Antifa

Philanthropy
Philanthropy, Grassroots Activism, and Politics in In Defense of Populism
By its own terms, Donald T. Critchlow’s In Defense of Populism: Protest and American Democracy generally “provides less a taxonomy of populists grassroots movements,” though it does do that, “than…
by Michael E. Hartmann on October 29, 2021

Deception & Misdirection
Antifa FAQs: What Is Antifa?
Some Answers to Questions About Antifa (full series) What Is Antifa? | Where Did Antifa Come From? What Does Antifa Want? |…
by Robert Stilson on June 15, 2021

Deception & Misdirection
Antifa FAQs: Where Did Antifa Come From?
Antifa’s roots are primarily found in interwar Europe, especially within the tumultuous jockeying among the fascist, communist, and democratic political factions trying to fill the vacuum that was Weimar Germany…
by Robert Stilson on June 15, 2021

Deception & Misdirection
Antifa FAQs: What Does Antifa Want?
Broadly speaking, Antifa is defined by opposition to an expansively defined concept of “fascism” combined with support for a comparatively narrow spectrum of far-left and anarchic ideologies. Opposition to fascism…
by Robert Stilson on June 15, 2021

Deception & Misdirection
Antifa FAQs: Who Supports Antifa?
Very little is publicly known about how—and the extent to which—Antifa groups are funded. There are a few reasons for this. First, in many contexts it can be difficult to…
by Robert Stilson on June 15, 2021

Featured Items
Capital Research, May/June 2021
The March/April 2021 issue of Capital Research is now available online. Inside find answers some frequently asked questions about Antifa, testimony about “dark money,” discussion of the Left’s astroturf campaign to…
by CRC Staff on June 4, 2021

Organization Trends
Shining a Light on the Left’s 2020 Shadow Campaign
Kristen Eastlick, senior vice president at Capital Research Center, spoke on a panel at CPAC 2021 discussing the Left's increasing dominance of the nonprofit world, CRC's work on Antifa, and…
by Kristen Eastlick on March 18, 2021

Antifa, Book Profile
Unmasked Is a Valuable Contribution to Understanding Antifa
In Unmasked: Inside Antifa’s Radical Plan to Destroy Democracy, journalist Andy Ngo observes that “Antifa is a household name in 2020 when they were virtually unheard of just five years…
by Robert Stilson on February 25, 2021

Antifa, Deception & Misdirection
Decoding Antifa
The Antifa movement was back in the news in 2020 as an active participant in protests, riots, and occupations across the United States and around the world. The name, a…
by CRC Staff on December 31, 2020

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Featured Video: Is Antifa an Idea or Organization?
In the first Biden-Trump presidential debate, Joe Biden claimed that Antifa is purely “an idea.” That's not true. Antifa is in part “an idea,” but it's a dangerous one that…
by CRC Staff on December 21, 2020