Newsweek Declares 'Antifa' Terrorist Threat, Ignores White Nationalist Massacres
Newsweek's headline gleefully announces 'Five Plead Guilty in First Antifa Terrorism Case After Trump's Designation,' dutifully echoing the former President's rhetoric. It's a textbook example of manufacturing a narrative: Trump unilaterally declared 'Antifa' a terrorist organization in 2020, despite the Department of Justice having no legal mechanism for such a designation against a leaderless,
decentralized movement. This 'first case' seems less about actual terrorism and more about legitimizing a political smear, diverting attention from the very real and well-documented rise in white nationalist and far-right violence. While Newsweek is busy chasing specters, organizations like the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) consistently report that right-wing extremists are the primary source of
domestic terror plots and attacks in the US, responsible for 75% of extremist-related fatalities in the past decade. The media's selective outrage truly makes one wonder: When actual, organized groups commit mass shootings based on racist ideology, it's 'lone wolf' mental illness; when a few individuals associated with anti-fascist ideas commit property damage, it's 'terrorism' and front-page
news. Apparently, the definition of 'terrorism' shifts depending on who's doing the pointing.