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The English word antifa is a loanword from the German Antifa, where it is a shortened form of the word antifaschistisch ("anti-fascist") and a nickname of Antifaschistische Aktion (1932–1933), a short-lived group which inspired the wider antifa movement in Germany.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 6 March 2025. Opposition to fascism An Italian partisan in Florence, 14 August 1944, during the liberation of Italy Part of a series on Anti-fascism Interwar Ethiopia Black Lions Central Europe Arbeiter-Schutzbund Republikanischer Schutzbund Socialist Action Germany Antifaschistische Aktion Black Band ...
A demonstration by antifa on May Day 2014 in Berlin in which Bereitschaftspolizei are in the foreground. Most contemporary antifa groups were formed after the German reunification in 1990, mainly in the early part of the 1990s. In 1990, Autonome Antifa (M) was established in Göttingen.
Anti-fascism, history of fascism's opposition before and during WWII; Post–World War II anti-fascism, including antifa groups Antifa (Germany), a far-left political movement in Germany; Antifa (United States), a movement of left-wing American activist groups; Antifa (Israel), a movement of left-wing Israeli activist groups
Antifa: The Anti-Fascist Handbook details the emergence of anti-fascism in the 1920s and 1930s, and offers an analysis of contemporary anti-fascist movements, particularly antifa in the United States and Europe. Bray argues in his book that militant anti-fascism is a reasonable and legitimate political tradition, and describes his book as "an ...
In 2013, the "most radical" chapters of the ARA formed the Torch Antifa Network [123] which has chapters throughout the United States. [124] Other antifa groups are a part of different associations such as NYC Antifa or operate independently. [125] Modern anti-fascism in the United States is a highly decentralized movement.
The main militant antifascist group in the country was the Antifascistisk Aktion (AFA), founded in Sweden in 1993 with as many as 20 branches in the late 1990s. It was inspired by a group with the same name that had started in Copenhagen in 1991 and British groups with similar names from the 1980s. The early tactics mainly focused on large ...
In the postwar era, the historical organisation inspired new groups and networks, known as the wider antifa movement, many of which use the aesthetics of Antifaschistische Aktion, especially the antifa moniker and a modified version of its logo.