By Dr Kat Williams and Dr Siobhan Hyland. In May, the alleged leaders of the suspected German far-right coup attempt went on trial. The case shocked Germany to the core when, in December 2022, 25 individuals were arrested on suspicion of preparing for a violent overthrow of the German government and the installation of a […]
AfD beats governing Social Democrats in EU elections
Despite alleged links with foreign powers and remarks about the SS, leading to France’s National Rally pulling out of an alliance with the party in the European Parliament, Germany’s AfD made significant gains in the Euro elections. Dr Kat Williams and Dr Siobhán Hyland report The Alternative for Deutschland (AfD) election campaign for the European […]
The Searchlight secret agent who helped destroy the BNP
The British National Party probably never experienced such a hefty and concerted blow as it did 20 years ago, in the late summer of 2004. About half of the August issue of Searchlight was dedicated to hammering Nick Griffin’s nazi outfit, following through on The Secret Agent, a BBC documentary broadcast in mid-July, which had […]
‘I am proud of you, you are splendid!’
So proclaimed Italy’s Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni (right), lauding her party’s youth wing, even as a video emerged of its members praising Mussolini and Hitler. Alfio Bernabei reports Barely ten days had passed since the European elections in June, in which Giorgia Meloni’s Brothers of Italy party consolidated its leading position with nearly 29% of […]
UKIP and English Democrats move closer to hook-up
UKIP’s annual conference, to be held in Nottingham on 4-5 October will mark a new departure for Britain’s fastest-shrinking political party. For the first time this will be a joint conference, held with Robin Tilbrook’s far-right English Democrats. Now, that may not be altogether surprising; the two organisations are already locked into a formal election […]
AfD election victory is win for nazis in disguise
By Werner Klein Germany’s far-right are celebrating their biggest election victory since the 1930s, after Alternative for Germany (AfD) became the largest party in one eastern German state and the second-largest in another. Yesterday’s results have strengthened the hand of the most extreme faction in AfD, the so-called Flügel or “wing”, headed by Björn Höcke […]