{"id":12530,"date":"2020-07-30T13:00:24","date_gmt":"2020-07-30T20:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/victorhanson.com\/wordpress\/?p=12530"},"modified":"2020-07-29T15:51:44","modified_gmt":"2020-07-29T22:51:44","slug":"what-antifa-wont-tell-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/victorhanson.com\/wordpress\/what-antifa-wont-tell-you\/","title":{"rendered":"What Antifa Won\u2019t Tell You"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The following article is from my colleague, Paul Roderick Gregory, in The\u00a0American\u00a0Mind<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Observers of the demonstrations, statue toppling, and riots that followed the police killing of George Floyd on May 25 could not help but notice a distinctive pattern of protest. Legitimate demonstrators stood on the frontline, while stones, Molotov cocktails and other objects were hurled from the rear. Police could not move against the true offenders without breaking through the frontline. At universities, protesters appeared like clockwork armed with signs to disrupt \u201cunwelcome\u201d speakers. These actions all speak to a high degree of coordination and control.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The public has learned to associate these tactics with Antifa (a group whose name stands for \u201canti-fascist\u201d). Images<\/a> of Antifa demonstrations show a mostly young, male, and white membership, often armed with police batons. They appear at demonstrations, fight with their opponents, and deny speaking platforms to their enemies. Antifa\u2019s reach is world-wide as it captures the imagination of Millennials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yet, almost universally, Antifa is described as a makeshift network of organizations united by a common ideology. Sympathetic media<\/a> characterize Antifa as a loose network of autonomous activists operating without a control center. Is this true?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read the full article here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The following article is from my colleague, Paul Roderick Gregory, in The\u00a0American\u00a0Mind Observers of the demonstrations, statue toppling, and riots that followed the police killing of George Floyd on May 25 could not help but notice a distinctive pattern of protest. Legitimate demonstrators stood on the frontline, while stones, Molotov cocktails and other objects were […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p466Sb-3g6","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":10592,"url":"https:\/\/victorhanson.com\/wordpress\/beware-of-narratives-and-misinformation\/","url_meta":{"origin":12530,"position":0},"title":"Beware of Narratives and Misinformation","author":"victorhanson","date":"September 18, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"by Victor Davis Hanson\/\/ National Review \u00a0 Narratives surrounding the DNC hack & Antifa reveal media bias and government bureaucracy at their worst. \u00a0 U.S. intelligence agencies said Russia was responsible for hacking Democratic National Committee e-mail accounts, leading to the publication of about 20,000 stolen e-mails on WikiLeaks. \u00a0\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Comey"","block_context":{"text":"Comey","link":"https:\/\/victorhanson.com\/wordpress\/ahref=\/index.php\/categories\/angry-reader\/categorylink\/a\/comey\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":12648,"url":"https:\/\/victorhanson.com\/wordpress\/our-socialist-future\/","url_meta":{"origin":12530,"position":1},"title":"Our Socialist Future?","author":"victorhanson","date":"October 3, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Victor Davis Hanson \/\/ National Review After the May 25, 2020, death of George Floyd while in custody of officers of the Minneapolis Police Department, protesters demanded the fair prosecution of those responsible. 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