A key figure linked to Antifa has 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.”
Johan Victorin, founder of the “Rose City Antifa,” a group based in Portland, Oregon, that has had frequent Antifa activity during protests, was captured on camera on Oct. 6 in the city of Vaberg, Sweden, where he now resides. He was born in Sweden and is a dual citizen of that country and the United States….
Key Figure Linked to Antifa Left the US After Group’s Terrorist Designation
