Trump designates Antifa a 'domestic terrorist organisation' [View all]

Source: bbc


6 hours ago
Donovan Slack with reporting from Shayan Sardarizadeh & Kayleen Devlin


President Donald Trump signed an order designating Antifa as a "domestic terrorist organisation" on Monday as part of efforts to crack down on the "radical left" in the wake of the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.

Terrorist group designations - normally reserved for foreign organisations - allow the administration to ban members and seize funding, among other actions.

Trump's order directs all agencies and departments to "investigate, disrupt, and dismantle any and all illegal operations...conducted by Antifa" and its supporters.


Antifa - short for anti-fascist - is a decentralised, leftist movement that opposes far-right, racist and fascist groups that has long been a top target of Trump and other Republicans.

It is a loose, leaderless affiliation that lacks a membership list or structure, which raises questions about how Trump will actually target the group..................

Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cq5j085207do

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Melanie D'Arrigo @DarrigoMelanie
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Trump’s EO designating ANTIFA as a domestic terrorist org is worded so that anyone protesting ICE agents, filming or asking them for ID, or informing people of their rights, can be charged as a domestic terrorist.

This isn’t an attack on ANTIFA.
It’s an attack on our rights.

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Karoline Leavitt
@PressSec
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President Trump Isn’t Backing Down from Crushing Radical Left Violence

“That’s why he just designated Antifa — a network of Radical Left terrorists that aim to overthrow the government through violence and agitation — as a domestic terrorist organization.”

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