Democratic National Committee deputy chairman Keith Ellison (Minn.) on Wednesday tweeted a photo of himself posing with a copy of the radical left-wing book Antifa: The Anti-Fascist Handbook.
Antifa demonstrators in Portland, Ore., threw smoke bombs, rocks, and other objects at police while they protested an event held by the group Patriot Prayer on Sunday.
The FBI and Department of Homeland Security have been warning state and local authorities since early 2016 that the radical leftist movement known as “antifa” had become increasingly violent, describing its members as “anarchist extremists.”
Berkeley, Calif. Mayor Jesse Arreguin wants the University of California-Berkeley to cancel a “Free Speech Week” event that campus conservatives have planned, fearing more “mayhem” from “antifa” fighters.
New York magazine complained Monday about recent attacks on unarmed Trump supporters by Antifa, “anti-fascist,” assailants, but only because the attacks play into the right-wing narrative branding Antifa as the “real menace.”
A peaceful protest in Berkley, Calif. turned violent over the weekend after “Antifa” demonstrators attacked President Donald Trump supporters and organizers who initially scheduled, but later cancelled, an “anti-Marxist” rally.