Nazi crew The National Front on the terraces in 1987 Pic credit: Searchlight It has long been known that the state uses undercover agents to infiltrate political organisations and feed back to the security services all manner of information. The quality of this intelligence, however, is another matter. Recent revelations about police infiltration of an anti-fascist […]
A beacon of intolerance – Dr Siobhan Hyland reports
Global ambitions AfD co-leader Alice Weidel Pic credit: Alice Weidel/Facebook At the beginning of September, municipal elections were held in Nordhausen, in the state of Thuringia. This is not the first time that Searchlight has discussed this eastern German state – over the past few years it has become a hotbed for Alternative for Deutschland (AfD) activity. […]
Trump indictments point to early trials – Leonard Zeskind reports
Lawbreaker A billboard in Times Square, New York, scrolling through the list of Trump’s felony charges. It was displayed in September as part of the Republican Accountability Project campaign to highlight Trump’s contempt for the law Pic credit Elvert Barnes Photography Former President Donald Trump has been indicted for crimes in four different courts, and future […]
Patriotic Alternative running scared after trial reveals terrorist link
Costello – jailed for inciting racial hatred Mark Collett and Patriotic Alternative are running scared following the jailing last week of James Costello for multiple offences of inciting racial hatred. Costello, whom they are describing merely as “a member of our community” despite being a leading member of the organisation, was sentenced to five years […]
UKIP crooks and jokers try to capitalise on anti-migrant success in Llanelli
UKIP leader Neil ‘Liar and Cheat’ Hamilton, with anti-migrant campaigners at Stradey Park Hotel in Llanelli Having stirred up the racist pot in Llanelli, which they claim now hosts their largest branch in the country, UKIP is trying to capitalise by holding a ‘general election hustings’ in the town at the end of the month […]
Braverman, Robinson to blame for Remembrance weekend of shame
So, after the hysteria whipped up by (now former) Home Secretary Suella Braverman and others that the pro-Palestine march on Saturday would disrespect the nation’s annual commemoration of its war dead, it was those mobilised by her inflammatory rhetoric that defiled the occasion – and how! Braverman deliberately provoked a far-right mobilisation on Saturday by […]