Martyn Lester reviews James Ball’s account of the crazy world of QAnon and conspiracy theories The ‘wellness-to-fascism pipeline’. It was a phrase almost guaranteed to catch our attention, and when we spotted it in the headline of a Guardian feature (‘”Everything you’ve been told is a lie!” Inside the wellness-to-fascism pipeline’) back in August, it […]
BOOK REVIEW: Short history of Fascism in Liverpool 1923-1940: by Chris Jones
Steve Silver reviews The Flash in the Pan (originally published in the Winter 2023/24 issue of Searchlight magazine) Merseyside historian Chris Jones has done the anti-fascist movement a great service in bringing out this concise history of the fascist movement in Liverpool. Flash in the Pan, which gets its name from what anti-fascists dubbed the […]
Far right and nazis mobilise on Madrid streets
The Spanish election results have served to energise the more astute of nazi elements, who are busy bolstering links with like-minded Europeans. Roger Pearce reports This article was first published in the Winter 2023/24 of Searchlight magazine A narrow victory for Socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez and his allies has brought a coalition of conservatives, […]
Bigots whipped up hatred to incite Dublin riots
Austin Harney explains how the right uses social media to spread poisonous lies about asylum-seekers and specifically how this tactic led to recent events in Dublin This article was first published in the Winter 2023/24 issue of Searchlight magazine The end of November saw the Irish far right organise a dangerous riot in Dublin after […]
Populist PVV take most seats in Dutch elections – Charles Fox analyses the results
Geert Wilders’ anti-immigration party gained the most seats in November’s elections, but forming a government in the Netherlands in never simple. Charles Fox sees parallels with past events This article originally appeared in the Winter 2023/24 issue of Searchlight magazine Even by the standards of the often higgledy-piggledy world of Dutch politics, the results of the […]
Eco-fascism A new found ‘concern’ for the climate emergency – writes Luke Michael
Under the guise of concern for the planet, far-right parties are using green issues to legitimise and promote their extreme ideologies. Luke Michael highlights their tactics This article originally appeared in the Winter 2023/24 issue of Searchlight magazine As the climate and ecological crisis starts to devastate communities worldwide, more people will consider green issues […]