Fighting against racism and fascism
The May election results were a warning, if one was needed, of the danger of an insurgent Reform UK. Sarah Pochin won the Runcorn and Helsey by-election for Reform with 38.7% of the vote. In the local council elections, Reform’s…
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...
Meet Ryan Ferguson. He’s the piece of work who turned up at the Britain First march in Birmingham on Saturday…
UKIP Leader Nick Tenconi can’t have long left as a street fascist. You could see it in his eyes and…
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 by his second American church – after just one day. Robinson left the ‘Satanic’ UK last August claiming he feared…
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…
Birmingham City Council have put a spoke into the wheel of the rickettty old bike that is Paul Golding’s Britain…
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…
Large scale police raids and prosecutions in Germany targeting the extremist ‘Reichsbürger’ movement are linked to international networks of nazis…
The German government has officially banned the far-right group ‘Kingdom of Germany’ (Königreich Deutschland, KRD), some of whose members were…
Conor McGregor’s recent announcement that he plans to run for the Irish presidency has come as no surprise to those…
Leonard – he was always Lenny to me – Zeskind left a positive impression on all who knew him. He…
The build up to the 80th anniversary of VE Day has been blighted by US President Donald Trump’s public disregard for the contributions of the Allied nations, particularly the Soviet Union and Britain. Trump’s proposal to rename VE Day as…
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…
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…
Some personal thoughts on two successful anti-fascist actions last weekend, and what they can teach us. The past weekend was very instructive as far as anti-fascists were concerned. In Manchester and Birmingham fascists were repulsed. In Manchester, so called hard-core…
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…
Last weekend’s Homeland Party Remigration Conference was predictable in many ways. The party of ‘sensible nationalism’ ordered its (male) troops…
Conor McGregor’s recent announcement that he plans to run for the Irish presidency has come as no surprise to those…
Some British Movement members celebrating Hitler’s birthday obviously thought they were being smart when they posted pixilated photos of themselves…
Ashley Baxter, the Leader of South Kesteven District Council released the following statement yesterday announcing an enquiry into how council…
Deranged and disorganised. The best way to describe today’s illuminating get together in Manchester of racists, cranks, criminals, and conspiracy…
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…
When the Home Secretary banned the French racist Renaud Camus from travelling to the UK to speak at tomorrow’s conference of the fascist Homeland Party, Camus revealed that he had also been due to speak at the Oxford Union during…
Leonard – he was always Lenny to me – Zeskind left a positive impression on all who knew him. He…
William Joyce. Nazi. Jew-hater. Traitor. Loathed, tried and hanged after the war for his services to Hitler. Loved, remembered, and…
Mark Cotterill, editor of Britain’s self-styled ‘intellectual’ nazi magazine Heritage and Destiny, is plainly enjoying playing mein host to social…
Failed BNP führer and twice-bankrupted Nick Griffin chose Easter Sunday to launch his latest political party. That might seem strange…
The great Homeland Party split (reported by Searchlight as it unfolded during the Easter weekend) has hardened within the past…
Steve Laws, one of the leading and most high-profile members of the Homeland Party, has resigned from the party in…
Following our report yesterday, Homeland Party leader Kenny Smith’s Easter has got even worse. On Thursday night Smith lost his…
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…
When this article was first published in 2024, we were not able to identify Peter Marriner as the Searchlight informant…
Some personal thoughts on two successful anti-fascist actions last weekend, and what they can teach us. The past weekend was…
Sadly, we have to report that the Woodlander Initiative, the neo-Nazi land buying scheme which looked like it might be shut down, seems to have earned a reprieve. We reported two days ago that the scheme to purchase land around…
It’s going to be a long Good Friday for Kenny Smith, leader of what he calls the “sensible nationalist” Homeland…
Yesterday, Searchlight heard the dreadful news that Lenny Zeskind had died. Lenny was one of our closest and dearest friends,…
A neo-nazi scheme which raised thousands of pounds to buy land all over the UK to establish white enclaves seems…
“Every metric at UKIP is being smashed. New members are joining in healthy amounts, our candidates list is steadily growing,…
UKIP Chairman Ben ‘Rogue Builder’ Walker appears to be in a strange and inexplicable state of denial about his criminal…
One man who will be hoping desperately that Tommy Robinson wins his appeal against sentence and gets out of jail…
A Spanish neo-nazi who caused a public row three years ago when she was allowed into the UK to address…
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…
Earlier this week, the media reported that the Charity Commission had shut down an ostensibly Roman Catholic-supporting charity, sacked its trustees and confiscated £30,000 in gold bullion. The charity was accused of cheating HMRC out of tens of thousands of…
A great night at the Jazz Café, Camden, on 7 April when we were transported back to the Jim Crow…
As Britain First’s 17 May Birmingham demo approaches, co-leader Paul Golding is getting increasingly desperate. His bizarre antics over recent…
Today marks the 80th anniversary of the murder of Dietrich Bonhoeffer in the final days of the Second World war.…
A huge victory! A stunning success! Total vindication of our strategy! Yes! Set up by ageing nazis whose political careers…
Britain’s fastest growing far-right party Homeland, led by an ex-BNP organiser with a swastika tattoo on his chest but now…
Hostilities between groups on Britain’s extreme right have taken a bizarre turn with Paul Golding, leader of Britain First, launching…
The leader of the French far-right party National Rally (RN), Marine Le Pen, has been sentenced to four years in…
The fascist British Democrats have announced they will be contesting Doncaster’s mayoral election in May. Their candidate will be Frank…
Nigel Farage arrived on the stage of the Reform UK rally in the Arena Birmingham on a JCB accompanied by…
Last Monday was David Irving’s birthday. He celebrated it from his sickbed to which he has been confined for over…
UKIP Leader Nick Tenconi is becoming increasingly deranged. The man with the megaphone, making a nuisance of himself in town…
Patriotic Alternative, the neo-fascist political entity that has housed and harboured many a convicted criminal, is in trouble and leader…
We still don’t know how many (if any) far right candidates will compete with Reform UK at the Runcorn &…
Or, how a ‘Tommy Robinson’ whip-round divvy-up has fired up a right wing Lynch mob. Can you remember when, before…
Patriotic Alternative, one of Britain’s most overt nazi organisations, has secretly registered as a political party with the Electoral Commission…