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Why is Antifa back in the spotlight? | The Global Story

2026-07-16 News & Politics
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On Thursday in Washington DC, Marco Rubio, the Secretary of State, will host an international summit on the threat posed by "the resurgence of transnational far-left terrorism”. There will be a particular focus on the loosely composed group the Trump administration calls Antifa. What is this group? Is it a significant threat? Or is there something motivating the DC summit? BBC journalist Mike Wendling joins us to discuss whether the Trump administration is right to worry about far-left groups like Antifa. Subscribe to our channel here: https://bbc.in/bbcnews For the latest news download the BBC News app or visit BBC.com/news #BBCNews #Antifa #US Chapters: 00:00 Introduction 01:38 Why is Marco Rubio holding a summit? 05:07 What is Antifa? 07:15 When did Antifa hit the mainstream? 10:25 Are there Antifa leaders? 13:00 What happened post George Floyd? 15:17 What happened to extreme left-wing groups under Joe Biden? 17:00 The murder of Charlie Kirk 19:54 Is there a security risk from left-wing groups in the US? 22:30 The death of Anne Widdecombe

Top Comments (10)

@adamgroszkiewicz814 2026-07-17

Idk what this guy's journalism is based on, but he's damn sure never embeded with an anarchist or antifa group.

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@jools2323 2026-07-16

America is insane

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@RosaMendonça-x6e 2026-07-18

This is crazy, i come here to remenber. In Europe exist countrys with constituitions antifa ( anti- fascists) , and for good reasons, because they really know what is fascism! For exemple, Germany, Italy and Portugal...

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@volskiv 2026-07-19

Obviously these Americans have a problem with anti-fascism. When you're trying to do fascism, anti-fascism is seen as a major problem

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@bigpickenergy5321 2026-07-19

Be wary of the left's subversive tactics. They use manipulative wording to obscure their intent. Will never engage directly or will play oblivious when you call out their position and will use Ad hominems as a last resort. They champion the deaths of those on the right and many believe political violence to be justified. Their method is to suppress dialogue through labelling; racist, homophobe, misogynist. They use censorship, cancelling, slander. They are authoritarian by their very nature and will use the guise of democracy to justify their actions and will deny this when called out.

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@axxamit 2026-07-17

SOMETIMES ANTISOCIAL, ALWAYS ANTIFASCIST!

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@richardnunziata3221 2026-07-16

The Trump admin falsely arrested an ex-olympian for damaging the reflecting pool. has sent ICE into cities that have shot many innocent people and has used the FBI and Justice department for carrying out personal vendettas and has interfered with elections. This is just another attempt at suppressing democracy in everywhere.

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@fireblast6733 2026-07-16

Antifa means anti fascist and anti racist also anti nazi because we stand against the corrupt dictator regime

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@theminutemanproject 2026-07-16

Because the feds need a boogeyman to justify their paychecks

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@PresidentWith34Felonies 2026-07-16

Every single World War Two American soldiers was ANTI-FASCIST

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