A couple of months ago the American National Justice Party, one of the new political entities to emerge in 2020, appeared to be moving along at a reasonable pace with a series of local and regional supporters’ groups, several supporting podcasts hosted by leading personalities within the party, and a number of demonstrations held around […]
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Le Pen’s UK rep and the man who believed synagogue bombing was “well intentioned”
So, if Marine Le Pen and her Rassemblement National have rejected antisemitism and now stand with Jewish people, how do they explain this? Her UK representative, Max Begon, recently addressing the conference of a party led by a man who once wrote that synagogue bombing was “well-intentioned”. As Searchlight has reported on other occasions, Andrew […]
Spain’s Vox in flux with fascists calling the shots reports David Karvala
Former leading lights in Vox Macarena Olona, pictured above right with party General Secretary Ignacio Garriga, and Iván Espinosa de los Monteros (left) Before the parliamentary elections in July many people in the Spain feared a right-wing victory, and the formation of a coalition government between the main conservative party, Partido Popular […]
The Spartans: the fascists return to the Greek Parliament reports Panagiotis Sotiris
Ilias Kasidiaris Credit DTRocks The failure of neo-nazi Golden Dawn to pass the electoral threshold of 3% in the 2019 Greek general election, along with the disintegration of its organisational network and the conviction of its leadership in October 2020 on charges of forming a criminal organisation at the end of a five-year long trial, gave […]
A beacon of intolerance – Dr Siobhan Hyland reports
Global ambitions AfD co-leader Alice Weidel Pic credit: Alice Weidel/Facebook At the beginning of September, municipal elections were held in Nordhausen, in the state of Thuringia. This is not the first time that Searchlight has discussed this eastern German state – over the past few years it has become a hotbed for Alternative for Deutschland (AfD) activity. […]
Trump indictments point to early trials – Leonard Zeskind reports
Lawbreaker A billboard in Times Square, New York, scrolling through the list of Trump’s felony charges. It was displayed in September as part of the Republican Accountability Project campaign to highlight Trump’s contempt for the law Pic credit Elvert Barnes Photography Former President Donald Trump has been indicted for crimes in four different courts, and future […]