Fighting against racism and fascism
Tommy Robinson’s supporters need to get their wallets out. There’s almost certainly another appeal for funds on its way for the lad’s ‘legal fund’. Because Tommy’s on his sunbed again, and this time he’s at a £10k a week Portuguese…
The last ever printed edition of Searchlight magazine is out now and selling fast. It is a 72-page bumper edition charting the 50-year life of Searchlight and it won't be available for long...
The Labin Uprising of 1921, often heralded as the first anti-fascist revolt and workers’ republic in Europe, is a landmark…
Searchlight can reveal that a Reform UK election candidate is actively involved with a neo-Nazi organisation. One of their most…
Meet Kai Cunningham. He’s a law student whose LinkedIn profile says he wants to develop his public speaking skills. So…
Well, you can’t deny that when nazis fall out, it really can be quite entertaining. The latest online spat is…
Outrage in Northern Ireland. When the Democratic Unionist Party says something is extreme, you know it’s really extreme. Not known…
Well, that didn’t take long. Only a few days ago we suggested that Tommy Robinson had given up the idea…
The controversy surrounding the UK government’s recent ban on Palestine Action under the Terrorism Act 2000 has tended to obscure the act that a far-right Russian organisation, the Russian Imperial Movement (RIM), was banned at the same time. Once considered…
Last weekend, Patriotic Alternative’s führer Mark Collett again took on the role of Moscow propagandist, hosting Evgeniy (Eugene), a spokesman…
One of Tommy Robinson’s main organisers, Richard Inman, has publicly joined up with Ben Habib’s new Advance UK party, abandoning…
It’s becoming a summer of discontent for all three contenders for the führership of British nazism. Alek Yerbury is well…
Ever since we reported on Tommy Robinson’s various post-prison vacations, people have been asking who he is actually enjoying his…
Last Sunday (22 June) we ran an article about right-wing photographers who were taking pictures of people attending left-wing or…
In a post that will infuriate many on the far right – not least of all Searchlight’s legion of online…
A sea of Make Ireland Great Again hats could be seen at a far-right rally in Dublin yesterday, where threats…
The Labin Uprising of 1921, often heralded as the first anti-fascist revolt and workers’ republic in Europe, is a landmark…
The controversy surrounding the UK government’s recent ban on Palestine Action under the Terrorism Act 2000 has tended to obscure…
Last weekend, Patriotic Alternative’s führer Mark Collett again took on the role of Moscow propagandist, hosting Evgeniy (Eugene), a spokesman…
A sea of Make Ireland Great Again hats could be seen at a far-right rally in Dublin yesterday, where threats…
“I came out of prison all guns blazing after 7 months in solitary and in all honesty it’s hit me & I feel wrecked”. So says Tommy ‘Ten Names’ Robinson, aka Stephen Yaxley-Lennon. Oh dear. So that recent trip to…
The ghost of Robin Hood, who stole from the rich, gave to the poor and would assuredly have had little…
The recent death of author Frederick Forsyth has led to much discussion of his best-known work, The Day of the…
Yesterday, in an article entitled ‘Reform suspends branch chairman – for reporting concerns to police’, we wrote that the election…
Controversy and chaos reign within Reform UK’s Exeter branch, where the party chairman has been suspended for “bringing the party…
Reform UK had stunning successes in last month’s council elections, out-polling the established parties, winning 10 councils outright and being…
There is much on the internet about this demonstration, and the death of Kevin Gately. I was there, and this…
Around 1,600 anti-immigration and far-right agitators came together to hold a rally in Cork a week ago. Billed as “Ireland…
The May election results were a warning, if one was needed, of the danger of an insurgent Reform UK. Sarah…
On Saturday May 10, 2025, the Traditional Britain Group will host a luncheon in London to replace its annual black-tie…
Nigel Farage’s Reform UK has won control of at least seven councils in this week’s local elections. A party that…
This short, highly readable book explores the growing influence of what Bloomfield and Edgar describe as the ‘populist right’. This…
At a large Palestine march in Manchester city centre today, YouTube clickbait merchant Charlie Veitch and a handful of his hangers-on tried to attack the front of the procession despite being told by police and stewards not to. Deliberately seeking…
UKIP Chairman Ben Walker’s social media accounts are unusually quiet today – perhaps that’s because he has just led the…
Tomorrow is polling day in Severn Ward of Stroud District Council where one of the candidates is UKIP Chairman Ben…
‘Tommy Robinson’, aka Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, is once again on holiday abroad and stretched out on his sun lounger, this time…
The far-right Great British National Protest is planning to defy a ban by the local council and hold a protest…
If you thought the ‘Batshit Preacher’ Calvin Robinson took the prize for most brazen fundraising grifts, you’d be wrong. He’s…
So, our friends over at HOPE not Hate have put a name to the mystery behatted lady in the Patriotic…
Right-wing historian Karol Nawrocki defied the pollsters by winning the Polish presidential election on Sunday. Nawrocki polled 50.89% of the…
A great night at the Jazz Café, Camden, on 7 April when we were transported back to the Jim Crow…
One song and two singers came to represent opposition and resistance to Hitler in the Second World War. The most beautiful…
The red triangle was in the news recently when the city of Berlin senate banned its use on activities related…
The Accidental Death of an Anarchist is a play that arose from events in December 1969, when Italian fascists bombed…
In the wake of Britain First’s embarrassing showing in Birmingham a couple of weeks ago, Patriotic Alternative posted a picture to show that they had been helping to make up the numbers for Paul Golding and his sorry BF band.…
I am working undercover for Searchlight magazine. Despite being a Muslim, I blend in rather well so, two weeks ago,…
The latest list of UKIP demonstrations demanding ‘mass deportations now’ contains few surprises. Most are city centre events which will…
Searchlight magazine and anti-fascist groups warned that last weekend’s ‘British National Strike’ would enable the most extreme forces to spread…
“The Great British National Strike, taking place this weekend, is set to see more than 500,000 people across the country…
Across Europe, election coverage increasingly follows a familiar script: journalists must already have the template and it’s simply a matter…
The May election results were a warning, if one was needed, of the danger of an insurgent Reform UK. Sarah…
Meet Ryan Ferguson. He’s the piece of work who turned up at the Britain First march in Birmingham on Saturday…
The Labin Uprising of 1921, often heralded as the first anti-fascist revolt and workers’ republic in Europe, is a landmark…
I am working undercover for Searchlight magazine. Despite being a Muslim, I blend in rather well so, two weeks ago,…
On 14 May,1981, at the age of only 54, Searchlight’s editor Maurice Ludmer died suddenly, depriving the post war anti-fascist…
Peter Marriner, who has died at the age of 77, was an undercover informant in the extreme right for many…
UKIP Leader Nick Tenconi can’t have long left as a street fascist. You could see it in his eyes and his body language as he and his heavily intoxicated gang of thugs were placed in police vans and rescued from…
They were outnumbered by anti-fascists, corralled by the police and ignored by the public. Britain’s First’s latest attempt to whip…
Large scale police raids and prosecutions in Germany targeting the extremist ‘Reichsbürger’ movement are linked to international networks of nazis…
So, doubtless after an appropriate period of prayer and reflection, and with a firm purpose of amendment, the batshit preacher…
‘Pastor’ Rikki Doolan, UKIP’s spokesman on Culture and Arts, has announced this morning that he is quitting the party. He…
Britain’s ‘batshit preacher’, Calvin Robinson, who fled to the US last year ‘in fear of his life’ has been sacked…
In a move predicted by Searchlight last year, UK neo-nazis led by Patriotic Alternative boss Mark Collett are planning to…
The German government has officially banned the far-right group ‘Kingdom of Germany’ (Königreich Deutschland, KRD), some of whose members were…
Last Monday was David Irving’s birthday. He celebrated it from his sickbed to which he has been confined for over…
Last week’s funeral of the far-right, schismatic Bishop Richard Williamson brought into sharp focus the longstanding connections between some ultra-conservative…
Searchlight has been reporting for several months on the increasing radicalisation of right-wing parties. Not just the obviously racist and…
To mark the anniversary of the 1938 November Pogrom, otherwise known as Kristallnacht, we reprint a special article published by…
Birmingham City Council have put a spoke into the wheel of the rickettty old bike that is Paul Golding’s Britain First. They have decided that Britain First does not match up to its declared principles of equality, community cohesion and…
On 14 May,1981, at the age of only 54, Searchlight’s editor Maurice Ludmer died suddenly, depriving the post war anti-fascist…
Paul Golding has promised thousands of “patriots” will attend his Britain First rally in Birmingham this coming weekend. There will…
We said only recently that the problem with nazis trying to be respectable is that they just can’t keep their…
On Saturday May 10, 2025, the Traditional Britain Group will host a luncheon in London to replace its annual black-tie…
The build up to the 80th anniversary of VE Day has been blighted by US President Donald Trump’s public disregard…
One of the happy consequences of the recent local council elections – and there weren’t many – is that it…
Those self-styled ‘nazi intellectuals’ at Heritage and Destiny magazine are very unhappy that we have paid tribute to Peter Marriner,…
As Reform UK rides a surprising wave of electoral support across parts of England, the party’s populist rhetoric and its…
Peter Marriner, who has died at the age of 77, was an undercover informant in the extreme right for many…
When this article was first published in 2024, we were not able to identify Peter Marriner as the Searchlight informant…
Last week, YouTube ‘film maker’ and blogger Charlie Veitch was seen in Manchester joking and cosying up to some the…
Nigel Farage’s Reform UK has won control of at least seven councils in this week’s local elections. A party that…
Some personal thoughts on two successful anti-fascist actions last weekend, and what they can teach us. The past weekend was…
Today, on the anniversary of nazi David Copeland’s third and most deadly nail bomb attack on London in 1999, we…
The recent crossbow attack in Leeds has attracted national attention not only because of its shocking nature but also because…