History professor Mark Bray is no stranger to death threats. As the author of the book Antifa: The Anti-Fascist Handbook , published in 2017, he has received backlash and harassment from far-right circles for almost a decade. But things recently escalated after the Trump administration designated antifa as a “domestic terrorist organization,” and far-right influencers with a newfound power targeted Bray.
Michael Calore sits down with reporter David Gilbert and senior politics editor Leah Feiger to discuss what went down and how the role of far-right influencers has expanded exponentially during the past year.
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