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==History== | ==History== | ||
Antifa is undoubtedly an organized political movement in Europe, and has a long history dating back to the origins of Fascism itself, in Mussolini's Italy. An oppositional anti-fascist movement surfaced against Mussolini in the mid 1920s, mostly anarchists, socialists and syndicalists (co-ops, worker strikes). This continued into Weimar Germany (where the term was coined) and after German reunification. Later in Germany, antifa | Antifa is undoubtedly an organized political movement in Europe, and has a long history dating back to the origins of Fascism itself, in Mussolini's Italy. An oppositional anti-fascist movement surfaced against Mussolini in the mid 1920s, mostly anarchists, socialists and syndicalists (co-ops, worker strikes). This continued into Weimar Germany (where the term was coined) and after German reunification. Later in Germany, antifa become a subculture associated with a punk aesthetic, which was later seen among self-described Antifa around the globe. | ||
Antifascism/fascism fights into the 1970s and 1980s onward often took a subcultural gang or streetfight mentality complete with tattoos and punk rock music. Later antifa because associated with the atrocious site Tumblr. | Antifascism/fascism fights into the 1970s and 1980s onward often took a subcultural gang or streetfight mentality complete with tattoos and punk rock music. Later antifa because associated with the atrocious site Tumblr. | ||