AntiFa are the direct descendants of the German Antifaschistische Aktion, who were the Communists who duked it out with the Nazis in the early 1930s for control of Germany. Two socialism-based totalitarian ideologies. Do not take these people lightly.
There’s a great Hayek quote that bears on this on my FR profile page. 3rd one down, two paragraphs.
And Hitler recruited from their ranks later after the left-right charade was no longer necessary.
Which is exactly where SDS in the US came from
“Two socialism-based totalitarian ideologies.”
Nazis were socialists in name only. Learn it.
Current Antifa groups descend more directly from New Left organization against German neo-Nazi groups of the 1960s, which led to left-wing terrorist groups like the Red Army Faction (RAF aka Baader-Meinhof Gang). RAF was linked to the Soviets via East Germany and they coordinated with terrorist groups like the PLO and the Weathermen. The direct links to the current U.S. movement are via SDS offshoots like the Weathermen and the Revolutionary Communist Party.