For far too long, the name “Antifa” has been weaponized against the very people the concept it names is meant to protect. Slandered, distorted, and used as a scapegoat by fascists and opportunists alike.
And for too long, there’s been a vacuum. No one is anchoring the narrative. No one is saying: “This is wrong, and it is evil, and it must stop. I see it. I know it. I will show it to everyone who will listen until everyone sees it, or at least enough of us to stop it. I refuse to let it slide.”
No one saying, “if you want to know what ‘Antifa’ is or who the ‘members’ are or what the philosophy is or ‘who says so,’ here we are. Ask. We’re not a secret and we’re not hiding. If you need a name and a face, here’s this guy.”
So I decided to pick up the mic.
As best I can, with integrity of purpose and values under the limitations of my limited resources, I have for the last eight years or so functioned publicly as the only person in the US that I’m aware of to consistently and openly identify themselves as an “antifa leader,” while operating an entity called solely “AntiFa,” with their real name and real face out in the open and clearly visible to the public.
“But wait!” you exclaim to the sound of a record needle going sideways, “No kings includes YOU, mister!”
I’m no king. I’m just the guy that picked up the mic when nobody else would. I’m the conduit, the archive, the medium through which the message flows. None of this is about me. I happen to have the subject matter expertise, the genuine, lifelong antifascist values and the pursuit of those values with integrity, and the ability as a public speaker and performer to pick up the mic and carry it competently and in good faith.
It’s just been lying there forever, getting corroded and mishandled.
So I did.
So here we are.
Next up: Here we are…but who are we?
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