Antifa (United States) facts for kids

An antifa sticker on a road sign in Duluth, Minnesota, 2017

The antifa, short for anti-fascist, movement in the United States is a militant left-wing, anti-fascist political activist movement. It is made up of activist groups that protest with the use of direct action instead of policy changes.

The methods include protesting, digital activism, property damage, physical violence and harassment against those who they see as fascist, racist, or on the far-right.

The movement has anti-capitalist views and support anarchism, communism, liberalism, social democracy and socialism.

It has been called a terrorist movement by President Donald Trump after the group took part in the George Floyd protests in 2020.

Images for kids

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  Symbol commonly used by antifa depicting an anarchist flag overlaying a socialist flag, based on the logo of the German antifa movement

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  Anti-fascists with banner reading "good night white pride"

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  Antifascist activists with a modified anarchist red and black flag and a transgender pride flag containing the hammer and sickle in a 2017 protest

See also

In Spanish: Antifa (Estados Unidos) para niños