaboration between the Communists and non-Communist anti-fascists.

In 1928, theCominterninstituted itsultra-leftThird Periodpolicies, ending co-operation with other left groups, and denouncing social democrats as "social fascists".From 1934 until theMolotov–Ribbentrop Pact,the Communists pursued aPopular Frontapproach, of building broad-based coalitions with liberal and even conservative anti-fascists. As fascism consolidated its power, and especially duringWorld War II,anti-fascism largely took the form ofpartisanorresistancemovements.

Italy: against Fascism and Mussolini

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See also:Italian resistance movementandItalian Civil War
Flag ofArditi del Popolo,an axe cutting afasces.Arditi del Popolowas a militant anti-fascist group founded in 1921 in Italy

In Italy, Mussolini'sFascistregime used the termanti-fascistto describe its opponents. Mussolini'ssecret policewas officially known as theOrganization for Vigilance and Repression of Anti-Fascism.During the 1920s in theKingdom of Italy,anti-fascists, many of them from thelabor movement,fought against the violentBlackshirtsand against the rise of the fascist leader Benito Mussolini. After theItalian Socialist Party(PSI) signed apacification pactwith Mussolini and hisFasces of Combaton 3 August 1921,[11]and trade unions adopted a legalist and pacified strategy, members of the workers' movement who disagreed with this strategy formedArditi del Popolo.[12]

TheItalian General Confederation of Labour(CGL) and the PSI refused to officially recognize the anti-fascist militia and maintained a non-violent, legalist strategy, while theCommunist Party of Italy(PCd'I) ordered its members to quit the organization. The PCd'I organized some militant groups, but their actions were relatively minor.[13]The Italian anarchistSeverino Di Giovanni,who exiled himself to Argentina following the 1922March on Rome,organized several bombings against the Italian fascist community.[14]The Italian liberal anti-fascistBenedetto Crocewrote hisManifesto of the Anti-Fascist Intellectuals,which was published in 1925.[15]Other notable Italian liberal anti-fascists around that time werePiero GobettiandCarlo Rosselli.[16]

1931 badge of a member ofConcentrazione Antifascista Italiana

Concentrazione Antifascista Italiana(English:Italian Anti-Fascist Concentration), officially known as Concentrazione d'Azione Antifascista (Anti-Fascist Action Concentration), was an Italian coalition of Anti-Fascist groups which existed from 1927 to 1934. Founded inNérac,France, by expatriate Italians, the CAI was an alliance of non-communist anti-fascist forces (republican, socialist, nationalist) trying to promote and to coordinate expatriate actions to fight fascism in Italy; they published a propaganda paper entitledLa Libertà.[17][18][19]

Flag ofGiustizia e Libertà,anti-fascist movement active from 1929 to 1945

Giustizia e Libertà(English:Justice and Freedom) was an Italiananti-fascistresistance movement,active from 1929 to 1945.[20]The movement was cofounded byCarlo Rosselli,[20]Ferruccio Parri,who later becamePrime Minister of Italy,andSandro Pertini,who becamePresident of Italy,were among the movement's leaders.[21]The movement's members held various political beliefs but shared a belief in active, effective opposition to fascism, compared to the older Italian anti-fascist parties.Giustizia e Libertàalso made the international community aware of the realities of fascism in Italy, thanks to the work ofGaetano Salvemini.

Many Italian anti-fascists participated in theSpanish Civil Warwith the hope of setting an example of armed resistance toFranco's dictatorship against Mussolini's regime; hence their motto: "Today in Spain, tomorrow in Italy".[22]

Between 1920 and 1943, several anti-fascist movements were active among theSlovenesandCroatsin the territories annexed to Italy afterWorld War I,known as theJulian March.[23][24]The most influential was the militant insurgent organizationTIGR,which carried out numerous sabotages, as well as attacks on representatives of the Fascist Party and the military.[25][26]Most of the underground structure of the organization was discovered and dismantled by theOrganization for Vigilance and Repression of Anti-Fascism(OVRA) in 1940 and 1941,[27]and after June 1941 most of its former activists joined theSlovene Partisans.

DuringWorld War II,many members of theItalian resistanceleft their homes and went to live in the mountains, fighting against Italian fascists andGerman Nazisoldiers during theItalian Civil War.Many cities in Italy, includingTurin,NaplesandMilan,were freed by anti-fascist uprisings.[28]

Slovenians and Croats under Italianization

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See also:Liberation Front of the Slovenian PeopleandTIGR

The anti-fascist resistance emerged within theSlovene minority in Italy (1920–1947),whom the Fascists meant todepriveof their culture, language and ethnicity.[citation needed]The 1920 burning of theNational Hall in Trieste,theSlovenecenter in the multi-cultural and multi-ethnicTriesteby the Blackshirts,[29]was praised by Benito Mussolini (yet to become Il Duce) as a "masterpiece of the Triestine fascism" (capolavoro del fascismo triestino).[30]The use of Slovene in public places, including churches, was forbidden, not only in multi-ethnic areas, but also in the areas where the population was exclusively Slovene.[31]Children, if they spoke Slovene, were punished by Italian teachers who were brought by the Fascist State fromSouthern Italy.Slovene teachers, writers, and clergy were sent to the other side of Italy.

The first anti-fascist organization, calledTIGR,was formed by Slovenes and Croats in 1927 in order to fight Fascist violence. Its guerrilla fight continued into the late 1920s and 1930s.[32]By the mid-1930s, 70,000 Slovenes had fled Italy, mostly toSlovenia(then part of Yugoslavia) andSouth America.[33]

The Slovene anti-fascist resistance inYugoslaviaduring World War II was led byLiberation Front of the Slovenian People.TheProvince of Ljubljana,occupied by Italian Fascists, saw the deportation of 25,000 people, representing 7.5% of the total population, filling up theRab concentration campandGonars concentration campas well as otherItalian concentration camps.

Germany: against the NSDAP and Hitlerism

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See also:German resistance to Nazism
1928Roter Frontkämpferbundrally in Berlin. Organized by theCommunist Party of Germany,the RFB had at its height over 100,000 members.
Iron FrontThree Arrowsthrough the NSDAP Swastika

The specific term anti-fascism was primarily used[citation needed]by theCommunist Party of Germany(KPD), which held the view that it was the only anti-fascist party in Germany. The KPD formed several explicitly anti-fascist groups such asRoter Frontkämpferbund(formed in 1924 and banned by theSocial Democratsin 1929) andKampfbund gegen den Faschismus(ade factosuccessor to the latter).[34][35][need quotation to verify][36][need quotation to verify]At its height,Roter Frontkämpferbundhad over 100,000 members. In 1932, the KPD established theAntifaschistische Aktionas a "red united front under the leadership of the only anti-fascist party, the KPD".[37]Under the leadership of the committedStalinistErnst Thälmann,the KPD primarily viewed fascism as the final stage ofcapitalismrather than as a specific movement or group, and therefore applied the term broadly to its opponents, and in the name of anti-fascism the KPD focused in large part on attacking its main adversary, the centre-leftSocial Democratic Party of Germany,whom they referred to associal fascistsand regarded as the "main pillar of the dictatorship of Capital."[38]

The movement ofNazism,which grew ever more influential in the last years of theWeimar Republic,was opposed for different ideological reasons by a wide variety of groups, including groups which also opposed each other, such as social democrats, centrists, conservatives and communists. The SPD and centrists formedReichsbanner Schwarz-Rot-Goldin 1924 to defendliberal democracyagainst both the Nazi Party and the KPD, and their affiliated organizations. Later, mainly SPD members formed theIron Frontwhich opposed the same groups.[39]

The name and logo ofAntifaschistische Aktionremain influential. Its two-flag logo, designed byMax Gebhard[de]andMax Keilson[de],is still widely used as a symbol of militant anti-fascists in Germany and globally,[40]as is the Iron Front'sThree Arrowslogo.[41]

Spain: Civil War against the Nationalists

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Main article:Spanish Civil War
Anarchists inBarcelona.The civil war was fought between the anarchist territories and stateless lands that achievedworkers' self-management,and capitalist areas of Spain controlled by theautocraticNationalist faction.

The historianEric Hobsbawmwrote: "TheSpanish civil warwas both at the centre and on the margin of the era of anti-fascism. It was central, since it was immediately seen as a European war between fascism and anti-fascism, almost as the first battle in the coming world war, some of the characteristic aspects of which – for example, air raids against civilian populations – it anticipated. "[42]

Woman with a rifle, soldier ofMujeres Libres,Confederal militiasBarcelona, 1936Spanish Civil War

In Spain, there were histories of popular uprisings in the late 19th century through to the 1930s against the deep-seated military dictatorships.[43]of General Prim and the Primo de la Rivieras[44]These movements further coalesced into large-scale anti-fascist movements in the 1930s, many in the Basque Country, before and during theSpanish Civil War.Therepublicangovernment and army, theAntifascist Worker and Peasant Militias(MAOC) linked to theCommunist Party(PCE),[45]theInternational Brigades,theWorkers' Party of Marxist Unification(POUM),Spanish anarchistmilitias,such as theIron Columnand the autonomous governments ofCataloniaand theBasque Country,fought the rise ofFrancisco Francowith military force.

TheFriends of Durruti,associated with theFederación Anarquista Ibérica(FAI), were a particularly militant group. Thousands of people from many countries went to Spain in support of the anti-fascist cause, joining units such as theAbraham Lincoln Brigade,theBritish Battalion,theDabrowski Battalion,theMackenzie-Papineau Battalion,theNaftali Botwin Companyand theThälmann Battalion,includingWinston Churchill's nephew,Esmond Romilly.[46]Notable anti-fascists who worked internationally against Franco included:George Orwell(who fought in the POUM militia and wroteHomage to Cataloniaabout his experience),Ernest Hemingway(a supporter of the International Brigades who wroteFor Whom the Bell Tollsabout his experience), and the radical journalistMartha Gellhorn.

The Spanish anarchistguerrillaFrancesc Sabaté Llopartfought against Franco's regime until the 1960s, from a base in France. TheSpanish Maquis,linked to the PCE, also fought the Franco regime long after the Spanish Civil war had ended.[47]

France: againstAction Françaiseand Vichy

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See also:French Resistance
1934 demonstration in Paris, with a sign reading "Down with fascism"
Maquismembers in 1944

In the 1920s and 1930s in theFrench Third Republic,anti-fascists confronted aggressivefar-rightgroups such as theAction Françaisemovement in France, which dominated theLatin Quarterstudents' neighborhood.[citation needed]After fascism triumphed via invasion, the French Resistance (French:La Résistance française) or, more accurately,resistance movementsfought against theNazi Germanoccupation and against the collaborationistVichy régime.Resistance cells were small groups of armed men and women (called themaquisin rural areas), who, in addition to theirguerrilla warfareactivities, were also publishers ofunderground newspapers and magazinessuch asArbeiter und Soldat(Worker and Soldier) during World War Two, providers of first-hand intelligence information, and maintainers of escape networks.[citation needed]

United Kingdom: against Mosley's BUF

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The rise ofOswald Mosley'sBritish Union of Fascists(BUF) in the 1930s was challenged by theCommunist Party of Great Britain,socialistsin theLabour PartyandIndependent Labour Party,anarchists,IrishCatholicdockmen andworking classJewsinLondon's East End.A high point in the struggle was theBattle of Cable Street,when thousands of local residents and others turned out to stop the BUF from marching. Initially, the national Communist Party leadership wanted a mass demonstration atHyde Parkin solidarity withRepublican Spain,instead of a mobilization against the BUF, but local party activists argued against this. Activists rallied support with the sloganThey shall not pass,adopted from Republican Spain.

There were debates within the anti-fascist movement over tactics. While many East End ex-servicemen participated in violence against fascists,[48]Communist Party leaderPhil Piratindenounced these tactics and instead called for large demonstrations.[49]In addition to the militant anti-fascist movement, there was a smaller current of liberal anti-fascism in Britain; SirErnest Barker,for example, was a notable English liberal anti-fascist in the 1930s.[50]

United States, World War II

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"Anti-fascism in the United States" redirects here. For the contemporary anti-fascist movement, seeAntifa (United States).
American singer-songwriter and anti-fascistWoody Guthrieand his guitar labelled "This machine kills fascists"

Anti-fascist Italian expatriates in the United States founded theMazzini SocietyinNorthampton, Massachusettsin September 1939 to work toward ending Fascist rule in Italy. As political refugees from Mussolini's regime, they disagreed among themselves whether to ally with Communists and anarchists or to exclude them. The Mazzini Society joined with other anti-Fascist Italian expatriates in the Americas at a conference inMontevideo,Uruguay in 1942. They unsuccessfully promoted one of their members,Carlo Sforza,to become the post-Fascist leader of a republican Italy. The Mazzini Society dispersed after the overthrow of Mussolini as most of its members returned to Italy.[51][52]

During theSecond Red Scarewhich occurred in the United States in the years that immediately followed the end ofWorld War II,the term "premature anti-fascist" came into currency and it was used to describe Americans who had strongly agitated or worked against fascism, such as Americans who had fought for theRepublicansduring theSpanish Civil War,before fascism was seen as a proximate and existential threat to the United States (which only occurred generally after theinvasion of PolandbyNazi Germanyand only occurred universally after theattack on Pearl Harbor). The implication was that such persons were either Communists or Communist sympathizers whose loyalty to the United States was suspect.[53][54][55]However, the historiansJohn Earl HaynesandHarvey Klehrhave written that no documentary evidence has been found of the US government referring to American members of theInternational Brigadesas "premature antifascists": theFederal Bureau of Investigation,Office of Strategic Services,andUnited States Armyrecords used terms such as "Communist", "Red", "subversive", and "radical" instead. Indeed, Haynes and Klehr indicate that they have found many examples of members of theXV International Brigadeand their supporters referring to themselves sardonically as "premature antifascists".[56]

Burma, World War II

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Main article:Anti-Fascist Organisation

TheAnti-Fascist Organisation(AFO) was aresistance movementwhich advocated the independence of Burma and fought against theJapanese occupation of BurmaduringWorld War II.It was the forerunner of theAnti-Fascist People's Freedom League.The AFO was formed during a meeting which was held inPeguin August 1944, the meeting was held by the leaders of theCommunist Party of Burma(CPB), theBurma National Army(BNA) led by GeneralAung San,and the People's Revolutionary Party (PRP), later renamed theBurma Socialist Party.[57][58]Whilst in Insein prison in July 1941, CPB leadersThakin Than TunandThakin Soehad co-authored theInsein Manifesto,which, against the prevailing opinion in the Burmese nationalist movement led by theDobama Asiayone,identified worldfascismas the main enemy in the coming war and called for temporary cooperation with the British in a broad allied coalition that included theSoviet Union.Soe had already gone underground to organise resistance against the Japanese occupation, and Than Tun as Minister of Land and Agriculture was able to pass on Japanese intelligence to Soe, while other Communist leaders Thakin Thein Pe and Thakin Tin Shwe made contact with the exiled colonial government inSimla,India.Aung San was War Minister in the puppet administration which was set up on 1 August 1943 and included the Socialist leadersThakin NuandThakin Mya.[57][58]During a meeting which was held between 1 and 3 March 1945, the AFO was reorganized as a multi-party front which was named theAnti-Fascist People's Freedom League.[59]

Poland, World War II

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Main articles:Anti-Fascist Bloc,Anti-Fascist Military Organisation,andLviv Anti-Fascist Congress of Cultural Workers
Proclamation of theAnti-Fascist Bloc,15 May 1942

The Anti-Fascist Bloc was an organization ofPolish Jewsformed in the March 1942 in theWarsaw Ghetto.It was created after an alliance betweenleftist-Zionist,communist and socialist Jewish parties was agreed upon. The initiators of the bloc wereMordechai Anielewicz,Józef Lewartowski(Aron Finkelstein) from thePolish Workers' Party,Josef KaplanfromHashomer Hatzair,Szachno SaganfromPoale Zion-Left,Jozef Sakas a representative of socialist-Zionists andIzaak Cukiermanwith his wifeCywia LubetkinfromDror.TheJewish Bunddid not join the bloc though they were represented at its first conference byAbraham BlumandMaurycy Orzech.[60][61][62][63]

After World War II

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Main article:Post–World War II anti-fascism
Anti-fascistgraffitiinTrnava,Slovakia
Antifascist sticker inWarsaw,Poland.

The anti-fascist movements which emerged during the period of classical fascism, both liberal and militant, continued to operate after the defeat of theAxis powersin response to the resilience and mutation of fascism both in Europe and elsewhere. In Germany, as Nazi rule crumbled in 1944, veterans of the 1930s anti-fascist struggles formedAntifaschistische Ausschüsse,Antifaschistische Kommittees,orAntifaschistische Aktiongroups, all typically abbreviated to "antifa".[64]The socialist government ofEast Germanybuilt theBerlin Wallin 1961, and theEastern Blocreferred to it officially as the "Anti-fascist Protection Rampart". Resistance to fascists dictatorships in Spain and Portugal continued, including the activities of theSpanish Maquisand others, leading up to theSpanish transition to democracyand theCarnation Revolution,respectively, as well as to similar dictatorships inChileand elsewhere. Other notable anti-fascist mobilisations in the first decades of the post-war period include the43 Groupin Britain.[65]

With the start of theCold Warbetween the former World War II allies of the United States and the Soviet Union, the concept oftotalitarianismbecame prominent in Westernanti-communistpolitical discourse as a tool to convert pre-war anti-fascism into post-war anti-communism.[66][67][68][69][70]

Modern antifa politics can be traced to opposition to the infiltration of Britain'spunkscene bywhite power skinheadsin the 1970s and 1980s, and the emergence ofneo-Nazismin Germany following thefall of the Berlin Wall.In Germany, young leftists, including anarchists and punk fans, renewed the practice of street-level anti-fascism. ColumnistPeter Beinartwrites that "in the late '80s, left-wing punk fans in the United States began following suit, though they initially called their groupsAnti-Racist Action(ARA) on the theory that Americans would be more familiar with fighting racism than they would be with fighting fascism ".[71]

Germany

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Main article:Antifa (Germany)
Logo ofAntifaschistische Aktion,the militant anti-fascist network in 1930s Germany that inspired the antifa movement
The logo as it appears on a flag held by an antifa protester inCologne,2008

The contemporary antifa movement in Germany comprises different anti-fascist groups which usually use the abbreviation antifa and regard the historicalAntifaschistische Aktion(Antifa) of the early 1930s as an inspiration, drawing on the historic group for its aesthetics and some of its tactics, in addition to the name. Many new antifa groups formed from the late 1980s onward. According to Loren Balhorn, contemporary antifa in Germany "has no practical historical connection to the movement from which it takes its name but is instead a product of West Germany's squatter scene and autonomist movement in the 1980s".[72]

One of the biggest antifascist campaigns in Germany in recent years was the ultimately successful effort toblock the annual Nazi-ralliesin the east German city of Dresden in Saxony which had grown into "Europe's biggest gathering of Nazis".[73]Unlike the original Antifa which had links to theCommunist Party of Germanyand which was concerned with industrial working-class politics, the late 1980s and early 1990s,autonomistswere independentanti-authoritarianlibertarian Marxistsandanarcho-communistsnot associated with any particular party. The publicationAntifaschistisches Infoblatt,in operation since 1987, sought to exposeradical nationalistspublicly.[74]

German governmentinstitutions such as theFederal Office for the Protection of the Constitutionand theFederal Agency for Civic Educationdescribe the contemporary antifa movement as part of the extreme left and as partially violent. Antifa groups are monitored by the federal office in the context of its legal mandate to combatextremism.[75][76][77][78]The federal office states that the underlying goal of the antifa movement is "the struggle against theliberal democratic basic order"and capitalism.[76][77]In the 1980s, the movement was accused by German authorities of engaging interroristacts of violence.[79]

Greece

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In Greece, anti-fascism is a popular part of leftist and anarchist culture, September 2013 anti-fascist hip-hop artistPavlos 'Killah P' Fyssaswas accosted and attacked with bats and knives by a large group ofGolden Dawnaffiliated people leaving Pavlos to be pronounced dead at the hospital. The attack lead international protests and riots, the retaliatoryshooting of three Golden Dawn membersoutside of theirNeo Irakleioas well as condemnations against the party by politicians and other public figures, includingPrime MinisterAntonis Samaras.[citation needed]This episode led to Golden Dawn to being criminally investigated, with the result in sixty-eight members of Golden Dawn being declared part of a criminal organization whilst fifteen out of the seventeen members accused in Pavlos's murder were convicted,[80]"Effectively banning" the party.[81]

Italy

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Anti-fascist demonstration atPorta San PaoloinRome,Italy,on the occasion of theLiberation Dayon 25 April 2013

Today'sItalian constitutionis the result of the work of theConstituent Assembly,which was formed by the representatives of all the anti-fascist forces that contributed to the defeat of Nazi and Fascist forces during theliberation of Italy.[82]

Liberation Dayis a national holiday inItalythat commemorates the victory of theItalian resistance movementagainstNazi Germanyand theItalian Social Republic,puppet stateof the Nazis andrump stateof the fascists, in theItalian Civil War,acivil warin Italy fought duringWorld War II,which takes place on 25 April. The date was chosen by convention, as it was the day of the year 1945 when theNational Liberation Committeeof Upper Italy (CLNAI) officially proclaimed the insurgency in a radio announcement, propounding the seizure of power by the CLNAI and proclaiming the death sentence for all fascist leaders (includingBenito Mussolini,who was shot three days later).[83]

ANPIlogo

Associazione Nazionale Partigiani d'Italia(ANPI; "National Association of ItalianPartisans") is an association founded by participants of theItalian resistanceagainst theItalian Fascistregime and the subsequentNazioccupation duringWorld War II.ANPI was founded inRomein 1944[84]while the war continued innorthern Italy.It was constituted as acharitable foundationon 5 April 1945. It persists due to the activity of its antifascist members. ANPI's objectives are the maintenance of the historical role of the partisan war by means of research and the collection of personal stories. Its goals are a continued defense againsthistorical revisionismand the ideal and ethical support of the high values of freedom and democracy expressed in the 1948constitution,in which the ideals of theItalian resistancewere collected.[85]Since 2008, every two years ANPI organizes its national festival. During the event, meetings, debates, and musical concerts that focus on antifascism, peace, and democracy are organized.[86]

Bella ciao(instrumental only version)

Bella ciao(Italian pronunciation:[ˈbɛllaˈtʃaːo];"Goodbye beautiful" ) is anItalian folk songmodified and adopted as an anthem of theItalian resistance movementby the partisans who opposednazismandfascism,and fought against the occupying forces ofNazi Germany,who were allied with the fascist and collaborationistItalian Social Republicbetween 1943 and 1945 during theItalian Civil War.Versions of this Italian anti-fascist song continue to be sung worldwide as a hymn of freedom and resistance.[87]As an internationally known hymn of freedom, it was intoned at many historic and revolutionary events. The song originally aligned itself with Italian partisans fighting against Nazi German occupation troops, but has since become to merely stand for the inherent rights of all people to be liberated from tyranny.[88][89]

United States

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Main article:Antifa (United States)

Dartmouth Collegehistorian Mark Bray, author ofAntifa: The Anti-Fascist Handbook,credits the ARA as the precursor of modern antifa groups in the United States. In the late 1980s and 1990s, ARA activists toured with popular punk rock and skinhead bands in order to preventKlansmen,neo-Nazis and other assorted white supremacists from recruiting.[90][91]Their motto was "We go where they go" by which they meant that they would confrontfar-rightactivists in concerts and actively remove their materials from public places.[92]In 2002, the ARA disrupted a speech in Pennsylvania byMatthew F. Hale,the head of the white supremacist groupWorld Church of the Creator,resulting in a fight and twenty-five arrests. In 2007,Rose City Antifa,likely the first group to utilize the name antifa, was formed inPortland, Oregon.[93][94][95]Other antifa groups in the United States have other genealogies. In 1987 inBoise, Idaho,the Northwest Coalition Against Malicious Harassment (NWCAMH) was created in response to the Aryan Nation's annual meeting nearHayden Lake, Idaho.The NWCAMH brought together over 200 affiliated public and private organizations, and helped people, across six states--Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington and Wyoming.[96]InMinneapolis, Minnesota,a group called the Baldies was formed in 1987 with the intent to fight neo-Nazi groups directly. In 2013, the "most radical" chapters of the ARA formed theTorch Antifa Network[97]which has chapters throughout the United States.[98]Other antifa groups are a part of different associations such as NYC Antifa or operate independently.[99]

Modern antifa in the United States is a highlydecentralizedmovement. Antifapolitical activistsareanti-racistswho engage inprotesttactics, seeking to combatfascistsandracistssuch asneo-Nazis,white supremacists,and otherfar-rightextremists.[100]This may involvedigital activism,harassment,physical violence,andproperty damage[101]against those whom they identify as belonging to the far-right.[102][103]According to antifa historian Mark Bray, most antifa activity is nonviolent, involving poster and flyer campaigns, delivering speeches, marching in protest, and community organizing on behalf of anti-racist and anti-white nationalistcauses.[104][94]

A June 2020 study by theCenter for Strategic and International Studiesof 893 terrorism incidents in the United States since 1994 found one attack staged by an anti-fascist that led to a fatality (the2019 Tacoma attack,in which the attacker, who identified as an anti-fascist, was killed by police), while attacks by white supremacists or other right-wing extremists resulted in 329 deaths.[105][106][107]Since the study was published, onehomicidehas been connected to anti-fascism.[105]ADHSdraft report from August 2020 similarly did not include "antifa" as a considerable threat, while noting white supremacists as the top domestic terror threat.[108]

There have been multiple efforts to discredit antifa groups via hoaxes on social media, many of themfalse flagattacks originating fromalt-rightand4chanusers posing as antifa backers onTwitter.[109][110]Some hoaxes have been picked up and reported as fact by right-leaning media.[111][112]

During theGeorge Floyd protestsin May and June 2020, theTrump administrationblamed antifa for orchestrating the mass protests. Analysis of federal arrests did not find links to antifa.[113]There had been repeated calls by the Trump administration to designate antifa as a terrorist organization,[114]a move that academics, legal experts and others argued would both exceed the authority of the presidency and violate theFirst Amendment.[115][116][117]

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Some post-war anti-fascist action took place inRomaniaunder theAnti-Fascist Committee of German Workers in Romania,founded in March 1949.[118]A Swedish group,Antifascistisk Aktion,was formed in 1993.[119]

Use of the term

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See also:Fascist (insult),Nazi analogies,Red fascism,Reductio ad Hitlerum,andSocial fascism

TheChristian Democratic Union of GermanypoliticianTim Petersnotes that the term is one of the most controversial terms inpolitical discourse.[120]Michael Richter,a researcher at theHannah Arendt Institute for Research on Totalitarianism,highlights the ideological use of the term in the Soviet Union and the Eastern bloc, in which the termfascismwas applied toEastern bloc dissidentsregardless of any connection to historical fascism, and where the termanti-fascismserved to legitimize the ruling government.[121]

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