Searchlight Magazine’s final issue – more of an ‘au revoir’ than a ‘goodbye’
Searchlight the Magazine is bowing out after half a century in continuous publication. It was launched with a February 1975 cover date, and the 50th…
50 years and counting: Searchlight’s Past, Present and Future
By David Edgar In early 1975 two anti-fascist activists published a small magazine. It was 20 pages long, black and white, and most of its…
The end of an era for the anti-fascist movement – Searchlight founder Gerry Gable retires
With the publication of the final print edition of Searchlight, the magazine’s founder and often-times editor, Gerry Gable, has announced that he is stepping back…
Searchlight – the great achievement of post-war anti-fascists
This editorial appears in the February 2025 issue of Searchlight, a special 50th anniversary edition, which marks the end of Searchlight in printed form, and…
Fascists and antisemites mourn death of rogue bishop
Last week’s funeral of the far-right, schismatic Bishop Richard Williamson brought into sharp focus the longstanding connections between some ultra-conservative Catholics and a world of…