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Who are Proud Boys and antifa?

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Fighting by groups at America’s political extremes provided one of the many flash points during the first US presidential debate.

Supporters of a fringe, heavily armed group celebrated online when President Trump gave them a shout out.

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“Proud Boys – stand back and stand by,” he said, in a response to a question asking him to condemn white supremacist and militia groups. Members of the group online took the answer as a call to prepare for action.

Mr Trump then insisted that violence was coming from far-left activists: “Somebody’s got to do something about antifa and the left, because this is not a right-wing problem.”

Joe Biden, the Democratic challenger, answered back: “Antifa is an idea, not an organisation. That is what [President Trump’s] FBI director said.”

Over the past few years, several fringe groups have been engaged in politically motivated violence on American streets. So who are Proud Boys and antifa?

Proud Boys

Founded in 2016 by Canadian-British right-wing activist Gavin McInnes, the Proud Boys is a far-right, anti-immigrant, all-male group with a history of street violence against its left-wing opponents.

The group’s name is a reference to a song from the musical version of the Disney film Aladdin. Members often wear black and yellow Fred Perry polo shirts along with red “Make America Great Again” hats.

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A Proud Boy with an “Antifa hunting permit” sticker on his helmet

A member must declare that he is “a Western chauvinist who refuses to apologise for creating the modern world”.

Their platform, such as it is, includes Trumpian ideas (“glorify the entrepreneur”, “close the border”) libertarianism (“give everyone a gun”, “end welfare”) and traditional gender roles (“venerate the housewife”).

They’re not exclusively white – yet have became notorious for violent confrontations.

The Proud Boys and affiliated groups have faced off against antifa in a number of violent street rallies in the last two years, most notably in Oregon, Washington and New York. Two members were jailed last year for beating up antifa activists in New York.

Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and YouTube have all banned the group from their platforms.

Enrique Tarrio, the group’s current chairman, reacted to the debate on the alternative discussion network Parler: “Standing by sir…. I will stand down sir!!!”

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Antifa

Antifa, short for “anti-fascist”, is a loose affiliation of mostly far-left activists.

They include anarchists, but also communists and a few social democrats. What sets them apart is their willingness to use violence – in self-defence, they say.

The movement, which at one point almost entirely disappeared in the US, saw a surge of interest after the election of Donald Trump. They routinely clash with the far right.

The group has been prominent during Black Lives Matter protests in many major cities, and are particularly associated with Portland, Oregon.

In late August, a self-described antifa supporter, 48-year-old Michael Reinoehl, shot and killed a supporter of Patriot Prayer, a Portland-area group that often marches with the Proud Boys.

Reinoehl was shot dead by police the following week.

Both groups are relatively small – and can count on, at the most, a few thousand active supporters. But their propensity for violence, particularly when they confront each other on American streets, has made them a much bigger debating topic than those numbers suggest.



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