> They would exist without Nazis. In fact, Charlottesville may be the first time they've actually fought Nazis.
> The first German movement to call itself Antifaschistische Aktion was proclaimed by the German Communist Party (KPD) in their newspaper Rote Fahne in 1932 and held its first rally in Berlin on 10 July 1932, then capital of the Weimar Republic. During the early 1930s amidst rising tensions between Nazis and the communists, Berlin in particular has been the site of regular and often very violent clashes between the two groups.
Antifa is also "anticapitalist".
https://twitter.com/NYCAntifa/status/882475842802262016
They would exist without Nazis. In fact, Charlottesville may be the first time they've actually fought Nazis.