where did antifa start

Antifa, short for anti-fascist, has its roots in resistance movements against the rise of fascism in Europe during the interwar period, particularly in Italy and Germany. Early anti-fascist groups emerged in response to fascist regimes such as Mussolini's National Fascist Party in Italy and the Nazi Party in Germany. In the United States, the modern Antifa movement traces its inspiration largely to the Anti-Racist Action group formed in the 1980s, which was itself influenced by earlier European anti-fascist traditions. The first American group to use the name "Antifa" was Rose City Antifa, founded in 2007 in Portland, Oregon. These movements originally started as responses to fascism's rise and its threat to democracy and civil liberties, evolving into decentralized groups opposing far-right ideologies and white supremacy today.