It was something we awaited with considerable anticipation. Ten days ago, ‘Tommy Robinson’ announced online that the following Sunday (ie three days ago) he would be going to church. That’s right, ‘Tommy Robinson’ in church. “For the first time in years”, he told us. And not just any church, but his far-right mate Rikki Doolan’s […]
Historic fascist turnout heralds dangerous times
There is just one major takeaway from yesterday’s Tommy Robinson-organised ‘Free Speech’ festival in London – 110,000 supporters of a far-right, racist agitator marched through London in the biggest public demonstration of fascism ever seen in this country. Just think how often we refer back proudly to over 100,000 people coming out to support the […]
Correction
On Saturday we published an article which said that Tommy Robinson’s close collaborator, Danny Tommo, was seen inciting violence earlier in the day at Robinson’s London demonstration. This was based on a contemporaneous account. However, having reviewed video evidence published online since we have concluded that this claim is not supported by the evidence now […]
Epping sets anti-racists a challenge we cannot shirk
In Epping, organised fascists and their racist supporters have scored a notable victory over the last couple of weeks. The situation was not turned around by yesterday’s creditable anti-racist turnout but maybe a line has been drawn, and a moment signalled when the real, hard work of winning hearts and changing minds in that divided […]
Epping this Sunday – anti-racists must nip far-right violence in the bud
On 7 August last year, in response to direct fascist threats of violence against organisations helping migrants and asylum seekers, tens of thousands of anti-racists turned out to physically protect those organisations. It was a phenomenal show of strength and helped put an end to a week of horrendous racist violence. Searchlight wrote at the […]
Exclusive: Homeland defector exposes ugly truth behind ‘sensible nationalism’
Alex Bramham has always been on the right of politics. Last year he stood in the General Election for the right-wing Social Democratic Party. Before that he had been active in the Conservative Party in Manchester where he ran several times as a council candidate. He has also been a prominent activist in gay politics, […]