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 […]
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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 […]