Fighting against racism and fascism

The Vice Chair of Exeter College of Further Education has been dumped 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…

The last ever printed edition of Searchlight magazine is out now and selling fast. It is a 72-page bumper edition charting the 50-year life of Searchlight and it won't be available for long...

In the wake of Nathan Gill’s guilty verdict on multiple counts of bribery for taking payments in exchange for pro-Kremlin…

Mike Cohen was one of Britain’s great Jewish anti-fascists, whose significant contribution to the movement came through his camera lens.…

It was a wet weekend for the Southport riot-inciter Danny Tommo, one of Tommy Robinson’s closest mates. After doing his…

Reform UK’s Exeter branch is under growing pressure to explain itself as some its most prominent local figures are associating…

When Anton Shekhovtsov, a Ukrainian researcher of Europe’s far right and a former Searchlight contributor, published his forensic 2021 study…

They came promising a show of strength. What unfolded instead was a pitiful spectacle. In Central London this afternoon, Nick…

Gemma Mattinson, the vile ‘save our kids’ Pink Lady with convictions for child cruelty, is a liar. She’s posted a…

The British National Party (BNP), for years the pre-eminent force in British far-right politics but now an irrelevant rump, is at the centre of an entertaining row as a group of former members and activists claim they are mounting a…

European fascists are mourning the death of the last man to attempt an old-school fascist coup, Lt Col Antonio Tejero…

When the Israeli football team Maccabi Tel Aviv visit Villa Park on 6 November for a Europa League fixture, there…

Try as he might to feign anger as he announces that his planned march in Whitechapel this coming weekend has…

Well-connected European nazis and extreme conspiracy theorists are under investigation after heavily-armed police raided a weapons training camp in Austria…

Last month, St Petersburg’s Mariinsky Palace — the city’s Legislative Assembly building — quietly hosted a meeting which led to…

A covert network of high-profile financiers – including diplomats, academics, lawyers, military officials, and media figures – has been secretly…

As dawn broke on 17 October 1941 in the villages of Ano Kerdyllia and Kato Kerdyllia in the Serres region…

When Anton Shekhovtsov, a Ukrainian researcher of Europe’s far right and a former Searchlight contributor, published his forensic 2021 study…

European fascists are mourning the death of the last man to attempt an old-school fascist coup, Lt Col Antonio Tejero…

When the Israeli football team Maccabi Tel Aviv visit Villa Park on 6 November for a Europa League fixture, there…

Well-connected European nazis and extreme conspiracy theorists are under investigation after heavily-armed police raided a weapons training camp in Austria…

The conviction of Brogan Stewart, a Wakefield-based neo-nazi sentenced today to 11 years for plotting terrorist attacks on mosques and synagogues, throws a spotlight on the activities of British Movement, one of the UK’s most longstanding and notorious neo-nazi outfits.…

The rise of anti-migrant protests across Britain has been frequently portrayed by organisers as the spontaneous expression of local concern,…

On October 16, 1993, a massive demonstration marched in Welling, south London, protesting against the presence there of a British…

Well, if the UKIP conference in Gloucester at the weekend was the low point of the fascist conference season, the…

Police in Manchester are threatening to crush the Britain First ‘battle bus’ unless leader Paul Golding can come up with…

Before last weekend’s UKIP conference began, Chairman Ben ‘Rogue Builder’ Walker issued strict instructions, especially to the chap filming proceedings:…

Tommy Robinson is obviously making the most of his time before his next court appearance on Monday when he will…

Great British National Protest organiser Richard Donaldson has announced that he is closing down the group’s online fundraisers. But is…

In the wake of Nathan Gill’s guilty verdict on multiple counts of bribery for taking payments in exchange for pro-Kremlin…

The May election results were a warning, if one was needed, of the danger of an insurgent Reform UK. Sarah…

On Saturday May 10, 2025, the Traditional Britain Group will host a luncheon in London to replace its annual black-tie…

Nigel Farage’s Reform UK has won control of at least seven councils in this week’s local elections. A party that…

The Home Office and UK Border Security have again turned a blind eye to militant racists entering the UK to speak at a fascist conference. Last Saturday, as Searchlight revealed a few days before the event, Jared Taylor spoke at…

Wound up, no doubt, by a relentless and increasingly violent output of anti-Islam and anti-migrant rhetoric, two fascist terrorists attacked…

So here’s how it unfolded. A week ago, British fascism’s village idiot Paul Golding drove his Britain First ‘battle bus’…

On 26 September, former Welsh Brexit Party MEP and Reform UK official Nathan Gill pleaded guilty at the Old Bailey…

Mainstream Jewish organisations in the UK have reacted angrily to an invitation to Tommy Robinson to visit Israel. The invitation…

Jodie Scott – better known online by her moniker ‘Missus Kent’ and dubbed the ‘pound shop Lily Allen – is…

Yesterday came news of a horrendous and violent attack here in Manchester. The Heaton Park Synagogue, the target for a…

Great British National Protest organiser Richard Donaldson has ramped up his allegations against other anti-migrant campaigners whom he previously accused…

A great night at the Jazz Café, Camden, on 7 April when we were transported back to the Jim Crow…

One song and two singers came to represent opposition and resistance to Hitler in the Second World War. The most beautiful…

The red triangle was in the news recently when the city of Berlin senate banned its use on activities related…

The Accidental Death of an Anarchist is a play that arose from events in December 1969, when Italian fascists bombed…

One of America’s most notorious racists has been allowed into Britain to speak at a conference staged by unrepentant nazis, several of whose followers have been jailed for terrorist offences. Jared Taylor, founder of American Renaissance, is to be star…

It was something we awaited with considerable anticipation. Ten days ago, ‘Tommy Robinson’ announced online that the following Sunday (ie…

“Well, he’s been warned” That’s what we wrote in our article only two days ago about Paul Golding and his…

Anti-migrant campaigners in Hull physically threw a rape survivor off the platform when she tried to tell the crowd she…

Roger Quilliam, a member of the UKIP NEC (representing playground-age children) has been declared the official party candidate for Caerphilly…

In what is becoming a tediously regular occurrence, Britain First managed once again to prise their so-called “battle bus” out…

Newcastle had more than its fair share of far-right wingers turning up at the weekend, with Ben Habib’s Advance UK…

Homeland – the party of ‘sensible nationalism’ led by a bloke with a swastika tattoo on his chest – assembled…

Mike Cohen was one of Britain’s great Jewish anti-fascists, whose significant contribution to the movement came through his camera lens.…

In Epping, organised fascists and their racist supporters have scored a notable victory over the last couple of weeks. The…

On 7 August last year, in response to direct fascist threats of violence against organisations helping migrants and asylum seekers,…

Let’s be under no illusions about the significance of this week’s events in Epping – this is simply the first…

Faversham in Kent has recently been the scene of some tense confrontations between anti-asylum protesters and anti-racist counter-demonstrators. And prominent amongst the far-right group have been a notorious, hardline neo-nazi and the ‘singer’ who’s been dubbed the ‘pound shop Lily…

Roberto Fiore, the leader of Italy’s far-right party Forza Nuova, has written an open letter to Pope Leo XIV urging…

Two leading far-right agitators have been arrested by police. The Dover-based online activist Steve Laws has been arrested by police…

Patriotic Alternative führer Mark Collett’s latest desperate bid for attention again puts his followers at risk of prosecution, all for…

Tommy Robinson can now settle down to his SEVENTH spell on a foreign sun lounger this year after all. While…

Well, it was all too predictable that after his rally in London last week, ‘Tommy Robinson’ would use another lump…

Election successes for AfD including their significant advances in last weekend’s local elections at various levels in North Rhein-Westphalia (NRW)…

“She’s outed herself” proclaimed the Daily Star, about “Missus Kent” the far-right songstress dubbed the “Pound shop Lily Allen”. She’s…

Last Monday was David Irving’s birthday. He celebrated it from his sickbed to which he has been confined for over…

Last week’s funeral of the far-right, schismatic Bishop Richard Williamson brought into sharp focus the longstanding connections between some ultra-conservative…

Searchlight has been reporting for several months on the increasing radicalisation of right-wing parties. Not just the obviously racist and…

To mark the anniversary of the 1938 November Pogrom, otherwise known as Kristallnacht, we reprint a special article published by…

Manchester Central Library on St Peter’s Square was recently witness to the horror of 600 racists marching behind a Britain First banner, the party’s biggest event to date. Yesterday, a smaller, more local demonstration by local people concerned about Donald…

Last weekend, citizens of North Rhein-Westphalia headed to the polls for the first local election since 2020. As Germany’s immigration…

When a 22-year-old presents himself as a seasoned business consultant with international defence sector links, eyebrows are bound to rise.…

An elderly man sits beside me in the mosque. It’s Friday, our special prayer day, and although there’s another 20…

There is just one major takeaway from yesterday’s Tommy Robinson-organised ‘Free Speech’ festival in London – 110,000 supporters of a…

Cue the celebrations at UKIP HQ – they have a local councillor. The first for some time. Well, kind of.…

On Sunday afternoon Preston in the north of England, witnessed the latest get together organised by the self-styled ‘intellectual’ journal…

A supposedly “independent” county councillor broke cover last weekend to speak at a conference in memory of the UK’s leading…

Cue the celebrations at UKIP HQ – they have a local councillor. The first for some time. Well, kind of.…

On Sunday afternoon Preston in the north of England, witnessed the latest get together organised by the self-styled ‘intellectual’ journal…

A supposedly “independent” county councillor broke cover last weekend to speak at a conference in memory of the UK’s leading…

Two prominent foreign nazis were banned from attending a high-profile far-right gathering in the UK at the weekend. The event…

Although his name is not well known outside traditionalist Catholic circles, Bishop Paul Morgan has come to occupy a pivotal…

The men of the National Rebirth Party will know that size isn’t everything. And that’s good because today’s so-called National…

Today the racist movement’s self-styled intellectual wing is again at war with itself, after the world’s leading far-right publisher sacked…

The leader of the far-right Great British National Protest has reported two prominent fellow anti-migrant campaigners to the police for…
