On this day in 1943, a small group of Dutch resistance fighters carried out one of the most audacious acts of sabotage of the Nazi occupation, an operation that saved countless Jewish lives and struck a blow against the machinery of fascist persecution. Led by sculptor Gerrit van der Veen and painter and writer Willem […]
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Danish Election – DPP comeback as far right vote is reshuffled
Denmark’s snap general election earlier this week produced a clutch of headlines about far-right gains, but they were not as dramatic as they are being portrayed. The biggest winner on the far right was the Danish People’s Party (Dansk Folkeparti, DF), which nearly trebled its vote share to 9.1 per cent, winning 16 seats. This […]
Australian nazi leader faces trial over attack on sacred Aboriginal site
Thomas Sewell, the leader of the now-disbanded National Socialist Network (NSN), has been committed to stand trial over a violent attack on a major First Nations sacred site in Melbourne last August. Sewell appeared via video link at Melbourne Magistrates Court today where he pleaded not guilty to five charges including violent disorder, affray and […]
From Searchlight 40 years ago: Blueprint for genocide
In March 1986, Searchlight magazine exposed how the National Front was peddling a blueprint for extermination written by the leader of one of the most hardline nazi organisations in the United States. Published in the form of a novel, the book set out how terrorism could get results for a committed elite of racist fanatics […]
The gamechanger that wasn’t: how the Kremlin planned to rescue Orbán
Russian intelligence does not do subtlety. It does, however, do audacity, and an internal document obtained by the Washington Post reveals just how far the Kremlin is willing to go to protect its most valuable European asset: far-right Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán. The document, originating from Russia’s foreign intelligence service and apparently verified by […]
Joe Louis and the battle for civil rights
Joe Louis, who held the world heavyweight boxing title from 1937 to 1949, is remembered today chiefly as a sporting legend. His life as a racial justice pioneer has been all but forgotten. And on this day in 1944, he struck an important blow for racial justice. Born Joseph Louis Barrow in 1914 to sharecroppers […]