US Designates Four European Antifa Groups as Terrorists

The United States State Department announced on Thursday the designation of four European groups aligned with antifa as Specially Designated Global Terrorists, with plans to add them to the Foreign Terrorist Organizations list effective November 20. The groups, based in Germany, Italy and Greece, include Antifa Ost in Germany, the International Revolutionary Front in Italy, Armed Proletarian Justice in Greece and Revolutionary Class Self-Defense in Greece.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who also serves as national security adviser, stated that the move builds on President Donald Trump's commitment to address antifa's involvement in political violence. "Groups affiliated with this movement ascribe to revolutionary anarchist or Marxist ideologies, including anti-Americanism, anticapitalism and anti-Christianity, using these to incite and justify violent assaults domestically and overseas," Rubio said. He added that the United States would continue to use all available tools to protect national security and deny funding to such groups, with intentions to target additional antifa-affiliated organizations worldwide.

The designations prohibit U.S. citizens from providing material...