What is antifa? Behind the group Trump wants to designate as a terrorist organization

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What is antifa? Behind the group Trump wants to designate as a terrorist organization
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'It's not one specific organization with a headquarters and a president and a chain of command,' one expert says. 'It's a kind of politics.'

The term is short for"anti-fascist," or opposed to an authoritarian, right-wing government or social order.'s repeated threats to formally designate antifa as a terrorist group have generated new questions about the nature of the movement and how, or even whether, officials could clearly define members of what has been described by experts as more of an ideology than an organization.

In this Aug. 12, 2018, file photo, a member of Antifa is shwn at the Unite the Right 2 rally in Washington D.C., celebrating the first anniversary of the Unite The Right rally in Charlottesville, Va. Antifa movements in the U.S. can be traced back as early as the 1970s, according to historians, but Bray writes in his book that the Anti-Racist Action groups in the late 1980s and 1990s -- with their actions to directly confront racists, neo-Nazis and white supremacists and stymie their recruitment efforts -- were the primary precursors for antifa in its current iteration.

A 2018 Congressional Research Service report outlined four"obligations" that antifa groups typically encourage of their followers, including," track the activity of fascist groups, oppose their public organizing, support antifascist allies attacked by fascists or arrested by police, and not cooperate with law enforcement."

In this Aug. 12, 2017, file photo, white nationalists, neo-Nazis and members of the "alt-right" clash with counter-protesters as they enter Lee Park during the "Unite the Right" rally in Charlottesville, Va.

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