What is ANTIFA? the left group Trump tagged 'terrorists'?
US
President Donald Trump tweeted that Washington will be designating ANTIFA a
terrorist group in light of its suspected involvement in instigating violence
during protects across the US, which is started after a black man George Floyd
was killed by a white police officer in Minneapolis. But this isn't the first
time that Trump has directed his rage at secretive ant-fascists.
What
is ANTIFA?
The
Antifa movement is present in the united states as well as across Europe. It is
far left anti-fascist militant political movement that aims to achieve its
goals through direct actions rather than policies. Antifa members engage in
digital activism, property damage violence and harassment against those whom
they deem racist, fascist and far-right. The group traces its origins to the
anti-nazi movement in the 1940s. It was mostly dormant for decades until trumps
election and the rise of the far-right across North America and Europe. But it
also has a controversial international history as is clear from its arrival in
the Syrian war when it actively sided with the PKK which is designated a
terrorist organization by both the US and Turkey. Antifa members alongside the
YPG and the PKK further reaffirms Antifas role in Syria and its links to the
PKK affiliated YPG in Syria. The YPG was armed and backed by the white house,
So its rather ironic that trumps tweets from inside the white house were aimed
at Antifa and its alleged involvement in inciting violence in these protests.
Sp, will Antifa be designated as terrorists? let's see
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