The left-leaning anti-fascist movement—or Antifa—has been around for decades, popping up in North America and Europe in response to rising white nationalist or fascist sentiments. Now, Antifa has made a resurgence in the US, where members clad in masks and nondescript black clothing physically confront groups of white supremacists and neo-Nazis who’ve started organizing in cities around the country.
Since the 2016 presidential election, Antifa has become a staple at alt-right and Trump-related rallies that often result in violence. VICE met up with a few Antifa activists in Philadelphia who engage in “Black Bloc” actions to find out more about their ideology, tactics, and individual reasons for participating in a high-risk form of activism.
00:00 Intro
03:00 “Street violence is the last resort for anti-fascists”
07:10 Police violence
10:20 When the Charlottesville rally turned deadly
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Since the 2016 presidential election, Antifa (short for “anti-fascist”) has become a staple at right-wing rallies. The faceless, leaderless group stretches across North America and Europe — and they aren’t afraid to incite violence.
WATCH NEXT: Inside America’s Largest Right Wing Militia – http://bit.ly/2glqlan
the funny thing is that these people are fascists…
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Hell this far-right militia sounds like a blast, I may join myself.
I think you are getting antifa mixed up with hypocrites
Fascists shutdown speak….DUMMY!that’s what antifa does
Dressing up in black and beating up white people… Sounds like something a racist would do.
Insane people as nazi are not everywhere at all a rare as hens teeth
A cade of seeing things you see everywhere is a delusion the nizis are al dead
4 more years baby boy
Valve without beach. Yeah it’s anarchist porn