This Is Antifa

We’ve now told you who I am, who we are, and why we’re here. The question remains: what’s the point? What’s the plan, what’s the strategy, what are we antifascists out here in the field supposed to do?

There is no question that the time to act is now. We are witnessing fascism not as a distant threat but as a present reality, not merely creeping but aggressively forcing itself into the institutions meant to protect us.

Our elected leaders must be held accountable to openly denounce fascism, defend antifascism, and declare their solidarity with the people. Our first action is to hold them accountable in an immediate, simple way: ask them to publicly recognize fascism as a driving ideology of the current President and his party, and to denounce it explicitly by publicly identifying themselves as anti-fascist.

Here is a simple, powerful way you can add your voice and power to this demand:

• Find your elected officials by entering your zip code at trusted resources like Common Cause’s Find Your Representatives or GovTrack.
• Use the message below to contact them via email, social media tagging, phone calls, or even printed letters. Copy, paste, or adapt it as you see fit.

Sample Message:

“Dear [Representative/Senator/Official],

I am writing as your constituent deeply concerned about the rise of fascism in our country. I urge you to take a clear and public stand by explicitly denouncing fascism, defending antifascism, and affirming your solidarity with the people who reject hate and authoritarianism.

Please use your platform to call out fascist ideologies and those who promote them by name. Silence or equivocation only emboldens these dangerous forces.

I expect you to be a leader who stands firmly for democracy, human rights, and justice. We now recognize that those who are not anti-fascist are, by definition, fascist.

For this reason I urge you to take the strongest and most explicit stand possible in informing me and the rest of your constituents, clearly and without ambivalence, whether you are anti-fascist, and if you are not I would like to understand your thinking as to why.

Thank you for your attention to this urgent matter.

Sincerely, [Your Name]”

• Share this message widely on social media, tagging your officials and using hashtags. We really like #AmericaIsAntifa and #AntifaIsAmerican (You can use the full word “antifascist” too!)
• Make phone calls using this script as a guide to express your concerns directly. You can use the links above or a simple web search to find the phone numbers for your elected officials.
• Print and mail letters if you prefer traditional methods.
• The average American is represented by ten to fifteen elected officials. This means you can contact your entire chain of representation from the White House to the local library board in two weeks max, making just a couple of phone calls, social media shares, e-mails, or snail-mails a day.

This is a collective effort. The more voices demanding clarity and accountability, the harder it becomes for leaders to hide behind silence or vague statements.

Together, we can force the conversation, shift the narrative, and reclaim our democracy.

This is antifascist action, and it won’t be the last. “Antifa” has been pilloried and demonized and mythologized long enough; if we’re going to be held responsible for being an organized movement, it’s time we started acting like one.

Thank you, feel free to share in the comments how you’ve chosen to act, and stay tuned.

We’re just getting started.

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