Georgian police have arrested 16 alleged fascists accused of a string of violent attacks across the country. According to Tbilisi police, the suspects – including 10 minors under 18 – are neo-Nazis who had attacked a wide range of victims. Police allege the group inflicted “physical and psychological violence with particular brutality,” in some cases […]
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Australian nazis shut up shop faced with legal threat
One of Australia’s most visible neo-Nazi organisations has announced plans to dissolve faced with the rapid passage of new federal anti-hate crime legislation. In a message circulated on Telegram this week, the National Socialist Network said it would wind up all activity within days, citing fears that existing and former members could face prosecution under […]
Elon Musk echoes call for ‘white solidarity’
Elon Musk this week used his social media platform X (formerly Twitter) to endorse an explicit call for “white solidarity”, amplifying claims that white men face extermination if they become a demographic minority. Musk’s response, a “100” emoji signalling agreement, marked a new low in his increasingly open alignment with the most extreme far-right politics. […]
‘Pro-Putin’ German AfD invited to European security conference
The Munich Security Conference is known for its carefully managed setting. Each February, political leaders, diplomats and military officials gather in a central Munich hotel to discuss global security issues. Informal exchanges alongside formal panels often shape strategic debates that continue throughout the year. Against that backdrop, the MSC’s recent decision to invite MPs from […]
Hacktivist takes down white supremacist websites on stage at conference
A pseudonymous hacktivist used the occasion of a hackers’ convention in Germany to take down white supremacist websites live on stage. In a presentation at the Chaos Communication Congress in Hamburg, one of the world’s largest gatherings of cybersecurity experts and digital activists, a hacker know only as Martha Root remotely deleted the servers hosting […]
Death in the shadows – Russian nazi commander killed during arrest
Russian media outlets have confirmed the death, just before Xmas, of Stanislav Orlov, commander of the neo-nazi 88th Reconnaissance and Sabotage Brigade, better known by its original name, Espanyola. His unit issued a brief acknowledgement but offered nothing on how, where, or why he died. As far as can be ascertained, however, Orlov was killed […]
Seven Italian brothers who defied fascism – and paid with their lives
At the end of 1943, as Italy was convulsed under the collapse of Mussolini’s regime and the tightening grip of Nazi occupation, seven anti-fascist brothers from a modest farming family in Emilia-Romagna paid the ultimate price for their defiance. The Cervi brothers, Gelindo, Antenore, Aldo, Ferdinando, Agostino, Ovidio and Ettore, were executed by fascist firing […]
Obituary: Brigitte Bardot (1934-2025), from screen idol to far-right icon
Brigitte Bardot, who has died aged 91, once the most photographed woman in Europe and a symbol of post‑war cinematic modernity, spent the latter half of her life not in the spotlight of film but in the trenches of France’s extreme‑right politics. Her transformation from international sex symbol to ideological fellow‑traveller of the nationalist right […]
Key international nazi with UK links killed in Ukraine
A leading Russian nazi, with links to the far right in the UK, was killed on Xmas Day in a Russian drone attack while fighting for Ukraine. Denis Nikitin, aka Denis Kapustin aka “White Rex”, was killed on the Zaporizhzhia front, marking the end of a career that fused violent neo-nazi activism, combat entrepreneurship, and […]
German AfD ‘serving Russian intelligence’
Germany’s AfD party has again been accused of acting in the interests of Vladimir Putin’s Russia, once more highlighting the convergence of Russian strategic interests and the activities of sections of the European far right. In the eastern German state of Thuringia, Ringo Mühlmann, an AfD member of the local Parliament, has drawn growing criticism […]
Robinson’s Dubai trip a challenge to Emirates law
Tommy Robinson’s visit to Dubai has attracted attention both because of the hugely entertaining and widely circulated confrontation with boxer Ty Mitchell, and because it appears so at odds with everything Robinson represents. But it could also place him in legal jeopardy in the Emirates. Known internationally for his anti-Muslim activism, Robinson (real name Stephen […]
From Searchlight 40 years ago – Hurd’s ‘no change’ policy on Italian terror cell
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 […]
Chile’s far-right president: heir to the dictator
In a stunning political shift, far-right candidate José Antonio Kast has been elected as Chile’s next president with 58% of the vote in a decisive runoff against left-wing candidate Jeannette Jara. This election is not just as a change in leadership, but a pivotal choice between two distinct visions for Chile’s future. Kast’s personal and […]
Anger over possible release of German nazi terrorist
This week, the German courts were again having to confront the case of the terrorist National Socialist Underground, which went on a rampage of racist murders a quarter of a century ago. At a hearing to consider the process of releasing Beate Zschäpe, a founder of the group, the daughter of one of its murdered […]
Veteran Euro-nazi makes comeback at terrorist-run conference
On the same weekend that Nick Griffin was trying to return to the limelight in Madrid, an even older nazi, who’s just as disliked by the rest of the jackboot tendency, made his own comeback at a conference run by the terrorist Nordic Resistance Movement near Gothenburg, Sweden. Povl Riis-Knudsen first became politically active aged […]
Croatian anti-fascists push back against resurgent far right
On Sunday, tens of thousands of Croatians poured into the streets in cities from Zagreb to Rijeka, Pula, Zadar and Split in a striking show of anti-fascist solidarity. Marches organized under the banner “United Against Fascism” drew people chanting “We are all anti-fascists!” and carrying banners that warned against the return of a politics that […]
Gone-to-seed Griffin is past his sell-by date
Nick Griffin’s big comeback in Madrid on 23 November only proved that he is yesterday’s man. Perhaps that’s putting it too kindly. Griffin is ten or fifteen years past his sell-by date. He’s now 66, a year older than John Tyndall was at the time of the 1999 leadership contest when Griffin was describing the […]
Former Brexit Party MEP denies taking Russian bribes
A former Brexit Party MEP, whose name features in messages between the convicted former Welsh Reform Party leader Nathan Gill and his Russian handler, has denied taking bribes David Coburn, the former UKIP Party leader in Scotland and later a Brexit Party MEP, was approached at his French chateau by the BBC and asked about […]
US bans Patriotic Alternative boss Mark Collett
As reported recently by Searchlight, America’s best known racist Jared Taylor now seems free to travel around Europe spreading his message of hate, even though he was banned from the entire Schengen area for several years. In particular, he was allowed into the UK to speak at last month’s conference of Mark Collett’s neo-nazi outfit, […]
Christian nationalism: a far-right religious ideology drifting across the Atlantic
Christian nationalism is not just a theological position. It is a political weapon – a reactionary ideology that fuses religious fundamentalism with racial exclusion, patriarchal control, and authoritarian ambition. Born in the United States and steeped in white supremacist theology, it has begun to seep into British political discourse, often under the guise of “defending […]