,ANTIFA ,ISN'T ! ,PROBLEM 
,TRUMP'S ,BLU/] IS A ,DI/RACTION FROM ,POLICE ,VIOL5CE 

,PEOPLE 3 

,AU?OR 3 ,M>K ,BRAY 

,TEXT 3 

,DID ! TRAGIC VIDEO ( ! POLICE KILL+ ( ,GEORGE ,FLOYD 9 ,M9NEAPOLIS ?R[ Y\ 9TO A FIT ( RAGE8 ,( SADNESS & DESPAIR8 ,DID IT MAKE Y\ WANT TO BURN D[N A POLICE /ATION8 

,:E!R IT DID OR 7MORE LIKELY7 DID NOT1 Y\ MI<T BE AMONG ! MANY ,AM]ICANS :O SYMPA?IZE ) ! \TBUR/ ( ANG] BEH9D ! OV]TURN+ ( POLICE CRUIS]S & ! SMA%+ ( /OREFRONTS 9 CITIES ACROSS ! C\NTRY 9 ! WAKE ( ,FLOYD'S DEA?1 EV5 IF Y\ DISAGREE ) PROP]TY DE/RUCTION4 ,?\< 0VIOL5T0 PROTE/ TACTICS >E G5]ALLY UNPOPUL>1 !Y COMM& ATT5TION & =CE US TO ASK3 ,H[ DID WE GET H]E8 

,PRESID5T ,TRUMP1 ,ATTORNEY ,G5]AL ,WILLIAM ,P4 ,B>R & !IR ALLIES HAVE A SIMPLE & CONV5I5T ANSW]3 0,IT'S ,A,N,T,I,F,A & ! ,RADICAL ,LEFT10 AS ,TRUMP TWEET$ ON ,SATURDAY4 0,9 MANY PLACES10 ,B>R EXPLA9$1 0IT APPE>S ! VIOL5CE IS PLANN$1 ORGANIZ$ & DRIV5 BY AN>*IC 444 & F> LEFT EXTREMI/ GR\PS US+ ,ANTIFA-LIKE TACTICS40 0,DOME/IC EXTREMI/S10 ,S54 ,M>CO ,RUBIO 7,R-,FLA47 TWEET$1 >E 0TAK+ ADVANTAGE ( PROTE/ TO FUR!R !IR [N UNRELAT$ AG5DA40 ,AFT] ANO!R NI<T ( DE/RUCTION ?AT 9CLUD$ ! BURN+ ( ! =M] SLAVE M>KET CALL$ ! ,M>KET ,H\SE 9 ,FAYETTEVILLE1 ,N4,C41 ,TRUMP UPP$ ! /AKES ON ,SUNDAY BY DECL>+ ?AT 0! ,UNIT$ ,/ATES ( ,AM]ICA WILL BE DESIGNAT+ ,A,N,T,I,F,A AS A ,T]RORI/ ,ORGANIZATION40 

,TRUMP'S RECKLESS ACCUSATIONS LACK EVID5CE1 LIKE MANY ( HIS CLAIMS4 ,BUT !Y ALSO 9T5TIONALLY MISREPRES5T ! ANTI-FASCI/ MOVEM5T 9 ! 9T]E/ ( DELEGITIMIZ+ MILITANT PROTE/ & DEFLECT+ ATT5TION AWAY FROM ! :ITE SUPREMACY & POLICE BRUTALITY ?AT ! PROTE/S OPPOSE4 

,%ORT = ANTI-FASCI/ 9 MANY LANGUAGES1 ANTIFA 7PRON\NC$ ,A,N-TIFA7 OR MILITANT ANTIFASCISM IS A POLITICS ( SOCIAL REVOLUTION>Y SELF-DEF5SE APPLI$ TO FI<T+ ! F> RI<T :I* TRACES ITS H]ITAGE BACK TO ! RADICALS :O RESI/$ ,B5ITO ,MUSSOL9I & ,ADOLF ,HITL] 9 ,ITALY & ,G]MANY A C5TURY AGO4 ,MANY ,AM]ICANS HAD NEV] HE>D ( ,ANTIFA BE=E MASK$ ANTIFASCI/S SMA%$ W9D[S TO %UT D[N ,MILO ,YIANNOP\LOS 9 ,B]KELEY1 ,CALIPH41 9 E>LY #bag OR CONFRONT$ :ITE SUPREMACI/S 9 ,*>LOTTESVILLE LAT] ?AT YE> -- :5 A FASCI/ MURD]$ ,HEA!R ,HEY] & 9JUR$ MANY MORE ) HIS C> 9 A WAY ?AT FRI<T5+LY PRESAG$ ! ,NEW ,YORK POLICE (FIC]S :O DROVE 9TO PROTE/]S ON ,SATURDAY 9 ,BROOKLYN4 

,BAS$ ON MY RESE>* 9TO ANTIFA GR\PS1 ,I BELIEVE IT'S TRUE ?AT MO/1 IF NOT ALL1 MEMB]S DO :OLEHE>T$LY SUPPORT MILITANT SELF-DEF5SE AGA9/ ! POLICE & ! T>GET$ DE/RUCTION ( POLICE & CAPITALI/ PROP]TY ?AT HAS ACCOMPANI$ IT ?IS WEEK4 ,I'M ALSO CONFID5T ?AT SOME MEMB]S ( ANTIFA GR\PS HAVE P>TICIPAT$ 9 A V>IETY ( =MS ( RESI/ANCE DUR+ ?IS DRAMATIC REBELLION4 ,YET IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO ASC]TA9 ! EXACT NUMB] ( PEOPLE :O BELONG TO ANTIFA GR\PS BECAUSE MEMB]S HIDE !IR POLITICAL ACTIVITIES FROM LAW 5=CEM5T & ! F> RI<T1 & CONC]NS AB\T 9FILTRATION & HI< EXPECTATIONS ( COMMITM5T KEEP ! SIZES ( GR\PS RA!R SMALL4 ,BASICALLY1 !RE >E NO:]E NE> 5\< AN>*I/S & MEMB]S ( ANTIFA GR\PS TO HAVE ACCOMPLI%$ SU* BREA?TAK+ DE/RUCTION ON !IR [N4 ,YES1 ! HA%TAG 0_?,IAM,ANTIFA0 TR5D$ ON ,TWITT] ON ,SUNDAY1 SUGGE/+ A V]Y BROAD SUPPORT ( ! POLITICS ( ANTIFASCISM4 ,YET !RE IS A SIGNIFICANT DIFF]5CE BETWE5 BELONG+ TO AN ORGANIZ$ ANTIFA GR\P & SUPPORT+ !IR ACTIONS ONL9E4 

,TRUMP'S DECL>ATION SEEMS IMPOSSIBLE TO 5=CE -- & NOT ONLY BECAUSE !RE IS NO ME*ANISM = ! PRESID5T TO DESIGNATE DOME/IC GR\PS AS T]RORI/ ORGANIZATIONS4 ,?\< ANTIFA GR\PS EXI/1 ANTIFA ITSELF IS NOT AN ORGANIZATION4 ,SELF-ID5TIFI$ ANTIFA GR\PS LIKE ,ROSE ,CITY ,ANTIFA 9 ,PORTL&1 ,ORE41 ! OLDE/ CURR5TLY EXI/+ ANTIFA GR\P 9 ! C\NTRY1 EXPOSE ! ID5TITIES ( LOCAL ,NAZIS & CONFRONT ! F> RI<T 9 ! /REETS4 ,BUT ANTIFA ITSELF IS NOT AN OV]>*+ ORGANIZATION ) A *A9 ( COMM&1 AS ,TRUMP & HIS ALLIES HAVE BE5 SUGGE/+4 ,9/EAD1 L>GELY AN>*I/ & ANTI-AU?ORIT>IAN ANTIFA GR\PS %>E RES\RCES & 9=MATION AB\T F>-RI<T ACTIVITY ACROSS REGIONAL & NATIONAL BORD]S ?R\< LOOSELY KNIT NETWORKS & 9=MAL RELATION%IPS ( TRU/ & SOLID>ITY4 

,& 9 ! ,UNIT$ ,/ATES1 ANTIFA HAVE NEV] KILL$ ANYONE1 UNLIKE !IR 5EMIES 9 ,KLAN HOODS & SQUAD C>S4 

,?\< ! SPECIFIC TRADITION ( MILITANT ANTIFASCISM 9SPIR$ BY GR\PS 9 ,EUROPE CAME TO ! ,UNIT$ ,/ATES 9 ! LATE #a#i#hS ) ! CREATION ( ,ANTI-,RACI/ ,ACTION1 A WIDE V>IETY ( ,BLACK & ,LAT9X GR\PS1 SU* AS ! ,BLACK ,PAN!RS & ,PU]TO ,RICAN ,MOVIMI5TO DE ,LIB]ACION ,NACIONAL 7,M,L,N71 SITUAT$ !IR /RUGGLE 9 T]MS ( ANTIFASCISM 9 ! #a#i#gS & #a#i#hS4 ,EXP&+ ! PICTURE FUR!R1 WE CAN TRACE ! BROAD] TRADITION ( COLLECTIVE SELF-DEF5SE AGA9/ :ITE SUPREMACY & IMP]IALISM EV5 F>!R BACK ?R\< RESI/ANCE TO 9DIG5\S G5OCIDE & ! LEGACY ( MILITANT BLACK LIB]ATION REPRES5T$ BY ,MALCOLM ,X1 ,ROB]T ,F4 ,WILLIAMS1 ,C4,L4,R4 ,JAMES1 ,IDA ,B4 ,WELLS1 ,H>RIET ,TUBMAN & SLAVE REBELLIONS4 ,?IS BLACK RADICAL TRADITION1 BLACK FEM9ISM & MORE REC5T ABOLITIONI/ POLITICS 9FLU5C$ BY ORGANIZATIONS LIKE ,CRITICAL ,RESI/ANCE & ,SURVIV$ & ,PUNI%$ CLE>LY 9=M ! ACTIONS ( PROTE/]S F> MORE ?AN ANTIFA 7?\< !RE >E BLACK ANTIFA & O!RS :O HAVE BE5 9FLU5C$ BY ALL ( ! ABOVE74 

,TRUMP IS CONJUR+ ! SPECT] ( 0ANTIFA0 7:ILE ,M9NESOTA ,GOV4 ,TIM ,WALZ BLAM$ 0:ITE SUPREMACI/S0 & 0! C>TEL07 TO BREAK ! CONNECTION BETWE5 ?IS POPUL> GR\NDSWELL ( ANTI-RACI/ & BLACK ACTIVISM ?AT HAS DEVELOP$ OV] REC5T YE>S & ! 9SURRECTIONS ?AT HAVE EXPLOD$ ACROSS ! C\NTRY 9 REC5T DAYS -- :I* PUT POLICE BRUTALITY 9 FULL VIEW :E!R WE AGREE ) H[ IT GOT !RE OR NOT4 ,P>ADOXICALLY1 ?IS MOVE ACTUALLY SUGGE/S A TACIT ACKN[L$GM5T ( POPUL> SYMPA?Y ) ! GRIEVANCES & TACTICS ( ! PROTE/]S3 ,IF TOR*+ MALLS & POLICE /ATIONS W]E SUFFICI5T ON !IR [N TO DELEGITIMIZE PROTE/S1 !RE W\LD BE NO NE$ TO BLAME 0ANTIFA40 

,?IS IS NOT ! FIR/ TIME ,TRUMP OR O!R ,G,O,P POLITICIANS HAVE CALL$ = ANTIFA TO BE DECL>$ A 0T]RORI/0 ORGANIZATION4 ,SO F>1 SU* CALLS HAVE AM\NT$ TO LITTLE MORE ?AN RHETORIC -- BUT !Y C>RY AN OM9\S POT5TIAL4 ,IF ANTIFA GR\PS >E COMPOS$ ( A WIDE RANGE ( SOCIALI/S1 AN>*I/S1 COMMUNI/S & O!R RADICALS1 !N DECL>+ ANTIFA TO BE A 0T]RORI/0 ORGANIZATION W\LD PAVE ! WAY TO CRIM9ALIZ+ & DELEGITIMIZ+ ALL POLITICS TO ! LEFT ( ,JOE ,BID54 

,BUT 9 ! CASE ( ! ,GEORGE ,FLOYD PROTE/S1 RI<T-W+ ATTEMPTS TO BLAME EV]Y?+ ON ANTIFA -- P]CEIV$ BY MANY TO BE PR$OM9ANTLY :ITE -- EV9CE A K9D ( RACISM ?AT ASSUMES ?AT BLACK PEOPLE C\LDN'T ORGANIZE ON ?IS DEEP & WIDE ( A SCALE4 ,TRUMP & HIS ALLIES ALSO HAVE A MORE SPECIFIC MOTIVE3 ,IF ! FLAMES & BROK5 GLASS W]E SIMPLY BLAM$ ON 0ANTIFA0 OR 0\TSID]S0 -- AS IF ANYONE HAD TO TRAVEL V]Y F> TO PROTE/ -- !N ! URG5CY W\LD %IFT FROM ADDRESS+ ! ROOT CAUSES ( ,FLOYD'S DEA? TO FIGUR+ \T H[ TO /OP ! %AD[Y BOOGEYMAN ,TRUMP RAILS AGA9/4 ,EV5 IF Y\ DISAGREE ) PROP]TY DE/RUCTION1 IT'S EASY TO SEE ! *A9 ( EV5TS BETWE5 ,FLOYD'S DEA? & BURN+ POLICE C>S4 ,TRUMP'S MIS9=MATION AIMS TO MISLEAD US ALL4 

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