Overview
- The State Department named Antifa Ost (Germany), the Informal Anarchist Federation/International Revolutionary Front (Italy), Armed Proletarian Justice (Greece) and Revolutionary Class Self‑Defense (Greece) as Specially Designated Global Terrorists and said it will list them as Foreign Terrorist Organizations effective Nov. 20.
- The designations block property in U.S. jurisdiction, cut off access to the U.S. financial system, criminalize knowingly providing material support and bar group members from entering the United States.
- Officials cited violent activity in Europe, including assaults in Germany and Budapest tied to Antifa Ost, years of bomb and letter‑bomb claims by FAI/FRI in Italy, and IED attacks claimed by the two Greek groups against government and rail targets.
- This marks the first time the U.S. has applied foreign terrorist sanctions to Antifa‑linked entities, expanding the administration’s earlier domestic terrorism stance into an international action.
- Republican officials, including Sen. Eric Schmitt, pressed for the move, and a State Department spokesperson framed the action as part of a broader campaign to disrupt transnational extremist networks.