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Fighting against racism and fascism
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From Searchlight 20 years ago – putting a brake on Griffin and the BNP
This item from the Searchlight archive, an editorial published in April 2006, is self-explanatory. In the early 2000s the British National Party were doing increasingly well in local elections in certain parts of the country. The fear was that they…
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‘Her party is full of fascists’ – Meloni, Italy’s far right and the defeat they never accepted
Paolo Berizzi has spent 25 years tracking Italy’s neo-fascist underground. He tells Searchlight why the movement has never been more…
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Fiore and Griffin head up fascist gathering at Mussolini’s shrine
On the 25 April, the quiet, picturesque town of Predappio in Emilia Romagna, the birthplace and burial place of Benito…
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Saint George was a middle eastern rebel who belongs to everyone – except the far right
Every April, on this day, England celebrates its patron saint: a dragon-slaying hero on a white horse, his red cross…
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‘Destiny’ at 50 – a play that is ‘actually necessary’
This year sees the 50th anniversary of David Edgar’s anti-fascist play Destiny, premiered by the Royal Shakespeare Company in Stratford…
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No rest for the wicked: ‘Fash Harry’ back from hols and causing trouble again
Kent-based racist agitator Harry Hilden spent last weekend on a tour of northern England, demonstrating in Manchester and mouthing off…
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Danny Tommo’s racist mob runs riot in Epsom
Far-right agitators and local racists, their rage stoked by Danny Tommo, have returned to the streets of the Surrey commuter…
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The rise, the fall, and the rise again of Alan Amos
There are few political careers that have enjoyed such spectacular rises and falls as that of Alan Amos, who is…
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Banning Valentina Gomez is not only justified, it is well overdue
The Home Secretary’s decision to revoke Valentina Gomez’s visa and bar her from entering the United Kingdom is correct. She is a foul racist and her presence in the UK is plainly not conducive to the public good. But the…
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Sharon Osbourne under fire for backing far‑right
Sharon Osbourne – widow of the Black Sabbath singer Ozzy Osbourne – has caused much consternation by announcing that she…
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London synagogues targeted in antisemitic arson attacks
Three Jewish sites in London have been attacked in less than a week in what counter-terrorism police are now investigating…
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All at sea: Danny Tommo’s Dover flop
Saturday’s far‑right mobilisation in Dover called by Danny Tommo fell completely flat, as might have been predicted. Tommo himself was…
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The resistance heroes who stopped a train to Auschwitz
On this day in 1943, for the only time anywhere in Europe during the Holocaust, members of the Belgian resistance…
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London speech by far-right Polish leader cancelled
A speech in London to have been given by one of Poland’s leading far-right figures has been cancelled. Searchlight revealed…
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Britain First speechless as police seize sound system and anti-fascists seize the Square
Today was a very bad day for Britain First in Manchester – and an expensive blow to Paul Golding’s personal…
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UKIP blames police and phoney ‘antifa’ threat for Scottish election fiasco
UKIP, the party that has spent the last several years announcing its imminent revival whilst plunging into a spiral of…
International news
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‘Her party is full of fascists’ – Meloni, Italy’s far right and the defeat they never accepted
Paolo Berizzi has spent 25 years tracking Italy’s neo-fascist underground. He tells Searchlight why the movement has never been more…
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Fiore and Griffin head up fascist gathering at Mussolini’s shrine
On the 25 April, the quiet, picturesque town of Predappio in Emilia Romagna, the birthplace and burial place of Benito…
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Banning Valentina Gomez is not only justified, it is well overdue
The Home Secretary’s decision to revoke Valentina Gomez’s visa and bar her from entering the United Kingdom is correct. She…
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The resistance heroes who stopped a train to Auschwitz
On this day in 1943, for the only time anywhere in Europe during the Holocaust, members of the Belgian resistance…
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Police debunk rumours as Danny Tommo whips up disorder in Epsom
Danny Tommo – aka the former kidnapper and drug dealer Daniel Thomas – has had quite a fortnight. Banned from Dover, stripped of his fundraising accounts and reduced to browsing boatyards without actually buying anything, he has found a fresh…
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Nazi teenager threatened mass shooting at college
A Welsh teenager who threatened to carry out a mass shooting at his college, compiled a nine-page murder manifesto and…
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Remembering Budapest’s Jews slaughtered on the banks of the Danube
Each April, at this time, Budapest confronts one of the darkest chapters in its history: the mass murder of Jews…
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‘Gimme the money’ – phone recording exposes Danny Tommo grift
An alleged recording of Danny Tommo, posted by a right-wing online agitator, appears to reveal that Tommy Robinson’s ‘Mini-Me’ was…
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Second far-right Polish speaker this year at London cultural centre
A leading far-right Polish politician is due to speak in London later this month. His visit continues a concerning pattern…
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UKIP’s Scottish election master stroke: field English candidates
As we have reported elsewhere, UKIP is running the princely total of nine candidates in England (or ten, if you…
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Died standing: Henk Sneevliet and the fight against Nazi occupation
On this day in April 1942, a 58-year-old Dutch socialist went to his death by firing squad at the Leusderheide,…
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Kent Reform’s Head of Economic Development who can’t pay his bills
David Wimble sits on Kent County Council’s Cabinet, holds seats on Folkestone and Hythe District Council and New Romney Town…
Research and analysis
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French elections – far right gains in small town France but blocked in cities
France’s two-round municipal elections, held on 15 and 22 March 2026, have produced a verdict on the far right that…
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Respectability, ideology and networks – why Farage’s new adviser matters
Dr James Orr, a theologian and philosopher of religion at the University of Cambridge was last month appointed senior adviser…
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Farage, Reform and the ‘Russia question’ that won’t go away
In the wake of Nathan Gill’s guilty verdict on multiple counts of bribery for taking payments in exchange for pro-Kremlin…
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The Resistible Rise of Reform UK
The May election results were a warning, if one was needed, of the danger of an insurgent Reform UK. Sarah…
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Britain First organiser guilty of assault at hotel protest
Nick Hubble, one of the most prominent figures in Devon’s anti-migrant street protests, has been convicted of racially-aggravated assault after an incident at a far-right demonstration last November. Hubble, from Exeter, is a Britain First member who has been a…
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Far-right ‘auditor’ sends rape threats to anti-racist’s family
Right-wing auditor Paul Dunbar, aka DP Audits, has sent rape threats to a pro-refugee campaigner, aimed at his wife and…
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The strongman falls: what Orbán’s rout means for Europe’s far right
Viktor Orbán’s crushing defeat in Hungary’s parliamentary election, with Peter Magyar’s Tisza party taking over 53 per cent of the…
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Wolverhampton far-right drowned out by vuvuzelas
Far-right demonstrators were met with noise and numbers in Wolverhampton yesterday when anti-fascists turned out to confront a protest at…
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Honks, chants and sound system greet ‘Lotus Eaters’ in Swindon
The Lotus Eaters brought their live show to Swindon’s MECA venue yesterday evening, and Swindon anti-rascists made sure they did…
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Elections 2026: the far-right’s runners and riders
Nominations have now closed for local council and mayoral elections in England, as well as the Scottish Parliament and Welsh…
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‘Auditors’ charged after Manchester police raids
Six so-called ‘auditors’ have been arrested and charged following police raids in Manchester earlier this week. Those charged are: Chris…
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Hungary’s general election – is Viktor Orban running out of road?
Tomorrow’s Hungarian parliamentary election is being described, with some justification, as the most consequential vote anywhere in the European Union…
Culture
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‘Destiny’ at 50 – a play that is ‘actually necessary’
This year sees the 50th anniversary of David Edgar’s anti-fascist play Destiny, premiered by the Royal Shakespeare Company in Stratford…
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Fascist boss tries to rescue beleaguered rockabilly singer
The anti-migrant march in Faversham last November led to some unfortunate consequences for up-and-coming local musician Dylan Kirk after he…
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Fascist singer’s London gig axed after protests
The Underworld in Camden, London, has cancelled the scheduled gig by Michale Graves, the far-right aligned American rock singer. We…
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London venue to host US fascist singer
Next week The Underworld in Camden is scheduled to host a solo performance by Michale Graves, a musician whose early…
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Reform humiliated by Greens in Kent council by election
Reform UK has suffered a serious defeat in a Kent County Council by-election in what had been a safe Reform seat less than a year ago. The contest, in Cliftonville, Margate, was triggered by the jailing of Daniel Taylor, who…
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British far-right connections to the men who killed Chris Hani
On this day in 1993, Chris Hani, General Secretary of the South African Communist Party and the most popular ANC…
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Veteran nazi thug convicted for role in Epping riots
When Phil Curson turned up outside the Bell Hotel in Epping last July, he did not come as an outraged…
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‘Gender-change’ neo-nazi fugitive arrested in Czech Republic
Marla-Svenja Liebich, the German neo-Nazi whose cynical exploitation of Germany’s gender recognition law Searchlight reported on in January, has been…
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Crypto billionaire quits Hong Kong to bankroll Reform UK
A billionaire cryptocurrency entrepreneur is relocating from Hong Kong to Britain with the explicit aim of funnelling millions of pounds…
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Nazi teenager tried to buy gun for terror attack
A neo-Nazi teenager, on trial at the Old Bailey, was caught after he attempted to acquire a firearm for a…
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When US Black nationalists joined hands with British nazis
The controversy over Kanye West’s cancelled appearance at Wireless Festival calls to mind the cases of other Black American extremists…
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The fraudster who is Farage’s right-hand man
George Cottrell is unusual, to say the least, in British political life: a man with a serious American felony conviction…
Anti-fascism
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Died standing: Henk Sneevliet and the fight against Nazi occupation
On this day in April 1942, a 58-year-old Dutch socialist went to his death by firing squad at the Leusderheide,…
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Together Alliance brings thousands to London to rally against the far right
If the organisers’ estimates of half a million attending are accurate, yesterday’s Together Alliance demonstration in London against the far…
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“Homosexuals are not cowards” – The man who bombed the nazi files
On this day in 1943, a small group of Dutch resistance fighters carried out one of the most audacious acts…
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Obituary: Leon Greenman
Auschwitz survivor and lifelong anti-fascist campaigner Leon Greenman died on this day in 2008. This obituary, in Searchlight, was written…
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Far-right ‘culture warriors’ plan Vienna summit
A network of European far-right extremists is set to converge on Vienna on 11 April for a conference billed as a defence of traditional Western values but which is, in reality, a gathering of far-right culture warriors, Holocaust deniers and…
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Tate brothers claim Romania victory but face mounting legal charges on three fronts
A Romanian court has lifted the remaining “judicial control” measures on Andrew and Tristan Tate, removing supervisory conditions in one…
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Kanye’s ban is right: he needs to do more than just say sorry
The Home Office decision to ban Kanye West from entering the UK to perform at Wireless Festival is the correct…
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Georgia police arrest thirteen more neo-nazis as crackdown continues
Georgian police have made a second round of arrests in their investigation into neo-Nazi violence in Tbilisi, detaining a further…
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UK-linked Holocaust denier defies french court
One of the world’s most notorious Holocaust deniers – well known to UK nazis and revisionists – was last week…
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Roberto Fiore’s pro-Putin roadshow rolls across Europe
Vladimir Putin’s intelligence service continues to use the European far right for both propaganda and terrorism. Some of the most…
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‘Fash Harry’ in the cells – and blames ‘antifa scumbags’
The arrest warrant didn’t take long to bite. Kent anti-migrant activist ‘Fash’ Harry Hilden, who as we reported, failed to…
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Aussie nazi leader released from jail
Australian neo-nazi activist Joel Davis has been released on bail after more than four months in what supporters branded “solitary…
Holocaust
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The resistance heroes who stopped a train to Auschwitz
On this day in 1943, for the only time anywhere in Europe during the Holocaust, members of the Belgian resistance…
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Remembering Budapest’s Jews slaughtered on the banks of the Danube
Each April, at this time, Budapest confronts one of the darkest chapters in its history: the mass murder of Jews…
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UK-linked Holocaust denier defies french court
One of the world’s most notorious Holocaust deniers – well known to UK nazis and revisionists – was last week…
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Nazi publisher hit by raids across Europe
One of Europe’s most active nazi publishers has been hit by coordinated police raids in Germany, Poland, and Spain. Der…
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Trump’s war on ‘antifa’ goes global
The Trump administration is planning an international summit this summer aimed at what it calls the threat posed by “antifa” and allied left-wing movements. According to Reuters, senior State Department figures are organising the gathering with the intention of building…
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Decision time for Rupert Lowe as nazis rally behind Restore Britain
Some of the most active British nazis of the past twenty years (including convicted criminals) are rallying behind Rupert Lowe’s…
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Australia’s far-right One Nation surges again
Pauline Hanson delivered her maiden parliamentary speech in 1996, claiming that Australia was “being swamped by Asians.” Nearly thirty years…
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Ryan Ferguson and Harry Jackson in court over Liverpool hotel incident
Ryan Ferguson and his YouTube buddy Harry Jackson appeared before LIverpool magistrates today, denying a string of charges linked to…
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Pipebombs, skull mask and far-right links, but convicted terrorist walks free
A 21-year-old right-winger from Bangor who downloaded terrorist documents, built improvised devices and boasted about constructing a pipebomb has been…
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The nazi network that groomed a 13-year-old for terrorism
Last Friday the latest in a string of recent extreme-right terrorism cases concluded. A teenager aged 16 from a village…
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Empty seats, absent leaders – but never fear, Liz Truss is here…
Liz Truss has found her people. The former Prime Minister, whose 45-day tenure in Downing Street remains a monument to…
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Do not feed the animals: confronting the rise of the far-right ‘auditors’
A coalition of anti-racist and anti-fascist groups is mobilising against a new wave of far-right provocateurs hiding behind the guise…
Today's top ten most read articles
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The nazi network that groomed a 13-year-old for terrorism
Last Friday the latest in a string of recent extreme-right terrorism cases concluded. A teenager aged 16 from a village…
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Empty seats, absent leaders – but never fear, Liz Truss is here…
Liz Truss has found her people. The former Prime Minister, whose 45-day tenure in Downing Street remains a monument to…
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Do not feed the animals: confronting the rise of the far-right ‘auditors’
A coalition of anti-racist and anti-fascist groups is mobilising against a new wave of far-right provocateurs hiding behind the guise…
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Patriotic Alternative host nazi get-together in Nuneaton
While tens of thousands of anti-racists marched in London last weekend, Mark Collett and Patriotic Alternative managed to muster a…
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French elections – far right gains in small town France but blocked in cities
France’s two-round municipal elections, held on 15 and 22 March 2026, have produced a verdict on the far right that…
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Crossbows, swords, and ‘Zyklon B’ canister – but no charges against BM members
Nine members of the neo-Nazi British Movement have escaped prosecution following a ten-month police investigation sparked by a gathering at…
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Together Alliance brings thousands to London to rally against the far right
If the organisers’ estimates of half a million attending are accurate, yesterday’s Together Alliance demonstration in London against the far…
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Britain First’s ‘battle bus’ – the grift that keeps on giving
The Britain First ‘battle bus’ saga has taken yet another predictable turn, with Paul Golding now launching an online appeal…