"In an executive order, Donald Trump declared "Antifa" a terrorist organization. As it isn't an organization, there aren't leaders to target, so zealous conservatives took aim at Mark Bray, a Rutgers professor who wrote a book about fighting fascism eight years ago. The clumsy attempts to get him fired didn't bother him-but the doxxing and death threats were enough to convince him he needed to leave America."
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Donald Trump issued an executive order declaring "Antifa" a terrorist organization despite "Antifa" not being an organization. Without organizational leaders to target, zealous conservatives directed harassment at Mark Bray, a Rutgers assistant teaching professor and author of a book on fighting fascism from eight years earlier. Attempts to fire him were clumsy, but doxxing and death threats escalated to the point that he decided to leave the United States. Slate Plus subscriptions offer ad-free listening, early event access, and a discounted annual rate using the WHATNEXT50 code. Production credits include Elena Schwartz, Paige Osburn, Anna Phillips, Madeline Ducharme, and Rob Gunther.
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