He was also given an opportunity to dissemble in an op-ed in the Washington Post, where he claimed that Antifa nobly “traces its heritage back to the radicals who resisted Benito Mussolini and Adolf Hitler.” Today it is a loose confederation of ad hoc groups opposed to racism, imperialism, and white supremacy, employing “militant self-defense against the police and the targeted destruction of police and capitalist property that has accompanied it.” This is in line with his recent tweet asserting that Antifa has no “ overarching organization, with a chain of command.” Yet, he donates the proceeds of his book to “Antifa,” in other words conducts a fundraiser for an organization, which must have enough of a “chain of command” to have authorized someone to cash checks. Though claiming to caution “about painting large groups of people with a broad brush,” Bray asserts that “Trump supporters voted for their candidate either because of or despite his misogyny, racism, ableism, Islamophobia, and many more hateful traits.”Īs cities have burned across the country, Bray has been consulted as an authority to explain what Antifa is and why it could not be designated a domestic terrorist group.

Antifa by Mark Bray