Antifa

antifa antifã English Etymology en :bor de:Antifa<ety:abbr<de:Antifaschistische Aktion<ety:af<de:antifaschistische<ety:af<de:anti-><de:faschistisch>>><de:Aktion>>>> 1 + 1, originally an abbreviation for Antifaschistische Aktion, a wing of the Communist Party of Germany founded in 1932. Also a en antifascism,antifascist 1. Pronunciation en /ænˈtiːfə/ /ˈæntifɑː/ en iːfə 3 Proper noun en politics A decentralized, radical political movement that opposes fascism. en 1985 Andreas Dorpalen Wayne State University Press German History in Marxist Perspective: The East German Approach Similarly, Antifa organized local defense units that fought off Nazi assaults and factory and land-estate committees that blocked further wage cuts and other infringements. 385 en 1996 Rebecca L. Boehling Berghahn Books A Question of Priorities: Democratic Reforms and Economic Recovery in Postwar Germany : Frankfurt, Munich, and Stuttgart Under U.S. Occupation, 1945-1949 The active Communist participation in the leadership of the Antifa committees made them vulnerable to "red scare" propaganda, especially from the much more conservative city government. 102 en 2019-7-3 Stanislav Vysotsky w:Haaretz https://www.haaretz.com/world-news/.premium-antifa-in-america-militant-anti-fascism-isn-t-terrorism-it-s-self-defense-1.7425726 Antifa in America: Militant Anti-fascism Isn't Terrorism, It's Self-defense After an anti-fascist punched a right-wing journalist in Portland, militant anti-fascists and Antifa have been branded as 'violent gangs,' even 'terrorists.' Those definitions are completely wrong. https://web.archive.org/web/20220113204231/https://www.haaretz.com/world-news/.premium-antifa-in-america-militant-anti-fascism-isn-t-terrorism-it-s-self-defense-1.7425726 13 January 2022 en Patrick G. Eddington On Trump’s Anti-Antifa Executive Order w:Cato Institute https://www.cato.org/blog/trumps-anti-antifa-executive-order 2025-09-23 And the FBI is not the only federal law enforcement agency that tracks groups associated with the larger Antifa movement. https://web.archive.org/web/20260629085003/https://www.cato.org/blog/trumps-anti-antifa-executive-order 29 June 2026 en slang informal politics black bloc groups that fight fascist or far-right groups in public, usually anarchist, socialist, or communist groups. Derived terms en anti-Antifa Pantifa Trantifa Translations anti-fascist movement Catalan: ca antifa ? Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 安提法 Āntífǎ Dutch: nl Antifa f Esperanto: eo kontraŭfaŝistaro, eo kontraŭfaŝisma movado French: fr antifa German: de Antifa f Hebrew: he אנטיפה f antifa, he פעולה אנטי־פשיסטית f פעולה אנטי-פשיסטית Polish: pl Antifa f Russian: ru Антифа́ f Spanish: es antifa ? Swedish: sv AFA, sv Antifascistisk aktion Yiddish: yi אַנטיפֿאַ f Noun en politics A local instance of this movement. en Political Science Quarterly Academy of Political Science 64 1949 The stakes were high and the issues far-reaching; it is hardly astonishing that in cities like Bremen and Leipzig Antifas jumped the gun, exercised administrative powers without waiting for military government and continued them. en The Intellectual Resistance in Europe James D. Wilkinson Harvard University Press 1981 Both the pattern and participation and the internal structure of the Antifas recalled the French underground. 136 en The Lost History of Antifa Loren Balhorn w:Jacobin Magazine 2017-05 https://jacobinmag.com/2017/05/antifascist-movements-hitler-nazis-kpd-spd-germany-cold-war After the war, Antifas varied in size and composition across the former Reich, now divided into four zones of occupation, and developed in interaction with the local occupying power. Although surviving records indicate that many Antifas were dominated by the KPD, the political mood in the early months was far from the “Third Period” adventurism of the late Weimar period. https://web.archive.org/web/20220519131314/https://www.jacobinmag.com/2017/05/antifascist-movements-hitler-nazis-kpd-spd-germany-cold-war 19 May 2022 en slang informal politics A member of an anti-fascist group. See also en anti-Nazi Further reading Post-World War II anti-fascism Antifa Anti-Fascist Action Anagrams en aafint afaint en Anarchism Fascism Leftism Dutch nl: Alternative forms nl AFA nl antifa Etymology Short for Anti-Fascistische Actie. Pronunciation nl /ˈɑntiˌfaː/ nl Nl-Antifa.ogg Proper noun f en Antifa decentralized militant left-wing anti-fascist movement Noun m,f -'s - an Antifa member German Etymology Short for de Antifaschismus and/or de Antifaschistische Aktion. Pronunciation de /ˈantiˌfaː/ de De-Antifa.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>) Proper noun f,s de historical de Antifaschistische Aktion organisation that was part of the Communist Party of Germany from 1932 to 1933 de Die Geschichte der Kurhessischen SA 1935 85 Das Jahr der großen Aufmärsche 1931 https://books.google.com/books?id=Ez8fAAAAMAAJ&dq=Antifa&pg=PA85#v=onepage&q=Antifa&f=false Als wenn Sie in einer eigenen Versammlung wäre, hatte sich die „Antifa“ in einem großen Klumpen niedergelassen. Kurz schwankt die Entscheidung, dann sind wir Sieger, die Antifa ist hinausgehauen. As if it were in its own assembly, the ‘Antifa’ had settled in a large cluster. For a moment the decision wavers, then we are the victors — the ‘Antifa’ has been driven out. Antifa political current that is composed of multiple far-left, autonomous, militant groups and individuals de 2017-12-30 Lukas Hermsmeier Schwarze Kapuzen gegen weiße Kapuzen Die Zeit Auch an den Protesten gegen das WTO-Ministertreffen in Seattle im Jahr 1999 und an Occupy Wall Street, um nur zwei Beispiele zu nennen, beteiligten sich selbst ernannte Antifaschisten. Doch die Antifa blieb ein Nischenthema. Bis Trump kam. Even in the protests against the WTO ministerial meeting in Seattle in 1999 and in Occupy Wall Street, to name just two examples, self-proclaimed antifascists participated. But the Antifa remained a niche topic. Until Trump came de Die Zeit Campus 2017-06-28 Kommt eine neue Studentenrevolte? Anant Agarwala; Stefan Schirmer https://www.zeit.de/2017/27/demonstration-g20-widerstand-aktivisten-studenten/komplettansicht Das Schanzenviertel, an jedem 1. Mai Kampfplatz von Antifa und Polizei, ist zuplakatiert mit Aufrufen, den Gipfel zu verhindern. The Schanzenviertel, every May 1st a battleground between Antifa and the police, is plastered with posters calling to prevent the summit https://web.archive.org/web/20170709102117/http://www.zeit.de:80/2017/27/demonstration-g20-widerstand-aktivisten-studenten/komplettansicht 9 July 2017 de 2017-03-23 Alard von Kittlitz Meint er das ernst? Die Zeit https://www.zeit.de/2017/11/serdar-somuncu-die-partei-kanzlerkandidat-wahlkampf-kabarettist/komplettansicht Vier Jahre lang macht Somuncu die Tour. Manchmal unter Polizeischutz. Es kommen Neonazis, alte Nazis, die Antifa, KZ-Überlebende, Schülergruppen, Kulturbürger. Somuncu has been doing the tour for four years. Sometimes under police protection. Neo-Nazis come, old Nazis, Antifa, concentration camp survivors, groups of students, cultured middle-class citizens https://web.archive.org/web/20171221035701/http://www.zeit.de:80/2017/11/serdar-somuncu-die-partei-kanzlerkandidat-wahlkampf-kabarettist/komplettansicht 21 December 2017 Derived terms de Antifant de Anti-Antifa Related terms de Antifaschismus Antifaschist antifaschistisch Antifaschistische Aktion Faschismus Faschist faschistisch See also de Antira Antira- Further reading de Antifaschistische Aktion Antifa (Germany) Norwegian Pronunciation no /anˈtifa/ Proper noun no proper noun Antifa