What Is Antifa, the Movement Trump Wants to Declare a Terror Group? <br /> <br />--bl-- <br /> <br />President Trump’s announcement on Twitter brought renewed attention to the anti-fascist protesters he has blamed for inciting violence at protests. <br /> <br />--bl-- <br /> <br />The president’s critics noted, however, that the United States does not have a domestic terrorism law and that antifa, a contraction of the phrase “anti-fascist,” is not an organization with a leader, a defined structure or membership roles. <br /> <br />--bl-- <br /> <br />Rather, antifa is more of a movement of activists whose followers share a philosophy and tactics. <br /> <br />--bl-- <br /> <br />Who are the members of antifa? <br /> <br />Its followers acknowledge that the movement is secretive, has no official leaders and is organized into autonomous local cells. <br /> <br />It is also only one in a constellation of activist movements that have come together in the past few years to oppose the far right. <br /> <br />Antifa members campaign against actions they view as authoritarian, homophobic, racist or xe
