Heroic Americans against facism: Antifa viciously attacks journalist in Portland who had previously chronicled their illegal activities

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They weren't really that common in America. You had your own stuff. In Europe the 80s Antifa rose after skinheads were recruited to the right. The 90s Antifa blended to animal rights, straight edge, hc punk, sharps and prolly something else i forgot. Mid 2000 to 2015ish most of them went dormant. Far as i know they've followed the rise of far right very closely, contrary to what Druff was saying.

Punk scene was the natural source for Antifa and far right foot soldiers. That's where clashes were most common and need to organize came from that.

antifa, as far as i can tell, are just very angry anarchist/socialist crustpunks.

which is like 80% of berkeley political dna.

That could be the makeup of your current Antifa. Euro variants had history, were more organized and were generally more violent. Might have something to do with 70s left wing terrorist organizations since that was also true then when compared to Americans. Inheriting that legacy or something else that caused the same trend. Back then and now, you also had your own and Russian intelligence agencies influence.