President Donald Trump said he is designating the far-left anti-fascism movement Antifa as a terrorist organization, announcing the move on his Truth Social platform in the early hours of Thursday morning UK time.
It wasn’t immediately clear what mechanism Trump would use to make the designation, and Antifa lacks centralized structure or defined leadership, making it unclear who or what precisely would be targeted.
“I am pleased to inform our many U.S.A. Patriots that I am designating ANTIFA, A SICK, DANGEROUS, RADICAL LEFT DISASTER, AS A MAJOR TERRORIST ORGANIZATION,” Trump wrote. “I will also be strongly recommending that those funding ANTIFA be thoroughly investigated in accordance with the highest legal standards and practices. Thank you for your attention to this matter!”
A White House official told CNN, “This is just one of many actions the president will take to address left wing organizations that fuel political violence.”
Trump — who’s overseas for a formal state visit — signaled the move earlier this week in remarks from the Oval Office following the murder of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.
104 Comments
DoucheBagMcSwag@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 118 pts · 338d
Anyone protesting or says anything mean again him from now on = antifa
wesker@lemmy.sdf.org · 30 pts · 338d
This is what a lot of commenters are missing. This might be the most dangerous part.
Mog_fanatic@lemmy.world · 18 pts · 338d
I feel like it's incredibly important to note here that 4 days ago the US military, at the direct order of president trump, destroyed a Venezuelan civilian boat in international waters killing every one on board. The ENTIRE reason the trump administration claimed this move was legal (it isn't in either courts of US law and the International Criminal Court) is because they claimed the boat was carrying members of Tren de Aragua which they recently officially announced as a terrorist organization.
umbrella@lemmy.ml · 16 pts · 338d
Fredselfish@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 337d
Yep so those schedule No Kings for October will be considered terrorist gatherings.
Protest will no longer be allowed. At least peaceful ones. Time for general strike shut this country down.
Jaysyn@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 336d
It's time for the Democrats in Congress to shut the government down.
Indefinitely if need be, just like Jimmy Kimmel.
HappySkullsplitter@lemmy.world · 118 pts · 338d
Archangel1313@lemmy.ca · 78 pts · 338d
That says more about Trump, than anything else.
Klear@quokk.au · 30 pts · 338d
He's pro-fa
bufalo1973@piefed.social · 5 pts · 338d
Without the "pro"
MisterD@lemmy.ca · 77 pts · 338d
He's Facist and AntiFa is short for Anti-Facist
Makes sense from his fantasy version of the world.
Can't wait for him to fall asleep in public and not wake-up
fox2263@lemmy.world · 18 pts · 338d
Trump Jnr was on some show a few days ago explaining how Antifa stands for Anti-Fascist but that they’re using the tools of fascists and are become fascist themselves.
This is how they will explain it to the sheep in red hats
Doomsider@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 337d
The leftists are just like us and that is wrong so we must arrest them.
phutatorius@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 336d
STOP COPYING MEEEEE
rarsamx@lemmy.ca · 59 pts · 338d
Designate a concept as a terrorist organization, and then you can label anyone you don't like as antifa so you can prosecute them.
It's ridiculous how far the US is now into fascism. If the frog knew any history it would know what it means to be in a nice pot with warm water on top of a stove.
This feels like those theatre plays for children where the wolf is hiding behind the main character and all the children are shouting "the wolf is there!!" While the main character remains oblivious.
IndustryStandard@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 337d
This is what everyone warned of years ago.
Fredselfish@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 337d
He will label ActBlue as antifia. Its how a lot of progressive gather money to fund their campaigns. So AOC etc will either have to turn to super Pacs and fall inline or get no support.
Just watch they already mentioned investigating them before.
phutatorius@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 337d
The Global War on Don't Like Your Face doesn't quite have the same ring to it, though it's far more accurate.
Aeao@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 336d
“You have been found guilty of unlikable jib cut!”
piecat@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 336d
I just watched a video of an interview with an FBI agent. That was literally what white supremicists say. "Do you support fascism? No? Then you're antifa"
Today@lemmy.world · 58 pts · 338d
Gosh. I hope the antifa chief doesn't get fired.
Bronzebeard@lemmy.zip · 22 pts · 338d
If you can declare a non organization a terrorist organization, you can also claim that anyone you don't like is a member.
This is deliberate
FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca · 55 pts · 338d
Against fascism? Terrorist
Against Trump? Terrorist
Pro-LGBT? Terrorist
Pro-free speech? Believe it or not, terrorist
SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca · 15 pts · 338d
You undercook fish, terrorist, you over cook chicken, terrorist.
Mrkawfee@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 337d
Against genocide? Terrorist
mrdown@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 337d
Glad that you realized now that the term was always used against people other dislikes
ratten@lemmings.world · 3 pts · 338d
Terrorism is the enemy of the "free world" because it's a way for those being exploited to fight back without paying into the MIC.
oxysis@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 48 pts · 338d
I hate this country. I hate having been born here. I hate the fact fascism is on the rise. I hate that people are openly embracing it again. I hate that I have to consider leaving everything for a less shit country. I hate almost everything.
tatterdemalion@programming.dev · 7 pts · 338d
Which country are you thinking of moving to?
kami@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 4 pts · 338d
Antarctica
phutatorius@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 336d
Have you seen the way penguins goose-step?
Doomsider@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 337d
Good answer!
phutatorius@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 336d
MonkRome@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 336d
Fascism is on the rise everywhere, you won't escape it by leaving. The only choice is to resist.
oxysis@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 2 pts · 336d
I don’t want to have to fight just to exist every single day of my life. It’s exhausting
MonkRome@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 336d
Hard agree, but hopefully as people wake up you'll be fighting along side people you care about, it makes some difference. And if you find there is a country you can safely escape to, that might still an be an option.
nocklobster@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 338d
molten@lemmy.world · 47 pts · 338d
Who runs Antifa, trump? WHO FUCKING RUNS ANTIFA???
NOBODY DOES, YOU SHIT-BRAINED FUCKWIT
When he brings in a random political enemy and dubs them "antifah'z leadurr" and literally nothing changes, his dumbass dickriders will still cheer and party while their freedom continues to erode. They get to blame the most absurd reasons spoonfed to them from daddy propaganda and we have to live with knowing it's their goddamn fault this happened.
Thanks for reading my rant.
BlameTheAntifa@lemmy.world · 30 pts · 338d
Antifa is anyone or anything the Führer wants to disappear.
douglasg14b@lemmy.world · 25 pts · 338d
That's the point.
It's a anyone that don't want around. Label them antifa and now you can do everything the law allows with terrorists and worse.
ninjabard@lemmy.world · 41 pts · 337d
Anti ANTIFA? That's just fascist with extra steps.
floo@retrolemmy.com · 35 pts · 338d
1SimpleTailor@startrek.website · 21 pts · 338d
Anti_Iridium@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 338d
Probably my favorite line in Lower Decks is from Shaxs.
1SimpleTailor@startrek.website · 6 pts · 338d
Shaxs has some great anti-facist quotes!
ms_lane@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 337d
Not sure I'd include Odo there.
He was 100% perfectly fine with Fascism since it was more ordered.
obinice@lemmy.world · 34 pts · 338d
If you're against fascism, you're now an enemy of the state.
Better start doing Nazi things to hide your true anti-fascist terrorist feelings, so you don't get arrested!
RanryuuRain@sh.itjust.works · 32 pts · 338d
Can't wait for everyone he doesn't like to be branded antifa.
phutatorius@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 336d
That bus has already left the station.
Remember, with fascists, words don't convey meanings, they're just weapons.
db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 31 pts · 338d
First they came for the communists <- You are here.
phutatorius@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 336d
Should have learned from history and come for the Nazis first.
theacharnian@lemmy.ca · 27 pts · 338d
This is going to lead to an escalation of political violence.
If something as nebulous as antifa is "terrorist", then it's easy for anyone to be classified as a terrorist. See also what is going on in the UK with Palestine Action. But instead of embarrassed unarmed bobbies doing the arresting, in the US it will be masked, unidentified goons, mirroring ICE practices. So that lowers the threshold to drop into a "homo sacer" category that can be basically shot on sight. Which means, more people will have nothing to lose. Which means more political violence.
floo@retrolemmy.com · 26 pts · 338d
floo@retrolemmy.com · 23 pts · 338d
b161@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 6 pts · 338d
Keep em coming.
Colonel_Panic_@eviltoast.org · 22 pts · 338d
floo@retrolemmy.com · 20 pts · 338d
AA5B@lemmy.world · 20 pts · 337d
Some of the most important leaders of antifa
Gammelfisch@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 336d
The asswipe on the far right, Stalin, is the number 2 ranked murderer and does represent ANTIFA.
AA5B@lemmy.world · -10 pts · 337d
Believe it or not, also a leader of antifa
phutatorius@lemmy.zip · 16 pts · 337d
He supported Pinochet and the South African apartheid regime, so no.
ICastFist@programming.dev · 4 pts · 336d
There was also the whole Iran-Contra kerfuffle, with said Contras being, shall we say, not really nice. Oh, and let's not forget the Soviet-Afghan war, where lots of USA and Saudi money ended up financing "freedom fighters"
floo@retrolemmy.com · 18 pts · 338d
floo@retrolemmy.com · 18 pts · 338d
don@lemmy.ca · 17 pts · 338d
That’s fine, I’ve designated conservatives as terrorists.
s@piefed.world · 31 pts · 338d
They’ve legit already done that themselves
panda_abyss@lemmy.ca · 14 pts · 338d
Is he legally able to do that?
I’m sure the republicans will give him carte blanche here, but I’m wondering if there’s any minimum bar to declare a group a terrorist organization.
Kolanaki@pawb.social · 40 pts · 338d
Has that stopped him before?
entropicdrift@lemmy.sdf.org · 8 pts · 338d
Yes, but only like 1.5 months later if the courts rule against him
smnwcj@fedia.io · 15 pts · 338d
It's a pretense to shake down nonprofits with any connection to defending our rights. Open their books and make a mountain out even the slightest mistakes. Scare opponents into inaction.
lunarul@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 338d
Does an organization named Antifa even exist?
BlameTheAntifa@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 338d
Their website has everything you need to know.
https://www.antifa.org/
supamanc@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 338d
No, that's the sweet part - everyone and everything can now be designated 'anti-fa' as the state desires!
MBech@feddit.dk · 8 pts · 338d
I guess it's possible someone somewhere made an organization, but I can't find one with my very lazy googling.
Alexstarfire@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 338d
This is true for nearly everything he's done so far. Yet, he just keeps doing them.
floo@retrolemmy.com · 13 pts · 338d
Olgratin_Magmatoe@slrpnk.net · 6 pts · 337d
This one's a partial, what with Harry becoming a wizard cop. ACAB
floo@retrolemmy.com · 2 pts · 337d
floo@retrolemmy.com · 12 pts · 338d
njm1314@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 338d
Unnecessary lens flares are antifa? Good to know.
[Some people think those lens flairs are really necessary.]
devolution@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 337d
Give it time. Black folk will be labeled as Antifa agents.
mic_check_one_two@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 4 pts · 337d
So will LGBTQ+ people. Especially trans people.
Similar to how they’re working on porn bans while simultaneously saying that being trans is just a weird sex thing. The end goal is to ban these minority groups from public, and give authorities carte blanche to harass them simply for existing.
devolution@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 337d
Remove, not harass.
Asetru@feddit.org · 11 pts · 338d
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Uz-htW9DTus
Likwidkat@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 336d
Would this translate better to
It reinforces that they'll say it as many times as they need, and since they repeat the chorus twice "say it only once" doesn't make sense.
My German is rusty so I could easily be wrong. I appreciate the translation and the song is going in my playlists for sure.
Asetru@feddit.org · 2 pts · 336d
You would have a point if they said what you wrote, but it's
So it's literally "because".
And then they repeat it, yes. 🤷
Likwidkat@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 336d
Ah well, still a banger. Thanks for introducing it to me
Xartle@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 337d
What a bizarre event. I wish I was there ;)
Asetru@feddit.org · 2 pts · 337d
The whole episode was terrific. I mean, I couldn't watch it in one go, the Fremdscham was just too hard, but man, every ten minute piece I could bear was just on point.
Bwaz@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 336d
Someone doesn't know what "organization" means.
olbaidiablo@lemmy.ca · 6 pts · 336d
More likely because they are so vague, he can label any opposition as antifa and toss them in prison.
mcv@lemmy.zip · 9 pts · 336d
Not just Trump; the Dutch parliament has just accepted a motion to also declare Antifa a terrorist organization.
This is a country that was occupied by Nazis 80 years ago. People who fought in the resistance have always been considered heroes. And now they're declared criminals. These parties are openly siding with the Nazis.
Mind you, we also had the AFA, Anti-Fascist Action 40 years ago, when they attacked a racist fringe political party with smoke bombs that ended up burning down a hotel, so declaring them terrorist would have made some sort of sense at the time, but they haven't been heard of for the past 39 years.
It's pure political posturing to side with Trump or create an excuse to arrest protesters who disagree with them.
MapleEngineer@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 338d
Is antifa in the room with us right now?
Pat_Riot@lemmy.today · 4 pts · 337d
It sure fucking is
explodicle@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 337d
It is now!
6stringringer@lemmy.zip · 8 pts · 338d
MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip · 8 pts · 338d
Oh, he learns from the israeli despot.
FundMECFS@anarchist.nexus · 8 pts · 338d
US govt going mask off.
forkDestroyer@infosec.pub · 7 pts · 337d
Before the KKK?
ICastFist@programming.dev · 2 pts · 336d
the trorange would much sooner give each kkk individual a medal for "bravery and patriotism"
modernangel@sh.itjust.works · 7 pts · 336d
fascist snowflake big mad at anti-fascism
cry harder fashbro
Formfiller@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 338d
They’re also planning on banning big foot
psx_crab@lemmy.zip · 7 pts · 338d
Uncle-fa banning antifa. Hah.
Guess someone that isn't right-leaning have to be blamed for the assassinations and the far-right sure as hell won't have anything coming at them.
Puddinghelmet@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 337d
New Disney Plans announced Make Disney Great Again
Doomsider@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 337d
That was amazing, thank you!
ValarieLenin@midwest.social · 3 pts · 337d
What's he got against WW2 vets?
Moonweedbaddegrasse@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 337d
Can I be the first to declare myself anti-anti-antifa?
Jaysyn@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 336d
Rebrand to AntiPedo.
BMW_stick@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 337d
Hey Frumpy, Proud Boys as well, correct?
Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 337d
It would be hilarious if a bunch of people on the left made a resistance group called the "New Republicans" just to fuck with them.
CircaV@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 336d
🤡♾️
phutatorius@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 334d
He can designate the Sith, too, it wouldn't mean any more.
6stringringer@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 338d
Lemmyoutofhere@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 337d
Look out, they may attack the antifa headquarters.
scripthook@lemmy.world · -10 pts · 336d
GreenKnight23@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 336d
coward.
right on message for libertarians.
scripthook@lemmy.world · -2 pts · 336d
T00l_shed@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 336d
"I don't want the fascists to think I'm not one of them" <-- that's you
scripthook@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 336d
T00l_shed@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 336d
You said that you didn't want the fascists to think you were affiliated with the "left", you did it in response to kirk being shot, by someone who's political leaning is, as I most recently understand it, not well defined.
scripthook@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 335d
4am@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 336d