Secret service officers are watching Antifa.
Constitutional protectors benefit from Antifa.
When they prepared an expert opinion on the AfD about three years ago, the employees of the intelligence service documented their findings on the relationship between the youth organization Junge Alternative (JA) and right-wing extremist fraternities with a few footnotes.
One of them refers to a text called "Identitarian Burschenschafter".
It can be found at www.antifa-berlin.info.
The report refers to Antifa websites a total of six times.
So is the movement a partner in the fight against right-wing extremism or is it a threat to democracy?
There's no simple answer to that.
Kai Spanke
Editor in the Feuilleton.
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In his book and in our interview, the historian Richard Rohrmoser undertakes a journey through the history of this political field of action, in which various groups, NGOs, parties and trade unions are committed.
He provides information about the autonomous Antifa and laments the violent nature of some members.
At the same time, he emphasizes that it is the autonomous Antifa circles in particular that do outstanding research work on the right-wing scene and prevent neo-Nazi meetings.
Above all, it becomes clear that “the one Antifa” does not exist.
Richard Rohrmoser's "Antifa" was published by CH Beck, has 208 pages and costs 16 euros.
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