When Quentin Deranque died on 14 February, two days after suffering catastrophic head injuries in a street fight in Lyon, something else died alongside him: any honest account of who he actually was, or how he came to die. Within hours, the European far right had a martyr. Within days, it had constructed a myth. […]
Nazi publisher hit by raids across Europe
One of Europe’s most active nazi publishers has been hit by coordinated police raids in Germany, Poland, and Spain. Der Schelm (which translates as The Rogue or The Knave) has been active since 2014 trying to exploit loopholes in European laws to circulate hardcore nazi material. Its founder Adrian Preissinger is now 61 years old […]
Isabel Peralta escapes arrest as nazis disrupt Women’s Day march in Madrid
Isabel Peralta, one of Spain’s most prominent neo-Nazi activists, and closely linked to UK nazis, was at the centre of violent disorder in Madrid on Sunday, as members of her organisation, Núcleo Nacional, attempted to disrupt the city’s International Women’s Day demonstration, one of the largest feminist marches in the Spanish capital. Ten members of […]
Justice confirmed: Greek court upholds Golden Dawn convictions
More than twelve years after the murder of anti-fascist rapper Pavlos Fyssas, a Greek appeals court has delivered a decisive and final verdict against the neo-Nazi party Golden Dawn, upholding convictions against 42 defendants and confirming that the organisation operated as a criminal syndicate masquerading as a legitimate political party. The ruling, handed down in […]
When a European democracy faced a fascist coup
Yesterday we were all reminded – as if we needed reminding in the age of Trump, Farage and Lowe – that even in Western Europe democracy can’t be taken for granted. On the same day as the death of a man who opened fire in the Spanish parliament leading an attempted military coup, documents were […]
Sophie Scholl and the White Rose: anti-fascist resistance that still inspires
Eighty‑three years after their execution in Munich’s Stadelheim Prison, Sophie Scholl, her brother Hans, and their fellow White Rose resisters to Hitler remain among the most luminous figures in the history of anti‑fascism. Their lives were brief, their organisation small, and their resources meagre, yet their moral clarity and quiet courage continue to cut through […]