political environment. Antifa arises whenever the conservative government is in power, and it is an ideology which struggles against a conservative and capitalist government. The roots of Antifa have often seemed to merge with communism and the Democratic Party of the respective country it emerged in, like the US Democratic Party in America, or the German Democratic Party in Germany; and it has had a great impact on the ideology of the existing political groups it allied itself with. From what is found in the articles, videos, the mind of an Antifa member is judgemental and disdainful and is prone to labelling all opponents in the most negative way, from the viewpoint that Antifa is on the right side of history. (Bray, 2017)Most members hold the belief that they are the new counter culture, and that Trump “is literally Hitler” and everyone who disagrees with them is a “Nazi” and a “fascist”. Due to historical analogies that they often use they believe that history is repeating itself, and that they have to use force, whatever resources they have to stop the right-conservative-republicans from rising to power (Stonestreet, 2017). Because they see the conservatives as the most evil, they feel like they can legitimize their use of violence, they believe that force is legitimate and good in itself. In the Anti-Fascist Handbook it is clear that Antifa has a goal of overthrowing right wing politics and capitalism, ensuring that a socialist/anarchist system can take its place. Anti-fascists are socialists, communists yet also anarchists, which are at least partly contradictory attributes, although the two approaches can overlap, and have quite often been combined in practice (The Anarchist Library, 2018). It is a proposal for people on the left to unite in order to overthrow fascism, or what the left perceives as fascism. It features a pro-multicultural agenda, which attracts a lot of young people who share the same values. It advocates for minorities, the acceptance of gender fluidity, and is pro social justice (sisypheannews, 2017). It could be argued that Antifa recently went from being the counter culture to being the “militant wing” of the elites revolted by the election of Trump; many mainstream commentators have expressed tacit or open support for Antifa violence. Antifa members still claim that it is not an organised group, despite the fact that its members often appear to be highly disciplined when in action and although reports show that there is no worldwide Antifa organisation with leaders, instead we have small Antifa groups organising in small neighbourhoods or on university campuses.

Antifa has become an ideology and due to the World Wide Web, but it is not a group in the normal sense. Members of Antifa claim to not be an organised group, but we have to further examine their claim, due to the nature of their actions and their military style appearances at rallies, further investigation is needed, because their actions on those occasions are not those of an unorganised group. It has no uniform apart from black clothing, you can’t join, you don’t have an official website or leader of the Antifa, though some people do try to make groups and make websites for it to be more stabilised, for example the Boston Antifa Facebook Group, but this needs further research. It can be argued that this could be a cover story to cover their organisational network, and that would explain how they manage to gather, get together, act in unity and be disciplined. Antifa is mainly a movement, and to be a part of the movement, you have to