'Practice an eye-gouge': Project Veritas infiltrates Antifa's undercover training
Oregonās notoriously secretive Rose City Antifa meets regularly ālike a businessā to train in weapons and tactics, including eye-gouging, as well as how to engage in violence without getting caught, according to a video released Thursday by Project Veritas.
In what may be the first video of Antifaās inner workings, the hidden-camera footage showed what was described as training sessions ā in some cases using PowerPoint ā by Rose City Antifa leaders inside a 
Portland, Oregon, bookshop before a room of apparently young, white recruits.
āPractice things like an eye gouge. It takes very little pressure to injure someoneās eyes,ā said a man identified as Nicholas Cifuni in a ārecon and tacticsā class.
He was also recorded on audio delivering a profanity-laced warning to recruits about being too obvious while engaging in violence lest they draw the attention of police.
		
		
	
	
āDonāt be that f***ing guy with the damned spiked brass knuckles getting photos taken of you,ā he said. āPolice are going to be like, perfect we can prosecute these f**s, look how violent they are, and not that weāre not, but we need to f**g hide that sh**.ā
A heavily disguised insider wearing a black āRose City Antifaā hoodie said in an interview that he was a āprospect for Rose City Antifa,ā recruited on ProtonMail. He was later told to meet an Antifa recruiter at a Starbucks.
āHow violent is antifa or Rose City Antifa in particular? They do not hesitate to either push back or incite some kind of violence,ā said the insider. āIn our classes and in our meetings, before we do any sort of demonstration of black bloc, we talk about weapons detail and what we carry and what we should have.ā
Said an instructor identified as Ashes on the undercover video: āThe whole goal of this, right, is to go out and do dangerous things as safely as possible.ā
Mr. Cifuni also told activists to āconsider destroying your enemy,ā rather than showing off boxing or kickboxing moves.
The insider expressed surprise at how organized the group was, speculating that Antifa may be receiving outside support, in contrast to its image as hierarchy-rejecting street anarchists.
āWith Rose City Antifa, it seems much more structured, almost like a company or like a business,ā said the insider. āI feel like there is some type of outside funding, influence or resources being used.ā
āPractice an eye-gougeā: Project Veritas infiltrates Antifaās undercover training