Prairieland, TX – A sprawling court case from a protest at an immigration detention center could determine how the United States government deals with dissent. The charges originated from a protest at the Prairieland Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility in Alvarado, Texas, where a police officer was shot. In a superseding indictment filed in […]

Four European anti-fascist organizations were designated as Foreign Terrorist Organizations by the State Department on Nov. 13. The groups are Antifa Ost (Germany), the International Revolutionary Front (Italy), Armed Proletarian Justice (Greece) and Revolutionary Class Self Defense (Greece).

“It’s been said again and again by everyone you ask, including former FBI agents, former prosecutors, that there is no such thing as an Antifa organization in the United States,” de Janon said. “But when you go around it and you designate something abroad as Antifa, and then you come back here and claim, ‘Oh, there’s a North Texas Antifa cell’ … It’s like putting puzzle pieces together when there is no reality about it.”

A lot of power rests with the federal government in federal prosecutions, according to de Janon. One advantage the government has is it can put things in writing in legal documents without having to first prove it. An example of such an act is designating the Prairieland suspects as belonging to an Antifa cell without any proof that such a cell even exists.

The Department of State press release announcing the move claims it supports NSPM-7, citing the traits listed in the memorandum, that the movements are anti-American, anti-capitalist and anti-Christian.