Ian Layton: If you are uneducated about what “Antifa” is and what it is not, please educate yourself. The president is looking to label anyone associated with “Antifa” or “anti-fascism” as a terrorist. These are scary times.
Fascistic tendencies continue to rise in the U.S. We have seen a rise in hate motivated acts of violence against non-white, non-christian, non-cis, non-straight communities. If the state were truly a tool of ” the people ” then these actions would have been strongly condemned across the board, and these movements would have already been stomped out.
History demonstrates that communities cannot depend on legislators, police, FBI, or CIA to rid our communities of movements that embolden white supremacists. Folks who identify as anti-fascists are taking pro active steps to stop these very violent groups from growing and gaining traction.
Allowing Neo-Nazis to organize and demonstrate in public spaces is not an issue of free-speech, but a normalization of a truly terrifying and violent ideology that leads to real violence. We cannot allow that.
I am Antifa, because I oppose fascism. I am Antifa because I believe in a society free of white supremacy. I am Antifa because I believe all communities deserve to live free of violence and oppression. I am Antifa because the very institutions that we are told work for all of us, are very much normalizing and codifing fascism into law.
President Trump equated them with white supremacists. Here’s why he’s wrong. More here.