Is Antifa a myth?

The great boogeyman of the right-wing is hard to pin down.

Something can be real and a myth. The Trojan War is considered a fact based on archeological finds. Homer’s Iliad about the Trojan War is a myth.

Antifa as an idea originated in the 1920’s in Germany. In the last twenty years fascism was redefined by American left-wing activist and the anti-fascist movement became revitalized. That’s a fact. Fox News and right-wing media then created the great Antifa myth — a violent movement determined to destroy our way of life.

One of the oldest American Antifa groups is the Rose City Antifa, founded in Portland, Oregon, in 2007. According to its website, its main focus is “any work that prevents fascist organizing, and when that is not possible, provides consequences to fascist organizers. This is supported by researching and tracking fascist organizations.” So those are fighting words, but the fact is Rose City Antifa is a web site run by a single man.

At the Trump 2017 Inauguration 217 people were arrested in clashes with police. Was it a coordinated Antifa attack? Or was it what Charles Chamberlain of Democracy For America called, “A massive, multi-racial, multi-generational progressive resistance movement.”