| Sumario: | The inside story of antifa revealed by a journalist who saw them coming and sounded the alarm. From Portland to Berkeley to Washington, D.C., a far-left revolutionary movement calling itself "antifa" has organized mass violence on the streets of major American cities, attacking conservatives, Trump supporters, and police. Infamous for its "black bloc," the tactic of dressing head-to-toe in black to commit crimes, antifa militants organize to destroy property, beat people, and intimidate their opposition into silence. Their explosive violence on the streets of American cities has even captured the attention of federal U.S. authorities, who warn of more attacks. This, antifa claims, is all done in the name of fighting "fascism." But as Andy Ngo personally experienced himself when he was beaten by Portland antifa militants and left with a traumatic brain injury in June 2019, antifa has little to do with "anti-fascism." Rather, it is a far-left violent extremist ideology and movement set on undermining Western governments and destroying the freedoms guaranteed in a liberal democracy. But where did this political phenomenon originate, and how exactly does it organize? Unmasked maps the historical roots of this violent extremist movement from its beginnings as a Communist paramilitary group in Germany during the interwar years to now a growing American phenomenon with support from the media and even mainstream political figures. Its supporters claim the movement has no organizational structure, but for the first time, newly acquired secret documents reveal how Portland's Rose City Antifa, America's oldest, most violent, and most influential antifa chapter, functions as a cell. Using a sophisticated process of recruitment, indoctrination, and radicalization, antifa's followers are taught violent and nonviolent strategies to further their political agenda -- Editor
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