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Noam Chomsky: Antifa is a 'major gift to the Right'
Washington Examiner ^ | August 17

Posted on 08/17/2017 8:23:14 AM PDT by deplorableindc

The left-wing "Antifa" movement is rising in prominence after clashing with white supremacists in Charlottesville, Va., but one progressive scholar says the anti-fascists feed the fire they seek to extinguish.

"As for Antifa, it's a minuscule fringe of the Left, just as its predecessors were," Noam Chomsky told the Washington Examiner. "It's a major gift to the Right, including the militant Right, who are exuberant."

Many activists affiliated with the loosely organized Antifa movement consider themselves anarchists or socialists. They often wear black and take measures to conceal their identity.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonexaminer.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Philosophy
KEYWORDS: antifa; charlottesville; chomsky; noamchomsky; theleft
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1 posted on 08/17/2017 8:23:14 AM PDT by deplorableindc
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To: deplorableindc

Give it another 5-10 years. If it becomes radioactive enough, the Chomskys of the world will call Antifa part of the “right wing”.


2 posted on 08/17/2017 8:25:10 AM PDT by rightwingcrazy
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To: deplorableindc

That commie bastard is still alive?


3 posted on 08/17/2017 8:25:26 AM PDT by ETL (Obama-Hillary--REAL Russia-US collusion! (UraniumOne Deal, Missile Defense, Nukes) See my home page)
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To: deplorableindc

Well maybe I am wrong about “not one voice” but I am a bit surprised to find myself agreeing with Naom Chomsky. I don’t like being poked in my axioms.


4 posted on 08/17/2017 8:25:39 AM PDT by wastoute (Government cannot redistribute wealth. Government can only redistribute poverty.)
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To: deplorableindc

Don’t care too much for Chomsky, but every once in a while he makes a correct call.

This is one of them.

Thinking US citizens, for the most part, are viscerally opposed to any attacks on free speech.


5 posted on 08/17/2017 8:26:13 AM PDT by Arm_Bears (Rope. Tree. Politician/Journalist. Some assembly required.)
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To: deplorableindc

The commie left, like the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor are awakening the giant.


6 posted on 08/17/2017 8:27:38 AM PDT by Lopeover (The 2016 Election is about allegiance to the United States!)
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To: deplorableindc
The following is from ANTIFA’s website, New York City chapter...

Check out the promotion for violence in their banner below.

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About us
Antifascists and Anticapitalists!

https://nycantifa.wordpress.com/about-us/
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With the red and black anarchist signs and logos they appear to be anarco-syndicalists, a combination of communist and anarchist.

Again from their website...


Antifa International

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Anarcho-syndicalism


A common Anarcho-Syndicalist flag.

In the early 20th century, anarcho-syndicalism arose as a distinct school of thought within anarchism.[78] With greater focus on the labour movement than previous forms of anarchism, syndicalism posits radical trade unions as a potential force for revolutionary social change, replacing capitalism and the state with a new society, democratically self-managed by the workers.

Anarcho-syndicalists seek to abolish the wage system and private ownership of the means of production, which they believe lead to class divisions. Important principles include workers' solidarity, direct action (such as general strikes and workplace recuperations), and workers' self-management. This is compatible with other branches of anarchism, and anarcho-syndicalists often subscribe to anarchist communist or collectivist anarchist economic systems.[79] Its advocates propose labour organization as a means to create the foundations of a non-hierarchical anarchist society within the current system and bring about social revolution.

https://web.archive.org/web/20100613155646/http://en.wikipedia.org:80/wiki/Anarchist_schools_of_thought#Anarchist_communism

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YouTube Video:
The O'Reilly Factor confronts Bill Ayers:
October 24, 2008:
(note the red communist star, and anarcho-syndicalist red and black, on his shirt)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dP3uvK9gTIY
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Bill Ayers: "I considered myself partly an anarchist then and I consider myself partly an anarchist now. I mean, I'm as much an anarchist as I am a Marxist which is to say I find a lot of the ideas in anarchism appealing."

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,443241,00.html

7 posted on 08/17/2017 8:28:11 AM PDT by ETL (Obama-Hillary--REAL Russia-US collusion! (UraniumOne Deal, Missile Defense, Nukes) See my home page)
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To: Darksheare

Ping.


8 posted on 08/17/2017 8:28:17 AM PDT by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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To: deplorableindc

We will see. The deep-state media has been full-court-press on the propaganda since last Saturday on the pre-planned “white nationalist riot” narrative. They are going all out in their controlled media, large and small.

I see that many are not buying it and see it for what it was - a pre-arranged political movement - but what does the full American public think? I’m not sure yet.


9 posted on 08/17/2017 8:28:36 AM PDT by PGR88
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To: deplorableindc

The commuist/socialist Left has NO IDEA how many millions of armed patriots, armed to the teeth, are just itching to do them in....once and for all.


10 posted on 08/17/2017 8:28:37 AM PDT by lgjhn23 (It's easy to be liberal when you're dumber than a box of rocks.)
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To: deplorableindc
I can't speak for other states, but I know that the New Jersey Dept. of Homeland Security lists AntiFa as a "domestic terrorist organization."

My guess is that people like Chomsky have a good idea about just how unpopular AntiFa is -- and just how badly the Democrats in this country are going to fare in future elections for latching onto them. Steve Bannon supposedly said as much within the last few days.

11 posted on 08/17/2017 8:30:39 AM PDT by Alberta's Child ("I was elected to represent the citizens of Pittsburgh, not Paris." -- President Trump, 6/1/2017)
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To: deplorableindc

Chomsky’s always been an ahole.


12 posted on 08/17/2017 8:31:35 AM PDT by mylife (the roar of the masses could be farts)
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To: wastoute

Chomsky means that street action is unnecessary and counterproductive when the Culture War is already being won via courts, MSM, and education. He has no objection to killing people who disagree with him if he believes those who disagree have the upper hand.


13 posted on 08/17/2017 8:32:02 AM PDT by jjotto ("Ya could look it up!")
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To: deplorableindc

Interesting. Naom needs to address how these terrorists are anti-fascist. And just who are the fascist and how so? Also, they are “defensive”? Seriously?


14 posted on 08/17/2017 8:33:03 AM PDT by Reno89519 (Drain the Swamp is not party specific. Lyn' Ted is still a liar, Good riddance to him.)
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To: rightwingcrazy

Has the earth’s magnetic field reversed itself?


15 posted on 08/17/2017 8:34:32 AM PDT by AndyJackson
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To: deplorableindc

Antifa is wall to wall in Seattle and Portland.
I expect that in 10 years, they will be everywhere unless something is done.


16 posted on 08/17/2017 8:39:10 AM PDT by Zathras
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To: Alberta's Child

Unfortunately that may change when Phil Murphy is elected this November.


17 posted on 08/17/2017 8:39:36 AM PDT by mrmeyer (You can't conquer a free man; the most you can do is kill him. Robert Heinlein)
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To: AndyJackson

No.

He’s still an ahole.

He is just afraid of the backlash and compares us regular conservatives to the 4th Reich.

They are losing the propaganda wars.


18 posted on 08/17/2017 8:40:08 AM PDT by mylife (the roar of the masses could be farts)
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To: jjotto

You got it.


19 posted on 08/17/2017 8:40:47 AM PDT by mylife (the roar of the masses could be farts)
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To: deplorableindc

Chomsky has his Blind Squirrel moment, eh?


20 posted on 08/17/2017 8:41:16 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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