Aleppo’s children have been bombed relentlessly by Syrian and Russian warplanes for weeks. Over 1.6 million of us have called for our leaders to step up and protect these terrified children and their families, and now it’s time to take our call to the streets. This Saturday from 12pm we’re gathering outside Downing Street to […]
Day the East End united to fight against the Blackshirts
The following article by Colin Shindler appeared in The JC on 29 September 2016. Oswald Mosley instituted antisemitism as the official policy of the British Union of Fascists only in 1934, some two years after its formation. The annual report of the Board of Deputies for 1932 stated that Mosley had informed the Board that […]
In Shimon Peres, Israel has lost a founding father and voice of reason
Shimon Peres, who served as the ninth president of Israel, died on 28 September 2016 at the age of 93. Colin Schindler reflects on his life and achievements. The transformation of Szymon Perski from Vishnyeva in Belarus into Shimon Peres, a founding father of the state of Israel, is a reflection of how the Jews […]
Blocked identitaire
‘We announce tonight that Richard Spencer, of the American National Policy Institute, has this week been banned from the UK for life…” So ran a statement on Facebook by the Traditional Britain Group, which brings together Nazis and far right Tories. The 9 July statement said the ban had been announced by the then home […]
Bletchley woman loses baby in ‘racist’ attack
A pregnant woman has lost her baby after she was kicked and fell to the floor in a “racially aggravated” attack, the BBC reported on 13 September. The 34 year old was shopping in Bletchley, Milton Keynes, when she was racially insulted by a man, police said. He later followed her and kicked her in […]
The Greek debt, a European tragedy
This video (which is subtitled in English) was sent to us by the Greek Solidarity Campaign to which Searchlight is affiliated. The GSC is an independent, non-party political campaign established to organise solidarity with the people resisting “austerity” in Greece. It is supported by the TUC and has a number of affiliated groups and individual […]