In March, Richard Spencer, a prominent white supremacist, canceled his speaking engagements at U.S. universities, saying he was deterred by “antifa,” a loose international network of radical anti-fascist groups that aims to shut down far-right talks and rallies. For antifa members and supporters, Spencer’s capitulation was both
Is Antifa the Answer to an Effective Anti-Fascist Movement?
Antifa activists believe that the ends (“stopping fascism before it becomes unstoppable”) justify the means: violence, more thoughtful members of antifa add the qualifier “when necessary.”
