Antifa protesters take to the streets in Berlin, Germany. (Odd Andersen/AFP via Getty Images)
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.
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Antifa protesters march in Rome. (Andrea Ronchini/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
"The State Department is committed to identifying and dismantling these terror networks that conspire to ruthlessly suppress the will of the people and violently undermine the very foundations of the United States and Western Civilization."
Sen. Eric Schmitt, R-Mo., who had written to Rubio advocating for the designation, praised the move.
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"I’m grateful to Secretary Rubio and the Trump administration for working with me on this critical issue — holding these radical groups who enable, fund and support political violence in the United States and across the world accountable."
The designation marks a rare use of foreign terrorism sanctions against far-left extremist groups, which are typically handled as domestic security threats by European governments rather than as international terrorist networks.
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