Read our Privacy noticeDonald Trump’s executive order calling “Antifa” a “domestic terrorist organization” has sparked warnings from First Amendment experts and civil rights groups that the president is using the label as a cudgel against left-wing opposition. There is no “domestic terrorist organization” designation under U.S. law, and “Antifa” is not a specific organization but a term that encompasses a wider ideologically driven movement against fascism. open image in gallery President Donald Trump’s executive order defines ‘Antifa’ as a ‘domestic terrorist organization’ despite the movement not having any leadership or organizing structure. “There is no formal Antifa organization. “Equating Antifa with a ‘major terrorist organization,’ as Trump has, then becomes an excuse for the right to target whomever it pleases, with both state persecution and vigilante violence,” he wrote.