[Opinion] What an Antifa Activist Learned While Undercover With Patriot Front

How an antifa activist infiltrated extreme far-right group

In his new book "To Catch a Fascist: The Fight to Expose the Radical Right," author Christopher Mathias takes a look at the growth of white nationalist groups in the United States and the role that anti-fascist activists play in fighting them.President Donald Trump and his MAGA allies are declaring that antifa is a "terrorist organization"; antifa, however, is not an actual organization, but rather, a network of leftists who say their goal is to…

What an Antifa Activist Learned While Undercover With Patriot Front

This excerpt is part of TPM Cafe, TPM’s home for opinion and news analysis.  There is still so much confusion about what antifa is and isn’t. Listen to President Donald Trump, and you’d think antifa is a “domestic terrorist organization.” Listen to many liberal pundits and you’d think antifa doesn’t really exist at all; that it is just an “idea,” a simple shortening of the word “anti-fascist” — a label most Americans would use to self-identify. …