Things we know about Antifa

They are paid. Individuals have admitted as much on occasions. We see craigslist ads going up all over the country looking for actors to take part in "peaceful protests". Soros funded rioters, and actual "Heil Hitler" Nazis, in the Ukraine before that legally elected government was toppled.

They have handlers. Or foremen. These people can be seen at events, often wearing orange vests and harassing anyone who tries to speak with the protesters.

They don't like to speak. They have most likely be instructed not to speak, and they may be compelled to follow this rule, with the loss of a night's pay and/or further employment hanging over their heads. If they are being paid, this would be the obvious reason why talking to outsiders is an absolute No No. In video after video, whenever an outsider comes in and starts to ask questions, they instantly get ganged up on with chants of "No Trump! No Hate! No KKK, no fascist USA!"

They have been instructed to call anyone a nazi, who isn't part of their agenda. In this video from the Boston Free Speech rally, you can see a war veteran and his friend speaking to an interviewer. You'll then hear "Hey, someone's getting an interview over here, I think he might be a Nazi..." And the crowd moments later starts to chant in their faces "Nazi scum! Kill yourself!"

They inform on each other. This is an organized group of people, who instantly know when an outsider shows up, vets them intensely, and either chants "Nazi!" in their face or allows them to join the collective.

Many of these people are unpaid street thugs. A winning strategy in any conflict is to utilize free and available resources wherever possible. Many people you find in these groups look noticeably tougher than the other members, are much more willing to talk (but more interested in kicking your ass), and appear much less disciplined than the rest of the group. These are most likely unpaid, uninitiated thugs who have been welcomed into the collective for obvious reasons. Given the extreme wimpiness of the ordinary Antifa members, it is likely that we will soon start to see more and more of these tough nuts getting initiated and rising through the ranks.

These are modern day Brown Shirts. They literally are the fascists they purport to be fighting. Their tactics are cowardly, but violent. Their handlers appear to tolerate sucker punches, cheap shots, swinging bike locks, and throwing objects and body fluids, much more than they tolerate Antifa speaking to the public.