The “Antifa Terror Cell” Myth: How Protest Became a Crime

A group of protesters in Texas has been convicted in a case prosecutors described as an “antifa terror cell.” But there’s a major problem with that narrative: antifa isn’t an organization. We break down the Prairieland protest trial and why it represents a troubling shift in American politics. The term antifa simply means anti-fascist—people who oppose authoritarian politics. It has no leaders, no membership lists, and no central command. In reality, it describes millions of ordinary people who reject fascism. So why are politicians and prosecutors increasingly using the label like it’s a domestic terrorist network?

Also its ‘ANTI-FA,’ paranoid conspiracists, not ‘AN-TEEFAH.’