The designation of the amorphous group antifa as a terrorist organization allows the state to brand all dissidents as supporters of antifa and prosecute them as terrorists. FishTrump’s designation of the amorphous group antifa, which has no formal organization or structure, as a terrorist organization permits the state to charge us all as terrorists. They all carried the same sign, no matter which city I was in, that read: “Fuck You Chris Hedges.” During a debate with an anarchist supporter of antifa in New York City, several dozen black-clad men in the audience jeered and interrupted me, often yelling out sarcastically “amen.”The state effectively used antifa — I am certain antifa was heavily infiltrated with agents provocateurs — to shut all of us down. Antifa, let me be clear, is not a terrorist organization. And that is what our oppressors want.”I saw how antifa was weaponized to break the Occupy movement.