The presence in the UK of wanted Italian fascist fugitives was a running scandal throughout the 1980s and 1990s. They arrived here to avoid the crackdown which followed the bombing of Bologna railway station in 1980 and stayed here, making huge amounts of money from dodgy accommodation and employment agencies, till their prison sentences expired […]
From Searchlight 25 years ago – The company they keep
At the Conservative Party conference in 2000, attendees were greeted by the sight of a Tory shadow minister sharing a platform with a leading far-right antisemite who claimed to speak for for Britain’s small businesses. In the November 2000 issue of Searchlight, Steve Silver and Nick Lowles revealed what was going on The Federation of […]
Mike Cohen: The anti-fascist whose camera was his gun
Mike Cohen was one of Britain’s great Jewish anti-fascists, whose significant contribution to the movement came through his camera lens. He passed away in October 2002 at the age of 67, and with the passage of time I often think of Mike, convinced that he deserves to be remembered. Mike came from a time when […]
From Searchlight 30 years ago – ‘The scales of justice are out of balance’
On October 16, 1993, a massive demonstration marched in Welling, south London, protesting against the presence there of a British National Party ‘bookshop’ – in fact, the party’s national organising base. It had been bought by Richard Edmonds, and ever since it opened, racial attacks and harassment in the area soared. It was a huge […]
VE Day – celebrating victory in the people’s war against fascism
The build up to the 80th anniversary of VE Day has been blighted by US President Donald Trump’s public disregard for the contributions of the Allied nations, particularly the Soviet Union and Britain. Trump’s proposal to rename VE Day as Victory Day reveals everything anti-fascists need to understand about his peculiar brand of nationalistic America […]
Berlin and the red triangle
The red triangle was in the news recently when the city of Berlin senate banned its use on activities related to the Middle East after the image was appropriated by Hamas supporters. There is some confusion as to the origins of the use of the red triangle in this context with some saying it represents […]