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5. I finally decided to look up the definitions of "anarchist"* and "antifa"** due to the mention

of both in the op.

*anarchist

Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.

noun Properly, one who advocates anarchy or the absence of government as a political ideal; a believer in an anarchic theory of society; especially, an adherent of the social theory of Proudhon. See anarchy, 2.

noun In popular use, one who seeks to overturn by violence all constituted forms and institutions of society and government, all law and order, and all rights of property, with no purpose of establishing any other system of order in the place of that destroyed; especially, such a person when actuated by mere lust of plunder.

noun Any person who promotes disorder or excites revolt against an established rule, law, or custom. See anarch and nihilist.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

https://www.wordnik.com/words/anarchist

** Definition of antifa

1 : a person or group actively opposing fascism The groups … prominently featured about 100 Christian ministers in clerical garb, angry Charlottesville residents, peace advocates, Black Lives Matter activists, and self-styled anti-fascists who call themselves "antifas" …— Peter Weber After the war, Antifas varied in size and composition across the former Reich, now divided into four zones of occupation, and developed in interaction with the local occupying power.— Loren Balhorn

2 : an anti-fascist movement Antifa is the backlash to the backlash, a defensive response to the growing presence of right-wing extremism.— Todd Gitlin

First Known Use of antifa
1946, in the meaning defined at sense 1

History and Etymology for antifa
borrowed from German Antifa, short for antifaschistisch "anti-fascist," in Antifaschistische Aktion (multiparty front initiated by the German Communist Party in 1932 to counter Nazism) and in other collocations

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/antifa

There it is. Looks to me that anarchists are more closely related to fascists while
in WWII the Allies were antifa as are all anti-fascists. That's good to know.