In recent weeks splits within Patriotic Alternative, the most extreme and active far right organisation in the UK, have widened. Fascists who until a few months ago were supposedly comrades in campaigns of race-baiting, are now bitter personal enemies. One significant development is that PA’s leadership have become even more explicit in identifying themselves with the […]
Pro-Ukraine nazi militia leader attended secret UK training camps
Images: top, Denis Nikitin, aka Kapustin, with his Russian Volunteer Corps in May this year; bottom left, camps organiser Larry Nunn (with loud hailer); bottom right, Arkadiusz Rzepinski, leader of the UK section of far right Polish group NOP [National Rebirth of Poland] This article first appeared in Searchlight Summer 2023 issue. THE LEADER OF a […]
Slick operator who led Italy’s fascist revival – Alfio Bernabei looks back at Berlusconi’s legacy
Silvio Berlusconi, 1936–2023 Photo: European People’s Party Silvio Berlusconi helped rehabilitate fascism by falsifying the historical truth and lying about the crimes committed in the name of fascism. He did this by using a mixture of ignorance and persuasion, laced with seductive doses of panache and bonhomie amid plenty of televisual entertainment. Over the […]
Proud Boys leaders guilty of seditious conspiracy – Leonard Zeskind reports
Convicted Proud Boys chairman Enrique Tarrio (left), pictured with David Sumrall, founder of far-right media outlet StopHate, who is active in defending the 6 January rioters As Proud Boys face jail terms for their part in the 6 January riots, the ongoing realignment of forces on the Republican right continues. Leonard Zeskind reports On 4 […]
Looking into the abyss: Rushton bemoans crank populism while Griffin highlights the advent of new far-right parties
Downhearted Nick Griffin (left) and Peter Rushton (right) Images credit: Griffin (Searchlight) Rushton (Heritage and Destiny website) Two of the far right’s most influential figures have been perusing the movement’s recent local election disaster in May and have come to radically different – although similarly scathing – conclusions. Mark Scholl considers their deliberations The first figure in question is self-styled nazi […]
Book Review. Everyday Hate: How antisemitism is built into our world and how you can change it
Everyday Hate: How antisemitism is built into our world and how you can change it Dave Rich, Biteback Publishing, 2023, 320pp, £20 h/b, ISBN: 9781785907906 Paul Jackson, our regular commentator, reviews a book that provides a guide to the dynamics of anti-Semitism and offers practical suggestions on how to challenge age-old tropes Dave Rich’s excellent […]