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US Labels Four European Antifa Groups as Global Terrorists

FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump looks at U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem as he participates in a roundtable on Antifa, an anti-fascist movement he designated a domestic "terrorist organization" via executive order on September 22, at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., October 8, 2025.


The United States has formally designated four European anti-fascist organizations as terrorist groups, marking the most sweeping action yet against Antifa networks abroad. Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced that Germany’s Antifa Ost, Italy’s Informal Anarchist Federation/International Revolutionary Front (FAI/FRI), and two Greek groups—Armed Proletarian Justice and Revolutionary Class Self-Defense—have been classified as Specially Designated Global Terrorists.

The designations, set to take effect on November 20, 2025, will also elevate these groups to the status of Foreign Terrorist Organizations, restricting their access to funding and resources while enabling Washington to pursue sanctions against affiliates worldwide.

Rubio described the groups as “violent Antifa” networks, accusing them of adhering to revolutionary anarchist and Marxist ideologies that promote anti-American, anti-capitalist, and anti-Christian rhetoric. He emphasized that the move builds on President Donald Trump’s earlier executive order labeling Antifa as a domestic terrorist organization in September 2025.

The decision comes amid heightened tensions following the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, which the administration linked to far-left extremism. Officials argue that the designations are necessary to confront what they call Antifa’s “campaign of political violence” and to disrupt its international networks.

Critics, however, warn that the sweeping classification risks conflating diverse anti-fascist movements with terrorism, potentially escalating political polarization in both the US and Europe.

With this step, Washington signals its intent to expand its crackdown on Antifa globally, raising questions about how European governments will respond to the US’s unilateral designation of groups operating within their borders.


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