US anti-fascism expert blocked from flying to Spain at airport: Rutgers University professor who published book on antifa was informed at boarding gate that his trip was cancelled

The Guardian ^ | 10/9/2025 | Edward Helmore

[T.B. Yoits]

A Rutgers University professor who taught a course on anti-fascism was blocked from leaving the US for Spain on Wednesday night, according to media reports, hours after Donald Trump hosted a White House roundtable highlighting the impact of antifa – or “anti-fascist” – far-left activists.

Mark Bray, an historian who published the 2017 book Antifa: the Anti-Fascist Handbook, and has taught courses on anti-fascism at the New Jersey university, was attempting to board a plane at Newark airport when he was informed at the boarding gate that the reservations for him and his family had been cancelled.

The professor, nicknamed “Dr Antifa” by a group of students, had said he was moving to Europe after receiving death threats. Turning Point USA activists have claimed he is a “financier” for the leftwing movement.

“‘Someone’ cancelled my family’s flight out of the country at the last second,” Bray posted on Bluesky. “We got our boarding passes. We checked our bags. Went through security. Then at our gate our reservation ‘disappeared’.”

A petition calling for his removal from the university had been launched in the weeks following the assassination of the Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk. Bray’s home address was revealed on social media.

After Kirk’s assassination, the rightwing influencer Jack Posobiec called Bray a “domestic terrorist professor” on X. The Rutgers chapter of Turning Point USA then circulated a petition that accused the professor of being an “outspoken, well-known antifa member” and called for his dismissal.

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TOPICS: Education; Society
KEYWORDS: antifa; bluesky; bray; domesticterrorism; domesticterrorist; markbray; rico; rutgers; spain

[T.B. Yoits]

I posit that the check-in started the sequence and instead of flagging such a passenger right there in a public area where he could potentially harm someone, let him through and then cut him off at the gate where he’s already been screened by TSA for weapons.

[Mlheureux]

Well, when you spout destruction of a country while reaping the benefits of that country, expect FAFO.

[sauropod]

Trying real hard to work up a tear.

[Jim W N]

To the degree this university is getting federal funding, to that degree this petition to ban the free speech of TPUSA is unconstitutional and should be rejected.

[Lurker]

Now let the UN try to enforce it

L

[Organic Panic]

Colleges are little more than job programs for useless people. Where else could this terrorist get a job?

[Lurker]

That’s a lot of words to say they can’t do jack squat.

L

[TornadoAlley3]

The Antifa Imam.