Among the groups accused of being terrorist organizations are Antifa Ost from Germany, the International Revolutionary Front from Italy, Armed Proletarian Justice and Revolutionary Class Self-Defense, the latter two based in Greece.

As part of the criminalization and persecution of leftist groups by the US government , the US State Department is preparing to designate four groups affiliated with the Antifa movement that operate in Europe as Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTOs) and Specifically Designated Global Terrorists (SDGTs).

According to US media, among the groups accused of being terrorist organizations by Washington are Antifa Ost from Germany , the International Revolutionary Front from Italy , Armed Proletarian Justice and Revolutionary Class Self-Defense , the latter two based in Greece .

US officials accuse these groups of orchestrating or participating in politically motivated acts of violence , including bombings , shootings, and other attacks.

Being included on the list of terrorist organizations will activate a series of measures , including the freezing of assets under US jurisdiction , the prohibition of entry into US territory for members and the possibility of prosecuting people in the US who provide material support to the groups .

This is the first time Washington has applied terrorism designations to organizations linked to Antifa abroad .

Georgia Republican Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene introduced a bill last October to designate the Antifa movement as a terrorist organization , following former President Donald Trump’s decision on September 23 to label it as such.

Antifa is an American movement of activists who identify with anti-fascist ideologies and operates without a centralized structure .

In September , Donald Trump announced plans to consider the leftist anti-fascist movement as a “ terrorist organization ,” linking the move to the murder of right-wing political activist Charlie Kirk .