What is Antifa and why did it target Trump?

American media say he said in a YouTube video that “justice is coming” before shooting Trump.

Antifa (abbreviation of anti-fascism) is the name of a left-wing political movement with anti-fascist and anti-racist ideas in America, which was inspired by the militant anti-fascist network in Germany in the 1930s.

A distinctive feature of members and groups affiliated with this movement is action against people they recognize as fascists, racists, extreme rightists or capitalists.

In fact, Antifa’s overall focus is on fighting extreme rightism and white supremacy in a very direct and violent way.

The American Antifa movement started in the 1980s with the activity of a group called “Action Against Racism” and over the course of three decades, its activity gradually faded, but with the beginning of the presidency of Donald Trump in 2016, it resumed its activity. It started.

The basis of the Antifa movement, its practical action and its main idea is that “we go where they [the right wing] are to stop them where they are, because we believe that fascists should have no spokesmen.” . 

Although the number of Antifa members is unknown, it is said that the number of members of this movement increased after the 2016 US presidential election due to Trump’s racist literature.