Birmingham Unite Against Fascism is calling upon anti-fascists to oppose another fascist attempt to inflame race hate in Birmingham. The Islamophobic and fascist sect, Britain First, plan to visit the city of Birmingham on 24 June. They had aimed at an earlier, unwanted intrusion, but had to postpone this, as their leaders were arrested on various […]
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Ex-leader of Britain First Paul Golding jailed for breach of High Court injunction
The former leader of Britain First was jailed for breaching a court order banning him from entering mosques or Islamic Centres in England and Wales, TellMAMA reports. Paul Golding, 34, was served with a court summons by Bedfordshire Police on 2 November after breaching a High Court injunction granted on August 11. He will serve […]
More questions than answers: a Searchlight investigation
Thomas Mair has been jailed for the brutal murder of Labour MP Jo Cox. But serious questions about the police approach to a fascist group remain. I write as Nazi assassin Thomas Mair begins a whole-life sentence for the murder of a well loved MP, wife and mother and an advocate for the long-suffering people […]
Britain First extremist filmed joining hate-filled vigilante group hunting down asylum seekers in Bulgaria
An anti-Muslim extremist has been filmed joining a hate-filled group hunting down asylum seekers in Bulgaria, the Daily Mirror wrote on 24 October. Far-right Jim Dowson donned camouflage gear to join the heavily-armed Shipka Bulgarian National Movement stalking migrants who cross the Turkish border. Dowson, founder of the Britain First group, has made a series […]
Turning the searchlight on the enemies of democracy
Welcome back to the Searchlight website. After we posted several reports that exposed the increasing violence of the British extreme right and their international links, we were bombarded with attacks. As we were planning a relaunch of Searchlight later in the year, we temporarily suspended the website, but of course carried on with our work […]