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> They would exist without Nazis. In fact, Charlottesville may be the first time they've actually fought Nazis. > The first German movement to call itself Anti
by croon 9y ago
> They would exist without Nazis. In fact, Charlottesville may be the first time they've actually fought Nazis.
> The first German movement to call itself Antifaschistische Aktion was proclaimed by the German Communist Party (KPD) in their newspaper Rote Fahne in 1932 and held its first rally in Berlin on 10 July 1932, then capital of the Weimar Republic. During the early 1930s amidst rising tensions between Nazis and the communists, Berlin in particular has been the site of regular and often very violent clashes between the two groups.
- leereeves 9y agoI'm talking about the people who call themselves Antifa now, not everyone who's ever used that name. There's no direct connection between those people in 1932 and these people in 2017, except using the same name.
- croon 9y ago> I'm talking about the people who call themselves Antifa now, not everyone who's ever used that name. > There's no direct connection between those people in 1932 and these people in 2017, except using the same name. And you're basing this on what?
- leereeves 9y agoThe many years that passed between the two.