anti fascism definition
Short for (militant) anti-fascists. Middle-class champagne socialist/communist/anarchist white boys who don't like nationalists or fascists. They consider themselves to be rebelling against the establishment, whilst upholding all of its ultra-politically correct views. Antifa only dislike racism when its carried out by whites, and do not have the bottle to stand up against anti-white racism; leading to many people on the right to refer to them as 'traitors'. I'd rather just call them morons. This makes me nervous, a friend said as we walked through a show dominated by Heartfield's late-'20s-'30s antifascist agitprop, most of it made in Berlin, some of it made in Prague, in exile. Anti-fascism is opposition to fascist ideologies, groups and individuals. The anti-fascist movement began in a few European countries in the 1920s, and eventually spread to other countries around the world. Activist political slang, short for anti-fascist. Probably German in origin (it's the widely-used abbreviation for the German AFA group), it refers especially to militant anti-fascists who engage in physical confrontations with Nazis, such as members of Anti-Fascist Action (AFA). The Nazis had promulgated this law precisely to get rid of young folks with antifascist inclinations, and their successor party now employed it against this particular youth because he had used state-owned weapons against it. 1922, originally used in English 1920 in its Italian form (see fascist). Applied to similar groups in Germany from 1923; applied to everyone since the rise of the Internet. A system of government that flourished in Europe from the 1920s to the end of World War II. Germany under Adolf Hitler, Italy under Mussolini, and Spain under Franco were all fascist states. (sometimes initial capital letter) a governmental system led by a dictator having complete power, forcibly suppressing opposition and criticism, regimenting all industry, commerce, etc., and emphasizing an aggressive nationalism and often racism. (sometimes initial capital letter) the philosophy, principles, or methods of fascism. 3. (initial capital letter) a political movement that employs the principles and methods of fascism, especially the one established by Mussolini in Italy 1922–43.
It is opposition to fascist ideologies, groups and individuals.