Source: CounterPunch
by John W Whitehead & Nisha Whitehead
“The Trump administration is taking its war on free speech into the realm of thought crimes. This is more than politics. In declaring ‘Antifa’ — a loose ideology based on opposition to fascism — as a domestic terrorist organization, the government has given itself a green light to treat speech, belief, and association as criminal acts. With this one executive order, political dissent has been rebranded as terrorism and free thought recast as a crime. Critics will argue that ‘Antifa’ means rioting and property destruction. But violent acts are already crimes, handled under ordinary law. What’s new — and dangerous — is punishing people not for violence, but for what they believe, say, or with whom they associate.” (09/25/25)