Donald Trump during an executive order signing in the White House in Washington on Sept. 25, 2025. Photo: Yuri Gripas/Abaca/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Matthew Whitley is a writer, poet, and co-editor of a radical literary imprint.

Last week, President Donald Trump signed an executive order last week claiming to designate antifa as a “domestic terror organization.” On Thursday, he issued a directive for his government to pursue antifa. Talk spread of another, imminent order on dismantling left-wing groups. It was the culmination of years of obsessing over antifa.

As someone publicly associated with anti-fascist organizing, the proclamations weren’t the greatest shock. The repression is to be expected.

The reaction to Trump’s nakedly illegal designation from progressives, liber

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