Rising fascism in the US

There's no organisation called antifa, that's something made up by Donald Trump. There is no comparison between Nazis and Anti fascists, none whatsoever.

I also wonder about the KKK. Is there videotaped evidence of incitement to violence by their grand Poobah somewhere?

Locals began pushing back. In 2007, a group called Rose City Antifa took form, borrowing the shortened form of “antifascist” for its name. The crew pointed to similar European movements, which had, in places like Germany and Italy, arisen in response to the fascist movements that would eventually crater Europe in World War II. It also tapped into regional currents of anarchism and latent communism. These were the political strains that had sparked, among other things, the 1999 “Battle of Seattle” protests against the World Trade Organization, which resulted in millions of dollars’ worth of property damage in the city.

From its inception, Portland’s antifa contingent cloaked itself in anonymity; as a 2009 story in Portland’s Willamette Week noted, “Little is known publicly about Rose City Antifa.” And little seems to have changed in the decade since. Its unofficial uniform comprises blood-red and black bandanas and hoods, but the group doesn’t keep any official membership rolls, let alone share last names with anyone outside of its circle. “Why do we wear masks? Because [of] instances of antifa people [who] have been assassinated,” says David, a member of Rose City Antifa who, like all group members before him, declined to share his last name with POLITICO Magazine. The historical examples are not recent, but they are well-known in the group: Skinheads murdered a pair of anti-racist activists in Nevada in 1998, luring them to the desert outside Las Vegas, and local antifa have claimed that a 2010 incident in Portland—a shooting that left a self-described anti-racist skinhead in critical condition—was also politically motivated.

The leader and deputy leader of the far-right group Britain First have been charged with religious harassment.
Paul Golding, 35, and Jayda Fransen, 31, both from Penge, south-east London, were arrested in May.
Kent Police were investigating the distribution of leaflets in the Thanet and Canterbury areas, and the posting of online videos during a trial at Canterbury Crown Court in May.
Both have been bailed to appear before Medway magistrates on 17 October.
Ms Fransen has been charged with four counts of causing religiously aggravated harassment.
Mr Golding has been charged with three counts.

On the basis of the amount of blood and treasure they expended, the Soviets saved Europe from fascism. People are such dicks when it comes to ideas such as that.

This anti-US snobbery from Europeans is a little trying.

Facebook will add more human reviewers to its advertising system after admitting it failed to prevent, or even notice, anti-Semitic targeting on the network.
Sheryl Sandberg, the network’s chief operating officer, said she was "disgusted" by the findings of a ProPublica investigation published last week.
The report found that ads could be bought to specifically target users who described themselves as “Jew haters”, as well as other similarly hateful terms.
“We never intended or anticipated this functionality being used this way – and that is on us,” Ms Sandberg wrote.
In a post on Facebook, she added: “Seeing those words made me disgusted and disappointed - disgusted by these sentiments and disappointed that our systems allowed this.
“Hate has no place on Facebook – and as a Jew, as a mother, and as a human being, I know the damage that can come from hate.
“The fact that hateful terms were even offered as options was totally inappropriate and a fail on our part. We removed them and when that was not totally effective, we disabled that targeting section in our ad systems.”
Hold tech firms accountable
Responding to the announcement, the Anti-Defamation League said it welcomed Ms Sandberg’s comments.
“We spoke to Facebook last week to understand what happened and asked for detailed steps they'd take to prevent this sort of hateful ad-targeting,” said Jonathan Greenblatt, the ADL’s chief executive.
“We are glad that they are taking immediate, meaningful action, and ADL will continue to hold tech companies accountable for following through on these actions.”
Ms Sandberg said the team of human reviewers would be responsible for monitoring the terms that can be used to sell advertising.
In addition, she said the company was working on a new system that would allow users to report inappropriate advertising categories, much in the way normal posts can be reported today.
Facebook is not the only company to fall foul of poorly designed advertising algorithms in recent months. Google also had to take action after its system allowed the placement of search ads next to racist and anti-Semitic terms. So too did Twitter have to take action against abuses of its ad system.
The stories are being seen as a wake-up call for companies that rely on algorithms to handle the heavy lifting on their platforms - without any thought given to the potential for abuse.
Facebook's ads were also in the spotlight earlier this month when it was discovered that a Russian group was likely behind the purchase of politically charged advertising targeting American voters. That information was passed on to a wider US investigation into Russian meddling in last year's presidential election.