Overview
- State Department named Antifa Ost (Germany), Informal Anarchist Federation/International Revolutionary Front (Italy), Armed Proletarian Justice (Greece), and Revolutionary Class Self-Defense (Greece).
- The four groups were designated Specially Designated Global Terrorists today, with Foreign Terrorist Organization listings scheduled to take effect November 20 upon Federal Register publication.
- The measures block U.S.-jurisdiction property, direct financial institutions to freeze assets, bar entry of members, and make providing material support a federal crime.
- U.S. officials cited documented attacks, including assaults in Germany and Budapest tied to Antifa Ost, FAI/FRI letter bombs and a 2012 shooting in Italy, and recent IED incidents in Athens claimed by APJ and RCSD.
- The action follows the administration’s September domestic Antifa designation, drew public backing from Secretary Marco Rubio and Sen. Eric Schmitt, and notes Hungary’s separate listing of Antifa Ost.