The people who qualify as anti-fascists seem to be anarchists, leftists and Jane Caro

Our “so-called” ABC? The Mocker, The Australian, June 4:

(ABC) presenters habitually preface certain names and phrases with the term “so-called”. By doing so they insinuate what follows that expression is value-laden or contains an otherwise questionable premise … But the ABC’s selective applying of this preface is another matter. For example … presenters apply the preface to terms such as seal of the confessional, African crime, war on drugs, Islamic State … and secondary boycott. Conversely, expressions such as affirmative action, climate change, hate speech … and toxic masculinity have no such qualifier … Have you ever heard ABC presenters referring to “so-called” anti-fascists when discussing militant far-left group Antifa?

James M. Casey, The Hill, June 3:

Much of the violence we have witnessed over the past few days likely can be attributed to Antifa. The name and their anti-fascist claim are newer than their ideology and violence. Antifa members are anarchists with a bent for socialism. Many may not know what they want so much as what they don’t want, such as the status quo, capitalism and private corporations. Their roots reach back to the 1970s when groups such as the Weather Underground and Black Panther Party rained down violence.

Stephanie March, ABC, June 2:

Donald Trump has pointed the finger for these riots at Antifa but they are just one part of a much larger body of angry people in America … Antifa is a loose collective of individuals and groups who believe they are doing their part to stand up for the oppressed — be it racial minorities or immigrants or another group … The words of one Redneck Revolt member have been hard to get out of my head. “We’re in a new civil war,” he told me. That was two years ago.

Caught in the act. Robert Mackey, The Intercept website, June 4:

The White House engaged in an extraordinary act of rumour-mongering on Wednesday, releasing a compilation of viral video clips posted on social media by people who believed, wrongly, that the piles of bricks they came across had been planted there by Antifa to inspire violence at protests … Within minutes, journalists discovered that most of the clips included in the video posted online by the White House had already been investigated and debunked.

Deutsche Welle, June 4:

After Donald Trump claimed most protesters in the US were “Antifa”, Germany’s Social Democrats rushed to declare solidarity with the movement … In Germany, politicians and the public have been wrestling with the term for around a century now — without coming any closer to an uncontested definition. What the word means is simple enough in German. Antifa is short for anti-fascist. In the most literal sense, one might hope this label could apply to all modern German people and politicians. But does Antifa refer to all those opposed to fascism, or does it refer only to black-clad anarchists and leftists staring down German police in the streets?

Jane Caro, Twitter, June 2:

I am an anti-fascist. Anyone with a shred of decency and a cursory knowledge of history has to be. If that makes me — a 63-year-old grandmother — ANTIFA, so be it.

Gerard Henderson, Media Watch Dog, Friday:

So Australia’s 63-year-old grandmother is happy to support Antifa as men and women acting in its name go about looting and burning the small businesses of Americans — white, black and brown alike.