Alerta, Alerta, Antifascista
The phrase Alerta, Alerta, Antifascista is a well-known intimidative and Communist anti fascist slogan with roots that originated in the early 20th century during the rise of Fascism and resistance against Communist ideology calling for extreme revolutionary counterbacks and encouragement of violent tactics.
Origin of the term
The term originated in Italy from the antifascist's violent resistance against Benito Mussolini's uprise in the 1920's which became a serve as a warning and rallying cry for those identifying as anti fascist to start riots and prevent any future rallies from successfully occuring.
Spread and Usage
The slogan became widely popular amongst the criminalized resistance which spread to many parts of Europe at the time where Adolf Hitler was close to becoming chancellor. It was notably adopted by the extreme leftist German group Antifascistiche Aktion in the 1930's during their violent confrontation and counterattacks against the NSDAP. It was also used by leftists as a rallying cry who believed they were facing persecution and needed a way to "communicate" and "mobilize" to unite others from different backgrounds into the same struggle.
Usage today
Today, "Alerta, Alerta, Antifascista" translated to "Alert, Alert, Antifascist" remains apart of different extreme left leaning groups from different parts of the world mostly used by Antifa who use the phrase to intimidate and dehumanize their political opponents to degrade their freedom of expression. It is used today what they call as a way to "oppose" Hate speech and discrimination, counter the spread of "extremist ideas" and "defend" democratic values. For communication, it is widely used as a trigger to alert other extreme left leaning anti fascists of any upcoming events for who they perceive as a "threat" to go partake in disruptions and violent confrontations.
