Mussolini’s ‘proud boys’ A century ago, Italian fascists set up the first offshoot of the Fasci di Combattimento in London. Alfio Bernabei reflects on the genesis of the movement in the UK The fascist “league of combat” was formed in Britain 100 years ago, in the spring of 1921. It was the work of Italians – Mussolini’s […]
Research and analysis
Using Radical Collections – free online workshop
Register now for this free all-day online workshop on 4 December hosted by the Searchlight Archive at the University of Northampton. Details below.
Cambridge dons revolt over ‘racist’ fellow’s role
More than 200 academics have signed a letter accusing a controversial scholar of “racist pseudoscience” after he was appointed to a fellowship at Cambridge University, The Times reported on 7 December 2018. Noah Carl is a social scientist who has spoken at a eugenics conference and has said that hostility to immigrant groups draws on […]
Analysis: the ‘Free Tommy’ demo and a year of far right protests (with table and video)
This article by Martin Smith and Tash Shifrin first appeared on Dream Deferred on 11 June 2018. Thousands of protestors turned out in Whitehall, central London, on Saturday 14 July for the latest “Free Tommy Robinson” demo – and the latest in just over a year of far right racist street protests, which we have listed […]
Analysis: behind the ‘Free Tommy’ demo – what’s going on in the new far right?
This article by Martin Smith and Tash Shifrin first appeared on Dream Deferred on 11 June 2018. The far right in Britain has mobilised its biggest ever demonstration. Around 15,000 people joined the “Free Tommy Robinson” demo in Whitehall, central London on Saturday 9 June. We look here at what the march means in the context […]
A sudden escalation: fascists and far right mobilise in London, Leeds and Manchester in a week
This article, by Martin Smith and Tash Shifrin, first appeared on Dream Deferred on 7 June 2018. A sudden escalation in far right and fascist street mobilisations has taken place in Britain over the space of just seven days. Snap demonstrations called at 24-hours notice and each turning out several hundred protestors took place in Whitehall, […]