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US Designates 4 European Groups as Terrorist Organizations

Published NOV 14 2025

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Above: **Watermarked Getty Image. Kindly Replace** U.S. Secretary of State Secretary Marco Rubio at the Department of State in Washington, United States, on Thursday. Image credit: Celal Gunes/Anadolu/Getty Images

The Spin

Trump's designation of Antifa as a terrorist organization represents a dangerous authoritarian attack on anti-fascist resistance. This move mirrors tactics used by fascist leaders like Orban and Netanyahu to crush legitimate opposition. By vilifying those who fight fascism, Trump is essentially defending fascism itself and using state repression to consolidate power.

Guardian Common Dreams

Antifa groups are violent revolutionaries who use terrorism to advance their anti-American agenda of overthrowing the government and abolishing private enterprise. These black-hooded marauders wound innocent people and suppress free speech through intimidation and violence. Designating them as terrorists is absolutely correct since they fit the definition perfectly.

New York Post

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Metaculus Prediction

There is a 5% chance that an application to ban AfD will be filed at the Federal Constitutional Court before 2026, according to the Metaculus prediction community.