This is the earliest English language reference to antifa that I know of, from back in 2005.
I knew who they were back then, I was the victim of fascists and was looking to find out who would actually stand up for me. It turned out that the social-democrats and liberals in British government were pretty useless at the time, they believed that fascism was finished and not a problem any more, and now they are worse than useless after a few years of it looking like they would change for the better. I now wonder if it was an intentional policy for Keir Starmer’s CPS to drop all cases where trans people were the victims.
Rightly, said soldiers should be storming the gates of Hell, just to try and make things even lousier for the fascists and those of similar ilk stuck down there.