Searchlight investigates and opposes fascism, antisemitism and racism in Britain and abroad

Searchlight was founded in 1964 as an occasional publication and press agency and became a monthly magazine in 1975. From the outset it has been uniquely successful in gathering and analysing intelligence on the far right. The results of this work are used far beyond the pages of the magazine and our other publications.

Searchlight investigates and exposes the fascists’ and racists’ activities and alerts the antifascist community to our opponents’ intentions, plans and trends. We are also the only publication regularly to investigate and analyse the far right’s ideological powerhouse, the New Right, and to expose groups that bridge the fascist and Tory right. Searchlight is the first port of call for activists, journalists, politicians and academics seeking information on organised racism and far-right activity in Britain.

Since early 2011 Searchlight has worked with historians at Northampton University’s School of Social Sciences, who provide an academic input to Searchlight magazine, and together we have published a number of books of use to both students and activists.

The University of Northampton also houses Searchlight’s extensive archive of documents, publications and other material on the far right and the anti-fascist movement in the UK and internationally.

Searchlight is happy to work with all antifascists and is not aligned with any political party. Searchlight works with trade unionists, union branches and national TU organisations through Trade Union Friends of Searchlight.

Magazine

Searchlight magazine is the go-to place for information about the far right at home and abroad. Launched as a monthly magazine in 1975, Searchlight has repeatedly exposed the illegal activities of Britain’s far right and neo-Nazis. With a network of international correspondents, Searchlight also reports on and analyses developments in the extreme right throughout the world.

I’d like to congratulate Searchlight on their many years of successful campaigning against fascism and the extreme right and on investigating and uncovering injustice. Today, this is needed more than ever.

Lord Alf Dubs

The essence of trade unionism is solidarity, fairness and equality – for all workers – from all backgrounds. That’s why our fight against the far-right has always been part of our movement’s DNA. Searchlight is an incredibly important resource for trade unions and members to understand the contemporary tactics of far-right activity. Their work and intelligence gathering over the years have been incredibly insightful for the work we do, and how we fight the scourge of fascism.

Paul Nowak, TUC General Secretary

Everyone who wants to understand contemporary racism and its historical background needs to read Searchlight.

Professor Colin Holmes, University of Sheffield