This month’s second International Conference on Combating Antisemitism in Jerusalem will again provide a platform for far-right activists from racist organisations – some with a history of antisemitism. Last year’s conference proved a watershed moment exposing a deep divide between the man behind the conference – Amichai Chikli, Israeli Minister for Diaspora Affairs – and […]
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Is Tommo setting up his followers for arrest?
Danny Tommo has announced plans to close down the port of Dover on Saturday, as well as sending teams of volunteers to France for an unspecified anti-migrant action. In another online video, Tommo (real name Daniel Thomas) claimed that his “Operation Overlord 2” volunteers will be travelling to France from different ports and by different […]
Kent ‘flaggers’ look to turn up the heat on county council
Barely a month after Searchlight reported on the jailing of Sam Turner, the prominent Medway flagger and serial offender is back on the streets, and back among familiar company. Turner, notorious locally for a long catalogue of offences that includes the farcical burglary of Gillingham Football Club, has been released from prison after serving just […]
Falkirk anti-migrant group quits amid rising far-right violence in Scotland
An anti-immigration protest group in Falkirk has announced it is disbanding after members of fascist and neo-Nazi groups repeatedly attended demonstrations it organised, amid wider concerns about an escalation in far-right activity across Scotland. The campaign group Save Our Future and Our Kids Future (SOF) had staged regular protests for more than a year outside […]
From BNP to Brexit: the far right’s ongoing identity crisis
As we approach Brexit’s tenth anniversary, the British far right is still trying to work out how to escape from two long shadows, Nigel Farage and Nick Griffin. Is the future course of British racism to be Farage’s populist imitation of Enoch Powell, or a Griffin-style tribute act based on mid-century fascist dictatorships? We can […]
Danny Tommo ‘planned riots on beaches of France’
The split between Danny Tommo and Raise the Colours (RTC) is turning into a bitter war of allegations. Tommo’s erstwhile comrades have now claimed that he was planning to start riots in northern France. He, in turn, has accused them of lying and raising huge amounts of money which are not being being spent on […]