First published in the Spring 2023 issue of Searchlight magazine Despite waning support, with many right wing groups now turning to white nationalists, Trump still leads the pack of Republican presidential wannabes. Leonard Zeskind weighs up his chances Trump Photo: Gage Skidmore https://www.flickr.com/photos/gageskidmore/51826153195/in/photostream On 19 April 2023, as anti-racist demonstrators carried placards in North Kansas City, a […]
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Former US soldier jailed for 45 years
A former US soldier and member of a neo-nazi group has been jailed for 45 years for planning terrorist attacks. Ethan Phelan Melzer, also known as Etil Reggard, a 24-year old man from Kentucky, was sentenced in March for his part in a neo-nazi plot to murder US soldiers. His goal was to spark another war […]
One Week in Warsaw – David Rosenberg reports from Warsaw where a poignant anniversary was being commemorated
First published in the Spring 2023 issue of Searchlight magazine 16th April 2023 commemorative march led by women activists photo by David Rosenberg Warsaw, Sunday 16 April. Three days before the Polish Government is due to host the official 80th anniversary commemoration of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, when their chosen guests will assemble in front […]
Behind the new iteration of an age-old plot – Martyn Lester examines GB news presenter, Neil Oliver
Following an on-air diatribe delivered by GB News host Neil Oliver, Martyn Lester mulls over the possible source for the latest variant of the conspiracy theory that there is a sinister group bent on imposing a ‘one-world government’ First published in the Spring 2023 issue of Searchlight magazine Back in February, in what have been described as […]
Frene Ginwala (1932–2023), Activist who helped expose genesis of plot to kidnap ANC leaders
Searchlight was saddened to hear, just as our last issue went to press, of the death of Frene Ginwala, the veteran ANC activist and first Speaker in the post-apartheid South African parliament [National Assembly] who has died aged 90 years. Searchlight had worked closely with her in the late 1980s, when she was based in London. […]
Nazi split update – The blame game begins
During the first ten days following a disastrous drubbing for the entire far right at England’s local elections, each of the fractious PA factions has interpreted these results as a vindication. Alek Yerbury’s barmy army took the results as confirmation that traditional politics offer no hope for fascist politics. All the usual reasons apply. The […]