anti-fascism
Against far-right tyranny
Anti-fascism is opposition to fascist movements, ideologies, and regimes.
The term encompasses a broad range of resistance—from armed partisan fighters in World War II to modern activists confronting far-right groups.
Anti-fascist action may include protest, direct confrontation, or community organizing.
The shortened form antifa refers specifically to decentralized militant anti-fascist movements.
Class-based revolutionary philosophy
- communismCollective ownership system
- anarchismPhilosophy rejecting state authority
- socialismCommunal economic control
- TrotskyismRevolutionary socialist theory opposing bureaucracy
Leninism · antifa · leftism · egalitarianism · internationalism · anti-nationalism · anti-authoritarianism · anti-racism
Public expression of disapproval
- demonstrationPublic display of opinion
- rallyGathering for a cause
- marchRhythmic group walk
- solidarityUnity among allies
organizing · grassroots · coalition · boycott · petition · civil disobedience · picketing · sit-in
Open resistance to authority
- dissentDisagreement with authority
- oppositionActive resistance or dissent
- rebellionDefiance of established power
- noncomplianceFailure to follow requirements
disobedience · refusal · confrontation · challenge · contestation · struggle · uprising · revolt
Below ground or countercultural
- sabotageDeliberate disruption of operations
- partisansStaunch factional supporters
- guerrillaIrregular armed fighter
- clandestineConcealed from authorities
insurgency · subversion · maquis · smuggling · safe houses · coded messages · networks · couriers
German fascist totalitarianism
- authoritarianismConcentrated, unchecked governmental power
- totalitarianismState controls everything absolutely
- dictatorshipUnchecked single-ruler government
- tyrannyOppressive, absolute governance
despotism · autocracy · ultranationalism · racism · anti-Semitism · xenophobia · persecution · genocide
Absence of constraint
- emancipationRelease from legal bondage
- autonomyIndependent decision-making capacity
- self-determinationControl over one's fate
- independenceFreedom from external control
deliverance · rescue · sanctuary · refuge · escape · extrication · survival · dignity
Marxism
Class-based revolutionary philosophy
- communismCollective ownership system
- anarchismPhilosophy rejecting state authority
- socialismCommunal economic control
Trotskyism · Leninism · antifa · leftism · egalitarianism · internationalism · anti-nationalism · anti-authoritarianism · anti-racism · pluralism
protest
Public expression of disapproval
- demonstrationPublic display of opinion
- rallyGathering for a cause
- marchRhythmic group walk
solidarity · organizing · grassroots · coalition · boycott · petition · civil disobedience · picketing · sit-in · direct action
defiance
Open resistance to authority
- dissentDisagreement with authority
- oppositionActive resistance or dissent
- rebellionDefiance of established power
noncompliance · disobedience · refusal · confrontation · challenge · contestation · struggle · uprising · revolt · insurrection
underground
Below ground or countercultural
- sabotageDeliberate disruption of operations
- partisansStaunch factional supporters
- guerrillaIrregular armed fighter
clandestine · insurgency · subversion · maquis · smuggling · safe houses · coded messages · networks · couriers · armed resistance
Nazism
German fascist totalitarianism
- authoritarianismConcentrated, unchecked governmental power
- totalitarianismState controls everything absolutely
- dictatorshipUnchecked single-ruler government
tyranny · despotism · autocracy · ultranationalism · racism · anti-Semitism · xenophobia · persecution · genocide · far-right
freedom
Absence of constraint
- emancipationRelease from legal bondage
- autonomyIndependent decision-making capacity
- self-determinationControl over one's fate
independence · deliverance · rescue · sanctuary · refuge · escape · extrication · survival · dignity · justice
- social movementscivil rights movement, women's liberation, labor movement, feminist movement, suffrage movement
- 20th Century ItalyMussolini, neorealism, economic miracle, Christian Democrats, Marshall Plan
- ideologiescapitalism, communism, conservatism, liberalism, socialism
- Soviet WarGreat Patriotic War, Eastern Front, Battle of Stalingrad, Battle of Berlin, Operation Barbarossa
- communismMarx, Marxism, Leninism, Lenin, proletariat
- Italian LiteratureDante, Petrarch, Boccaccio, Machiavelli, Dante Alighieri
anti-fascismfascism
Ultranationalist dictatorial political system
Nazism · neo-Nazism · neo-fascism · Italian Fascism · ultranationalism
anti-fascismappeasement
Satisfying demands to prevent conflict
collaboration · Vichy France · accommodation · complicity · capitulation