The Phantom Menace: What's Really Behind MAGA’s Manufactured ANTIFA Threat

Republicans invent shadowy enemies to wage war on American democracy while they make America's actual problems worse

Sorry, Republicans—no matter how many times the Trump regime and its right-wing mouthpieces repeat the lie, ANTIFA is still not an actual organization. ANTIFA stands for anti-fascism; it’s not a group with a leader, membership roster, or headquarters. There’s no “ANTIFA organization.” It’s a decentralized movement, an idea—a rallying point for those who believe in democracy, oppose bigotry and authoritarianism. Not some omnipresent threat orchestrating violence at the behest of an invisible, nameless founder.