Key figures linked to Antifa have fled the United States following President Donald Trump’s designation of the group as a domestic terrorist organization.
Antifa originated in Germany as Antifaschistische Aktion (Antifascist Action), a united front program of the Politburo of the Communist Party of Russia in the early 1920s. It functioned as the violent wing of the Communist Party of Germany and branded all its political rivals as “fascists.”
Members of Antifa often self-identify with the group, and the figures who have left the United States have championed the movement through guidance and commentary.
Mark Bray, author of “Antifa: The Anti-Fascist Handbook” and a professor at the State University of New Jersey, recently announced to students that he had left the United States. Reporting by Spanish media indicated that he had relocated to Spain with his family. He cited death threats that he had received as the reason, although he did not explicitly mention Trump’s executive order on Antifa….
Top Antifa Figures Left the US After Terrorist Designation
