Mark Bray, the Rutgers University professor known for authoring “The Antifa Handbook,” announced he is fleeing the United States after a Turning Point USA chapter at the campus launched a petition to remove him.
Bray, who is the author of “Antifa: The Anti-Fascist Handbook,” “The Anarchist Inquisition: Assassins, Activists, and Martyrs in Spain and France,” and “Translating Anarchy: The Anarchism of Occupy Wall Street,” said that he would be moving his family to Europe due to safety concerns.
Mark Bray informed students via email that “my family and I do not feel safe in our home at the moment, we are moving for the year to Europe,” according to a screenshot of the purported message shared by a student on Reddit. In the same message, he said he had received “another death threat and a separate threat that included my home address.”
“Since my family and I do not feel safe in our home at the moment, we are moving for the year to Europe,” Bray wrote. “Truly I am so bummed about not being able to spend time with you all in the classroom. I really enjoyed our conversations.”
On Thursday, the Turning Point USA chapter at Rutgers launched a petition to remove Bray, citing concerns over his past statements supporting antifa.
“We, the students of Rutgers University, are deeply concerned to learn that an outspoken, well-known antifa member, Dr. Mark Bray, is employed by the university,” the petition read.
“Dr. Mark Bray, whom we call Dr. Antifa, wrote the antifa handbook, which is a guideline to what he refers to as ‘militant anti-fascism,’” the petition continued. “With the current trend of left-wing terrorism, having a prominent leader of the antifa movement on campus is a threat to conservative students on campus. Dr. Bray has regularly referred to mainstream conservative figures such as Bill O’Reilly as fascist while he calls for militant actions to be taken against these individuals. This is the kind of rhetoric that resulted in Charlie Kirk being assassinated last month.”
In “Antifa: The Anti-Fascist Handbook,” Bray noted that “at the very least 50 percent of author proceeds will go to the International Anti-Fascist Defense Fund which is administered by more than three hundred antifa from eighteen countries.”
In a statement to Fox News, Ava Kwan, the outreach coordinator for the Turning Point USA chapter at Rutgers, said, “On October 4th 2025, Mark Bray posted on BlueSky that ‘only mass antifascism, legal or not, can save us.’
Megyn Doyle, a student at Rutgers and the treasurer for the Turning Point USA chapter, told Fox News in a statement that “Freedom of speech is a core value in the United States, and in mine. However, free speech does not protect individuals from the consequences of advocating for political violence, doxxing, or labeling others as fascists without due cause, as outlined in Mark Bray’s Antifa Handbook.”
Doyle added that, “While the tactics discussed in his work are commonly associated with Antifa, I want to be clear: I do not support or condone death threats, harassment, or doxxing—against anyone, including Mark Bray.”
“Even with Mark Bray’s departure to Europe, the issue remains unresolved: A university professor publicly supported and helped fund a violent extremist movement, authored material advocating for political violence, and promoted tactics that suppress open debate and free expression,” Doyle said. “Our petition to have Mark Bray dismissed from Rutgers University has not changed, and we hope that Rutgers acts appropriately regarding his conduct with Antifa.”
In a statement to Fox News, a Rutgers spokesperson said, “The University is aware of the Change.org petition regarding Professor Mark Bray and Dr. Bray’s message to his students. We are gathering more information about this evolving situation.”
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This guy is literally ANTIFA but doesn’t support violence? Well, that’s a lie from the pit of hell. His family doesn’t feel safe….how about all the students that don’t feel safe now. Glad he’s leaving.
Let the door hit you in the ass on the way out!!!!
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Antifa is a communist organisation, every place they rear their ugly and hateful presence there is some sort of vialenc. Good riddance to Mark Bray, instead of Spain I would suggest Russia or China you would fit in just fine.
Why just for the year? Why not just go and never return!
So Long , It Hasn’t Been Good to Know You & Don’t Let the Door Hit You Where the Good Lord Split You !!
EXCEELENT!!!! YOU WILL “NOT: BE MISSED”!!!!!!!!
We don’t care where you go…..JUST GO !!!