An Italy-based organization provided key infrastructure for violent leftist movements in the U.S., including Antifa and Jane’s Revenge, the Trump administration announced this week.
The State Department and the Treasury Department exposed how Autistici/Inventati, also referred to as the A/I Collective, provided key online services for Rose City Antifa in Portland, the Stop Cop City movement in Atlanta, and the pro-abortion agitators who targeted pro-life pregnancy centers and called themselves “Jane’s Revenge.” This move highlights the administration’s focus on dismantling the networks enabling leftist terrorism.
The State Department stated that Jane’s Revenge, which claimed responsibility for firebombing pregnancy centers after the leak of the Supreme Court’s Dobbs opinion, relied on A/I Collective tools and services “to publish official communiqués and claims of responsibility for violent and criminal acts to incite copycat attacks.”
While federal officials previously prosecuted individuals connected to some Jane’s Revenge attacks, the State Department’s designation publicly places the group within a broader international network and identifies a foreign platform that allegedly helped disseminate its message.
What Is the A/I Collective?
The State Department describes the A/I Collective as an Italian extremist group that “builds and operates the digital infrastructure for violent Antifa cells and other far-left militants across the world.” The collective’s hackers and tech developers provide “encrypted chats and email, web hosting, secure video conferencing and streaming, anonymity shields, and a suite of other technological tools,” aiming to “support the operations of far-left terrorist networks.”
“The group has become a key node in a transnational campaign by violent and criminal far-left networks to destabilize the United States and its partners across Europe, the Western Hemisphere, and beyond,” the department notes.
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The A/I Collective claims to host roughly 16,000 mailboxes, 1,500 websites, 5,500 mailing lists, and 10,000 blogs on its platform.
Empowering Antifa and Leftist Agitators in the US
The State Department claims the A/I Collective provided tools for anarchists who sabotaged rail systems across France, Italy, Germany, and the Netherlands this year, along with the anarchist cell that took responsibility for sabotaging the Transalpine Pipeline in March, halting crude oil flows to Austria, Germany, and the Czech Republic. The latter anarchist cell reportedly used the platform to disseminate a manifesto calling for further attacks on infrastructure, referring users to a platform with maps of vulnerable critical infrastructure across North America.
Rose City Antifa in Portland, Oregon, relied on the collective’s tools and services “to organize and incite violent and criminal acts domestically, including an attack on Customs and Border Protection helicopters that led to a federal indictment.” The State Department also accused Rose City Antifa of using the collective’s tools to reveal the personal information of Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents.
The anarchist cell that aimed to prevent the construction of a law enforcement training center in Atlanta, Georgia,—a movement calling itself “Stop Cop City”—also reportedly relied on the collective’s tools when claiming responsibility for violent attacks on law enforcement officers. The State Department warns that the cell remains active and is still using the tools “to incite violent and criminal acts against government officials, law enforcement, and critical infrastructure.”
The leftist agitators who targeted Catholic churches and pro-life pregnancy centers in firebombings after the leak of the Supreme Court’s Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health draft opinion in 2022 also used the collective, the report states. The agitators called themselves “Jane’s Revenge.”
The State Department lists other foreign terrorist organizations that used the collective’s tools, including the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, Hamas, Hizballah, the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, and Palestinian Islamic Jihad.
The Broader Context
The State Department designation and sanctions block A/I property subject to U.S. jurisdiction and expose those who transact with the group to potential penalties. The Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control also sanctioned the A/I Collective, applying similar penalties.
These actions align with the administration’s focus on combating leftist political violence after President Donald Trump issued National Security Presidential Memorandum-7.
“Far-left extremists, their fronts, and their enablers should be on notice: We will bring the full weight of our economic tools to bear,” Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent warned in a statement Wednesday. “Political terrorism has no place in our society, and we will continue to cut the financial lifelines of these groups until they are eliminated.”
The State Department’s findings represent one of the clearest public statements yet linking Jane’s Revenge to a broader international extremist infrastructure.
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