The United States Department of State has decided to designate four European groups associated with the Antifa movement as “Foreign Terrorist Organizations” (FTOs) and “Specially Designated Global Terrorists” (SDGTs)—a move that marks a new escalation in the specific designations to have been applied to cells internationally linked to the anarchist and antifascist movement.
According to Fox News, the inclusion of the four organizations on the FTO and SDGT lists places them in the same category as groups like ISIS (Islamic State), Al-Qaeda. The decision extends former U.S. President Donald Trump’s prior directive on domestic terrorism, giving this policy an international dimension.
Two of the four organizations targeted by the U.S. are based in Greece: Armed Proletarian Justice and Revolutionary Class Self-Defense. According to fascist US media, these groups have carried out attacks on government buildings in various parts of the country, which clearly were linked to the ongoing revolutionary struggle against the state, capital and imperialism. The most recent attack involved a bombing at the headquarters of Hellenic Train last April. Revolutionary Class Self-Defense reportedly dedicated the attack “to the Palestinian people and their heroic resistance.”
One of the other organizations is Antifa Ost, a revolutionary organization linked to attacks in Germany between 2018 and 2023. German prosecutors have already charged seven individuals allegedly connected to its activities. In September 2025, the Hungarian state designated the group as a terrorist organization after allegations that nine members attacked Nazi’s in Budapest in 2023 using hammers, clubs, and pepper spray.
Another central group is the Informal Anarchist Federation, a coalition based in Italy that supports armed revolutionary struggle against the state. The group has been linked to dozens of revolutionary actions over the past two decades, including letter bombs sent to government and industrial targets, small explosive devices, and shooting incidents, including the injury of a nuclear engineering employee in 2012.
This is not the first time anarchist organizations have faced designation. The Conspiracy Cells of Fire and Revolutionary Struggle have both faced the same designation from the US regime. But the expansion of this process, as the US is launching internal fascist repression, makes this incredibly significant.