Fox: State Dept. to Designate 4 ‘Antifa-linked’ Groups in Europe as Foreign Terrorists

Of the four, two are shadowy urban terror cells in Greece, who primarily target sites in central Athens

13.11.2025 19:52

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Fox: State Dept. to Designate 4 ‘Antifa-linked’ Groups in Europe as Foreign Terrorists

A police motorcycle is parked outside the central Athens offices of private rail operator Hellenic Train in central Athens, April 11, 2025. Authorities responded to a bomb threat at the location, with a makeshift explosive device subsequently detonating outside the main entrance.

13.11.2025 19:52

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Of the four, two are shadowy urban terror cells in Greece, who primarily target sites in central Athens

Fox News Digital on Thursday reported that the US State Department will designate four shadowy groups in three European countries –two in Greece – as Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTOs) and Specifically Designated Global Terrorists (SDGTs), similar to the likes of ISIS and al-Qaeda.

The report describes the groups as “Antifa-linked”.

As far as Greece is concerned the groups cited in the article are the “Armed Proletarian Justice” and “Revolutionary Class Self Defense”, which Fox News reminded have carried out bomb attacks against buildings hosting state institutions, along with the placement of an explosive device outside the central Athens offices of the private rail operator in April.

Before the “Antifa” moniker became common over the past decade and a half, such groupings in Greece operated for decades in the urban landscape’s margins under the banners of “Marxist”, “anarchist”, “anti-state”, or “anarcho-Marxist”. The most notorious terror group in Greece after the restoration of democracy in the country in 1974 was the “Revolutionary Organization 17 November” ring, responsible for 23 murders, numerous injuries, bombings and bank robberies. Several individuals were arrested and convicted for N17-related crimes after a botched bombing in the port of Piraeus in June 2022.

Fox also mentions that the author or authors of a “Revolutionary Class Self Defense” proclamation following a bombing was dedicated to “the Palestinian people and their heroic resistance.”

“The decision marks the first time the U.S. government has applied foreign terrorist designations to Antifa-linked groups, expanding President Donald Trump’s previous domestic terrorism directive to an international scale,” the article writes, citing Trump’s pre-election pledge to prosecute far-left groups for violent acts.

If the article proves true, the designation will oblige US financial institutions to freeze assets of FTOs and SDGTs and ban entry of the group’s members into the United States – something that appears as highly unlikely, given the underground status of such groups, at least in Greece. However, where the prospective decision would carry a “bite” is the fact that it would allow the US law enforcement to criminally prosecute those under American jurisdiction who offer material support to FTOs or conspire to offer such support.

According to Fox News Digital “…One of the groups — Antifa Ost — is a left-wing cell that has been linked to attacks between 2018 and 2023 in Germany. German prosecutors have charged seven individuals linked to the group.

“In September 2025, the Hungarian government designated the group as terrorists after nine members allegedly assaulted people with hammers, batons and pepper spray in Budapest in 2023.

The International Revolutionary Front, also known as the Informal Anarchist Federation, is an Italy-based coalition of groups that endorse revolutionary armed conflict against the state. The group has been tied to dozens of violent and criminal incidents over the past two decades: letter bombs to government and industrial targets, small explosive devices, shootings, including the 2012 shooting of a nuclear engineering executive.”