In the summer of 2013 I interviewed Samuel Willenberg, at the time the last surviving participant of the Jewish revolt at Treblinka, the Nazi death camp in Eastern Poland. During the interview, he reminisced about Artur Gold, the famous Jewish violinist, and leader of the Treblinka orchestra. He told me: “As we stood during evening […]
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‘They’re eating the dogs!’ – Tenconi migrant rant sparks ridicule
UKIP leader Nick Tenconi has plumbed the depths of idiocy, even by his own cretinous standards, posting online a video filmed in Calais in which he speculates that razor wire surrounding a dog training park is intended to protect animals from being eaten by migrants. This time, not even his own supporters are coming out […]
Murderous arson attack on Irish refugee centre
A potentially deadly blaze at at an Irish refugee centre on Friday evening was deliberately started by masked men who broke into the building, set the fire and tried to prevent residents from escaping. The fire was started at an International Protection Accommodation Services (IPAS) centre in Drogheda, Co Louth, housing asylum seekers including families […]
College Vice-Chair who marched with fascists resigns
The Vice Chair of Exeter College of Further Education has resigned from its board after being seen marching with fascists in Exeter last weekend. Patrick Tigwell, who was appointed to the Exeter College Board as a governor in 2022 and became Vice Chair two years later, was pictured on Saturday draped in a union flag […]
Farage, Reform and the ‘Russia question’ that won’t go away
In the wake of Nathan Gill’s guilty verdict on multiple counts of bribery for taking payments in exchange for pro-Kremlin messaging, attention inevitably turns to Nigel Farage and Reform UK. For reasons both historic and structural, the case serves as a spotlight on the deeper question: how far have Russian influence operations penetrated British politics, […]
Mike Cohen: The anti-fascist whose camera was his gun
Mike Cohen was one of Britain’s great Jewish anti-fascists, whose significant contribution to the movement came through his camera lens. He passed away in October 2002 at the age of 67, and with the passage of time I often think of Mike, convinced that he deserves to be remembered. Mike came from a time when […]