"In September 2025, Donald Trump signed an executive order labeling "antifa"—short for "antifascism"—a domestic terrorist threat. Around the same time, Trump issued a presidential memorandum known as NSPM-7, which identifies "anti-Americanism," "anti-capitalism," "anti-Christianity," and "extremism on migration, race, and gender" as indicators of potential violence. The memorandum directs the secretaries of the Department of the Treasury and the Department of Homeland Security, along with the attorney general, to "investigate and disrupt networks, entities, and organizations" that support antifascist organizing."
"Attorney General Pam Bondi has publicly said that the government plans to "destroy [antifa] from top to bottom." FBI Director Kash Patel has similarly attested that his agency "will not rest until we find every single seed money, donor organization and funding mechanism that we have," noting that the FBI is collaborating with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent to "map out these networks.""
Federal actions in September 2025 labeled antifa a domestic terrorist threat and issued NSPM-7 identifying ideological indicators tied to potential violence. NSPM-7 directs the Treasury, Homeland Security, and the attorney general to investigate and disrupt networks, entities, and organizations that support antifascist organizing. Senior officials vowed aggressive efforts to identify funding, donors, and organizational links, and to map networks. Civil society leaders warn that these steps will escalate surveillance, justify investigations into nonprofits, and suppress dissent. Critics characterize the measures as part of a broader offensive targeting organizations and individuals advocating contested ideas or enforcing rule of law.
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