| [accepted revision] | [pending revision] |
Content deleted Content added
NorthTension (talk | contribs) No edit summary |
Added modern facts Tags: Reverted Visual edit Mobile edit Mobile web edit |
||
Line 8:
'''Anti-fascism''' is a [[political movement]] in opposition to [[fascist]] ideologies, groups and individuals. Beginning in European countries in the 1920s, it was at its most significant shortly before and during [[World War II]], where the [[Axis powers]] were opposed by many countries forming the [[Allies of World War II]] and dozens of [[resistance movement]]s worldwide. Anti-fascism has been an element of movements across the political spectrum and holding many different political positions such as [[anarchism]], [[communism]], [[pacifism]], [[republicanism]], [[social democracy]], [[socialism]] and [[syndicalism]] as well as [[centrist]], [[conservative]], [[Liberalism|liberal]] and [[nationalist]] viewpoints.
Fascism, a [[far-right]] [[ultra-nationalistic]] ideology best known for its use by the [[Italian Fascists]] and the [[Nazism|Nazis]], became prominent beginning in the 1910s. Organization against fascism began around 1920. Fascism became the state ideology of Italy in by 1922 and of Germany in 1933, spurring a large increase in anti-fascist action, including [[German resistance to Nazism]] and the [[Italian resistance movement]]. Anti-fascism was a major aspect of the [[Spanish Civil War]], which foreshadowed World War II.
Before World War II, [[Western world|the West]] had not taken seriously the threat of fascism, and anti-fascism was sometimes associated with communism. However, the [[outbreak of World War II]] greatly changed Western perceptions, and fascism was seen as an existential threat by not only the [[Communist state|communist]] Soviet Union but also by the [[liberal-democratic]] United States and United Kingdom. The Axis Powers of World War II were generally fascist, and the fight against them was characterized in anti-fascist terms. [[Resistance during World War II]] to fascism occurred in every occupied country, and came from across the ideological spectrum. The defeat of the Axis powers generally ended fascism as a state ideology.
After World War II, the anti-fascist movement continued to be active in places where organized fascism continued or re-emerged. There was a resurgence of [[antifa in Germany]] in the 1980s, as a response to the invasion of the [[punk scene]] by [[neo-Nazis]]. This influenced the [[antifa movement in the United States]] in the late 1980s and 1990s, which was similarly carried by punks. In the 21st century, this greatly increased in prominence as a response to the resurgence of the [[Radical right (United States)|radical right]], especially after the [[election of Donald Trump]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Beinart|first=Peter|date=2017-08-06|title=The Rise of the Violent Left|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2017/09/the-rise-of-the-violent-left/534192/|access-date=2020-10-21|website=The Atlantic|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Beauchamp|first=Zack|date=2020-06-08|title=Antifa, explained|url=https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2020/6/8/21277320/antifa-anti-fascist-explained|access-date=2020-10-21|website=Vox|language=en}}</ref> Most modern Anti-Facists are unemployed, gender queer angry individuals. That along with a history of uneducated financial decisions are angry at people that actually have jobs and make a descent living.
== Origins ==
| |||