A North Northamptonshire local councillor has quit Restore Britain just two days day after defecting to it from Reform, describing Rupert Lowe’s new party “far more sinister than I first thought”. Cllr Darren Rance, who represents Brickhill and Queensway, announced on Wednesday that he and fellow councillor Jack Goncalvez were leaving Reform to join Restore […]
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Saying farewell to the anti-fascist legend Gerry Gable
Dozens gathered yesterday to bid farewell to Gerry Gable, Searchlight’s founder, whose funeral was held in London. People came from across the country and the anti-fascist world to pay their respects at a service which reflected Gerry in its wonderfully broad, ecumenical, united character. Dylan fan The service opened with the sound of Bob Dylan […]
How Britain’s undercover police targeted the anti‑fascist movement
As the Undercover Policing Inquiry (UCPI) moves through its later phases, a picture is emerging of the scale and intent of police infiltration of anti‑fascist organisations from the late 1980s through the 2000s. The recent testimony of three veteran activists – Dan Gillman, Frank Smith and Joe Batty – has added shocking detail to what […]
From Searchlight 40 years ago – Bologna accused linked to London terror cell
In February 1986, five years after the event, Italian investigating magistrates believed their enquiries had revealed who had been behind the bomb attack on Bologna railway station in August 1980, when 85 people died and over 200 were injured. They presented a picture of a galaxy of actors, from the wealthy powerful men who planned […]
Will Rupert Lowe ‘Unite the Right’?
The British far right has spent the past decade talking about “Uniting the Right” while doing almost everything possible to avoid it. From the wreckage of the BNP through the serial reinventions of UKIP and the endless splintering of various fascist micro‑parties, the movement has been defined less by ideological coherence than by personal fiefdoms, […]
West country fascists up the stakes
Fascists in the west country have escalated their activities with a series of attacks and threats against anti‑fascists. An anti‑fascist fundraiser in Bristol was attacked last weekend, and further threats have been made against a Together fundraiser due to take place in Tavistock, Devon, tomorrow. Held at bay The Bristol event, featuring local anarcho‑ska outfit […]
New Hampshire idiocy saves day for Holocaust denial ‘summit’
Eleven days later than advertised, fugitive nazi and all-round weirdo Germar Rudolf managed to broadcast his Holocaust denial ‘summit’ conference last weekend. We reported two weeks ago how his first attempt to hold the event had to be called off when Amazon pulled the plug on it. He was a little more successful second time […]
Making history in Manchester: confronting Britain First on Saturday
Next Saturday, 21st February, the fascists of Britain First will march into Manchester’s city centre, shielded by a costly police operation. The financial, political, and moral cost of allowing an organisation run by convicted criminals – whose ranks attract domestic abusers, drug dealers, and neo-Nazis – will make our city a temporarily unpleasant place to […]
Fascist boss tries to rescue beleaguered rockabilly singer
The anti-migrant march in Faversham last November led to some unfortunate consequences for up-and-coming local musician Dylan Kirk after he was unwise enough to take part – and to pose for a photograph with Paul Golding, the visiting leader of the far-right group Britain First. Kirk, a Rockabilly singer and pianist with a band called […]
Online nazis hail ‘Our Leader’ as Rupert Lowe launches new party
Yesterday’s announcement by Great Yarmouth MP Rupert Lowe that he will convert his far-right, anti-migrant lobby group, Restore Britain, into a political party has been celebrated by some of Britain’s most blatant, undisguised nazis. The first test for Lowe’s new party, announced in a video shot on his Gloucestershire farm, will be whether he continues […]
Fascist singer’s London gig axed after protests
The Underworld in Camden, London, has cancelled the scheduled gig by Michale Graves, the far-right aligned American rock singer. We reported on Thursday that music fans were protesting at his proposed appearance at the well-known London venue, following his declared support for fascist groups like the Proud Boys in the US. Today, apparently following a […]
Tommy Robinson flees UK following ‘ISIS threat’
Far‑right activist Stephen Yaxley‑Lennon, known as Tommy Robinson, has announced on X that he has “left the country”, after a police warning of an ISIS threat against him. He is saying he needed time to “work things out” for the safety of himself and his family and suggested they may have to relocate. Robinson was […]
Landmark legal verdict against Italian fascists
A court in Bari has delivered a landmark judgment against members of the neo‑fascist organisation CasaPound, convicting 12 activists for attempting to reorganise the banned Fascist Party and for their role in a violent assault on anti‑fascist demonstrators. The ruling is the first time an Italian court has formally recognised CasaPound’s activities as fascist in […]
Gun runner and race war advocate jailed
A race war advocate has been jailed for 16 years after pleading guilty to a series of firearms and terrorism offences. Thomas McKenna, aged 60, who had previous convictions for firearms offences, appeared at Kingston Crown Court along with two others, Allan Crosby and Ryan Smith. McKenna’s partner, Tina Smith appeared by video link from […]
Ratcliffe and the normalization of hate
Sir Jim Ratcliffe’s recent claim that the UK has been “colonised by immigrants” is not merely an ill-informed gaffe; it is a textbook deployment of far-right “great replacement” rhetoric that legitimises hostility toward minority groups . The Manchester United co-owner’s comments were swiftly condemned by Prime Minister Keir Starmer as “offensive and wrong,” while anti-racism […]
London venue to host US fascist singer
Next week The Underworld in Camden is scheduled to host a solo performance by Michale Graves, a musician whose early fame came from fronting the horror-punk band the Misfits in the late 1990s and early 2000s. But more recently Graves’ name has become increasingly linked with the American extreme right. Graves’ career began in the […]
Soft, pink branding, hard-right politics
The far-right, anti-migrant Pink Ladies in Kent are attempting to present themselves as a grassroots initiative concerned solely with women’s safety. Styling themselves ‘Kent Women First Pink Ladies – British Women First’, they have begun organising publicly in north Kent, and are advertising a meeting in Chatham next month. The group is a local offshoot […]
Yorkshire nazi had ‘library of terrorist publications’
A nazi-sympathiser from West Yorkshire has been sentenced to more than four years in prison after pleading guilty to a series of terrorist offences. 36-year-old Tygue Crowther was convicted of encouraging terrorism, disseminating a terrorist publication and six counts of possessing documents likely to be useful to a terrorist. He was arrested in June 2024 […]
Antisemite invited to speak at London Polish cultural centre
Stanisław Michalkiewicz is a Polish lawyer and political commentator with a longstanding history of antisemitic and misogynistic comments. Despite this, he was recently invited to speak at POSK, a Polish cultural centre in West London. The event, titled ‘Will there be a war?’, was hosted by the ‘Association for Independent Thought’, a right-wing debate club […]
Neo-nazi link investigated after Indian students stabbed in Russia
Russian authorities are investigating alleged neo-Nazi links after a 15-year-old boy carried out a racist knife attack at a medical university hostel in the city of Ufa three days ago, injuring several students and police officers. The teenager is believed to have had connections to the banned Russian neo-Nazi organisation National Socialism/White Power. Reports state […]