Anti-fascists linked to zero murders in the US in 25 years - 2020-07-27

Anti-fascists linked to zero murders in the US in 25 years July 27, 2020, Lois Beckett, The Guardian

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Donald Trump has made warnings about the threat of antifa and "far-left fascism" a central part of his re-election campaign. But in reality leftwing attacks have left far fewer people dead than violence by rightwing extremists, new research indicates, and antifa activists have not been linked to a single murder in decades.

A new database of nearly 900 politically motivated attacks and plots in the United States since 1994 includes just one attack staged by an anti-fascist that led to fatalities. In that case, the single person killed was the perpetrator.

Over the same time period, American white supremacists and other rightwing extremists have carried out attacks that left at least 329 victims dead, according to the database.

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{{cite news | first = Lois | last = Beckett | title = Anti-fascists linked to zero murders in the US in 25 years | url = https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jul/27/us-rightwing-extremists-attacks-deaths-database-leftwing-antifa | work = The Guardian | date = July 27, 2020 | accessdate = October 1, 2020 }}