still can't get used to antifa going from a german niche movement to the american mainstream. it's unreal. but it's also exactly where antifa needs to be right now.

to americans the label may be relatively new but german millennials grew up with antifa. it's been a thing here since we've been kids.

we've always associated antifa with punks but it has much older roots. the logo below is from 1930

after 1945 there was basically no antifa, and in the 70's young germans from the left-alternative scene started it up again. after reunification, the neonazi problem got out of hand, and that was arguably the point where antifa became visible to the german mainstream.

i don't want to do a complete history lesson, so i'm going to cut this thread short and point to wikipedia instead (go read a different website than twitter once in a while)

fighting fascists is an activity that is timeless, placeless, often thankless but absolutely necessary