Antifa

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Instruments of Woke: National Lawyers Guild
The National Lawyers Guild, a nonprofit association of left-wing attorneys and others connected to the legal profession, has recently received attention for its association with some of the most controversial…
by CRC Staff on May 17, 2022

CRC in the News
Best of CRC Media Hits for January–February 2022
There’s so many media hits to choose from in both January and February of 2022. Everything from the “left” coast’s interest in ActBlue via The Bill Meyer Show to Time…
by Sarah Lee on March 21, 2022

Organization Trends
A History of Radicalism at the National Lawyers Guild
The National Lawyers Guild, a nonprofit association of left-wing attorneys and others connected to the legal profession, has recently received attention for its association with some of the most controversial…
by Robert Stilson on March 10, 2022

Special Report
CRC’s 2021 Year in Review
In 2021, Capital Research Center’s ironclad research exposed power-seeking influencers and helped citizens reclaim their freedom. Our work was featured in seven new books released last year—on everything from the…
by Kristen Eastlick on February 15, 2022

Commentary
The New Resistance: Setting Dangerous Criminals Free
Democrats on the Hill made a great show this week of their January 6 remembrance, holding vigils organized by antifa-affiliated activists and questioning why many of their GOP colleagues weren’t sharing in…
by Sarah Lee on January 13, 2022

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