Fighting against racism and fascism

Saturday’s far‑right mobilisation in Dover called by Danny Tommo fell completely flat, as might have been predicted. Tommo himself was absent, barred from the town after his recent arrest there, but his supporters had been urged to assemble for an…

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On this day in 1943, for the only time anywhere in Europe during the Holocaust, members of the Belgian resistance…

A speech in London to have been given by one of Poland’s leading far-right figures has been cancelled. Searchlight revealed…

Today was a very bad day for Britain First in Manchester – and an expensive blow to Paul Golding’s personal…

UKIP, the party that has spent the last several years announcing its imminent revival whilst plunging into a spiral of…

Danny Tommo – aka the former kidnapper and drug dealer Daniel Thomas – has had quite a fortnight. Banned from…

A Welsh teenager who threatened to carry out a mass shooting at his college, compiled a nine-page murder manifesto and…

Each April, at this time, Budapest confronts one of the darkest chapters in its history: the mass murder of Jews…

An alleged recording of Danny Tommo, posted by a right-wing online agitator, appears to reveal that Tommy Robinson’s ‘Mini-Me’ was demanding for himself a cut of funds raised from gullible supporters for anti-migrant activities. In the audio, published on the…

As we have reported elsewhere, UKIP is running the princely total of nine candidates in England (or ten, if you…

On this day in April 1942, a 58-year-old Dutch socialist went to his death by firing squad at the Leusderheide,…

David Wimble sits on Kent County Council’s Cabinet, holds seats on Folkestone and Hythe District Council and New Romney Town…

Nick Hubble, one of the most prominent figures in Devon’s anti-migrant street protests, has been convicted of racially-aggravated assault after…

Right-wing auditor Paul Dunbar, aka DP Audits, has sent rape threats to a pro-refugee campaigner, aimed at his wife and…

Viktor Orbán’s crushing defeat in Hungary’s parliamentary election, with Peter Magyar’s Tisza party taking over 53 per cent of the…

Far-right demonstrators were met with noise and numbers in Wolverhampton yesterday when anti-fascists turned out to confront a protest at…

On this day in 1943, for the only time anywhere in Europe during the Holocaust, members of the Belgian resistance…

A speech in London to have been given by one of Poland’s leading far-right figures has been cancelled. Searchlight revealed…

Each April, at this time, Budapest confronts one of the darkest chapters in its history: the mass murder of Jews…

A leading far-right Polish politician is due to speak in London later this month. His visit continues a concerning pattern…

The Lotus Eaters brought their live show to Swindon’s MECA venue yesterday evening, and Swindon anti-rascists made sure they did not go unopposed. Around 30 protesters, mobilised by SUTR and armed with a sound system and an unrelenting repertoire of…

Nominations have now closed for local council and mayoral elections in England, as well as the Scottish Parliament and Welsh…

Six so-called ‘auditors’ have been arrested and charged following police raids in Manchester earlier this week. Those charged are: Chris…

Tomorrow’s Hungarian parliamentary election is being described, with some justification, as the most consequential vote anywhere in the European Union…

Reform UK has suffered a serious defeat in a Kent County Council by-election in what had been a safe Reform…

On this day in 1993, Chris Hani, General Secretary of the South African Communist Party and the most popular ANC…

When Phil Curson turned up outside the Bell Hotel in Epping last July, he did not come as an outraged…

Marla-Svenja Liebich, the German neo-Nazi whose cynical exploitation of Germany’s gender recognition law Searchlight reported on in January, has been…

France’s two-round municipal elections, held on 15 and 22 March 2026, have produced a verdict on the far right that…

Dr James Orr, a theologian and philosopher of religion at the University of Cambridge was last month appointed senior adviser…

In the wake of Nathan Gill’s guilty verdict on multiple counts of bribery for taking payments in exchange for pro-Kremlin…

The May election results were a warning, if one was needed, of the danger of an insurgent Reform UK. Sarah…

A billionaire cryptocurrency entrepreneur is relocating from Hong Kong to Britain with the explicit aim of funnelling millions of pounds into Reform UK . Ben Delo, co-founder of the BitMEX trading platform, donated £4 million to Reform earlier this year…

A neo-Nazi teenager, on trial at the Old Bailey, was caught after he attempted to acquire a firearm for a…

The controversy over Kanye West’s cancelled appearance at Wireless Festival calls to mind the cases of other Black American extremists…

George Cottrell is unusual, to say the least, in British political life: a man with a serious American felony conviction…

A network of European far-right extremists is set to converge on Vienna on 11 April for a conference billed as…

A Romanian court has lifted the remaining “judicial control” measures on Andrew and Tristan Tate, removing supervisory conditions in one…

The Home Office decision to ban Kanye West from entering the UK to perform at Wireless Festival is the correct…

Georgian police have made a second round of arrests in their investigation into neo-Nazi violence in Tbilisi, detaining a further…

The anti-migrant march in Faversham last November led to some unfortunate consequences for up-and-coming local musician Dylan Kirk after he…

The Underworld in Camden, London, has cancelled the scheduled gig by Michale Graves, the far-right aligned American rock singer. We…

Next week The Underworld in Camden is scheduled to host a solo performance by Michale Graves, a musician whose early…

Amelia was never meant to be real. She began life as a cartoon character in a government-backed game designed to…

One of the world’s most notorious Holocaust deniers – well known to UK nazis and revisionists – was last week sentenced by an appeal court in Paris to 12 months house arrest. Vincent Reynouard will be required to wear an…

Vladimir Putin’s intelligence service continues to use the European far right for both propaganda and terrorism. Some of the most…

The arrest warrant didn’t take long to bite. Kent anti-migrant activist ‘Fash’ Harry Hilden, who as we reported, failed to…

Australian neo-nazi activist Joel Davis has been released on bail after more than four months in what supporters branded “solitary…

The Trump administration is planning an international summit this summer aimed at what it calls the threat posed by “antifa”…

Some of the most active British nazis of the past twenty years (including convicted criminals) are rallying behind Rupert Lowe’s…

Pauline Hanson delivered her maiden parliamentary speech in 1996, claiming that Australia was “being swamped by Asians.” Nearly thirty years…

Ryan Ferguson and his YouTube buddy Harry Jackson appeared before LIverpool magistrates today, denying a string of charges linked to…

On this day in April 1942, a 58-year-old Dutch socialist went to his death by firing squad at the Leusderheide,…

If the organisers’ estimates of half a million attending are accurate, yesterday’s Together Alliance demonstration in London against the far…

On this day in 1943, a small group of Dutch resistance fighters carried out one of the most audacious acts…

Auschwitz survivor and lifelong anti-fascist campaigner Leon Greenman died on this day in 2008. This obituary, in Searchlight, was written…

A 21-year-old right-winger from Bangor who downloaded terrorist documents, built improvised devices and boasted about constructing a pipebomb has been spared jail, despite a jury having convicted him of four terrorism offences. Ashton Rees, was found guilty on 5 March…

Harry Hilden, the self-styled “Warrior of Christ” and principal organiser of Kent’s anti-migrant protest scene, was due before Maidstone Magistrates’…

Last Friday the latest in a string of recent extreme-right terrorism cases concluded. A teenager aged 16 from a village…

Liz Truss has found her people. The former Prime Minister, whose 45-day tenure in Downing Street remains a monument to…

A coalition of anti-racist and anti-fascist groups is mobilising against a new wave of far-right provocateurs hiding behind the guise…

While tens of thousands of anti-racists marched in London last weekend, Mark Collett and Patriotic Alternative managed to muster a…

France’s two-round municipal elections, held on 15 and 22 March 2026, have produced a verdict on the far right that…

Nine members of the neo-Nazi British Movement have escaped prosecution following a ten-month police investigation sparked by a gathering at…

On this day in 1943, for the only time anywhere in Europe during the Holocaust, members of the Belgian resistance…

Each April, at this time, Budapest confronts one of the darkest chapters in its history: the mass murder of Jews…

One of the world’s most notorious Holocaust deniers – well known to UK nazis and revisionists – was last week…

One of Europe’s most active nazi publishers has been hit by coordinated police raids in Germany, Poland, and Spain. Der…

If the organisers’ estimates of half a million attending are accurate, yesterday’s Together Alliance demonstration in London against the far right in general, but Farage and Reform in particular, is a fantastic achievement. Certainly if you were there it was…

The Britain First ‘battle bus’ saga has taken yet another predictable turn, with Paul Golding now launching an online appeal…

On this day in 1943, a small group of Dutch resistance fighters carried out one of the most audacious acts…

Denmark’s snap general election earlier this week produced a clutch of headlines about far-right gains, but they were not as…

One of the leaders of the racist mob violence that engulfed Hull city centre during the riots of August 2024…

Well, that didn’t last long. The far-right gang formerly known as Bristol Patriots which announced only last week it was…

Amid all the excitement around the walkout at County Hall in Maidstone last Thursday,it was barely noticed that among those…

In March 1986, Searchlight magazine exposed how the National Front was peddling a blueprint for extermination written by the leader…

Well, that didn’t last long. The far-right gang formerly known as Bristol Patriots which announced only last week it was…

Amid all the excitement around the walkout at County Hall in Maidstone last Thursday,it was barely noticed that among those…

In March 1986, Searchlight magazine exposed how the National Front was peddling a blueprint for extermination written by the leader…

Russian intelligence does not do subtlety. It does, however, do audacity, and an internal document obtained by the Washington Post…

The arson attack on four ambulances belonging to a Jewish community organization in north London, set ablaze outside a synagogue…

A member of the neo-nazi Patriotic Alternative has been convicted of attempted murder after admitting trying to cut a man’s…

Joe Louis, who held the world heavyweight boxing title from 1937 to 1949, is remembered today chiefly as a sporting…

The definition of insanity is to keep doing the same thing and hoping for different results. Somebody needs to tell…