Searchlight
Fighting against racism and fascism
-
Hungary’s general election – is Viktor Orban running out of road?
Tomorrow’s Hungarian parliamentary election is being described, with some justification, as the most consequential vote anywhere in the European Union this year. Viktor Orbán, who has held political power for sixteen years since the 2010 parliamentary election, is seeking a…
-
Reform humiliated by Greens in Kent council by election
Reform UK has suffered a serious defeat in a Kent County Council by-election in what had been a safe Reform…
-
British far-right connections to the men who killed Chris Hani
On this day in 1993, Chris Hani, General Secretary of the South African Communist Party and the most popular ANC…
-
Veteran nazi thug jailed for role in Epping riots
When Phil Curson turned up outside the Bell Hotel in Epping last July, he did not come as an outraged…
-
‘Gender-change’ neo-nazi fugitive arrested in Czech Republic
Marla-Svenja Liebich, the German neo-Nazi whose cynical exploitation of Germany’s gender recognition law Searchlight reported on in January, has been…
-
Crypto billionaire quits Hong Kong to bankroll Reform UK
A billionaire cryptocurrency entrepreneur is relocating from Hong Kong to Britain with the explicit aim of funnelling millions of pounds…
-
Nazi teenager tried to buy gun for terror attack
A neo-Nazi teenager, on trial at the Old Bailey, was caught after he attempted to acquire a firearm for a…
-
When US Black nationalists joined hands with British nazis
The controversy over Kanye West’s cancelled appearance at Wireless Festival calls to mind the cases of other Black American extremists…
-
The fraudster who is Farage’s right-hand man
George Cottrell is unusual, to say the least, in British political life: a man with a serious American felony conviction who has nevertheless embedded himself as a trusted figure within Nigel Farage’s inner circle, helping fund his foreign travel and…
-
Tate brothers claim Romania victory but face mounting legal charges on three fronts
A Romanian court has lifted the remaining “judicial control” measures on Andrew and Tristan Tate, removing supervisory conditions in one…
-
Kanye’s ban is right: he needs to do more than just say sorry
The Home Office decision to ban Kanye West from entering the UK to perform at Wireless Festival is the correct…
-
Georgia police arrest thirteen more neo-nazis as crackdown continues
Georgian police have made a second round of arrests in their investigation into neo-Nazi violence in Tbilisi, detaining a further…
-
UK-linked Holocaust denier defies french court
One of the world’s most notorious Holocaust deniers – well known to UK nazis and revisionists – was last week…
-
Roberto Fiore’s pro-Putin roadshow rolls across Europe
Vladimir Putin’s intelligence service continues to use the European far right for both propaganda and terrorism. Some of the most…
-
‘Fash Harry’ in the cells – and blames ‘antifa scumbags’
The arrest warrant didn’t take long to bite. Kent anti-migrant activist ‘Fash’ Harry Hilden, who as we reported, failed to…
-
Aussie nazi leader released from jail
Australian neo-nazi activist Joel Davis has been released on bail after more than four months in what supporters branded “solitary…
International news
-
Hungary’s general election – is Viktor Orban running out of road?
Tomorrow’s Hungarian parliamentary election is being described, with some justification, as the most consequential vote anywhere in the European Union…
-
British far-right connections to the men who killed Chris Hani
On this day in 1993, Chris Hani, General Secretary of the South African Communist Party and the most popular ANC…
-
‘Gender-change’ neo-nazi fugitive arrested in Czech Republic
Marla-Svenja Liebich, the German neo-Nazi whose cynical exploitation of Germany’s gender recognition law Searchlight reported on in January, has been…
-
Far-right ‘culture warriors’ plan Vienna summit
A network of European far-right extremists is set to converge on Vienna on 11 April for a conference billed as…
-
Trump’s war on ‘antifa’ goes global
The Trump administration is planning an international summit this summer aimed at what it calls the threat posed by “antifa” and allied left-wing movements. According to Reuters, senior State Department figures are organising the gathering with the intention of building…
-
Decision time for Rupert Lowe as nazis rally behind Restore Britain
Some of the most active British nazis of the past twenty years (including convicted criminals) are rallying behind Rupert Lowe’s…
-
Australia’s far-right One Nation surges again
Pauline Hanson delivered her maiden parliamentary speech in 1996, claiming that Australia was “being swamped by Asians.” Nearly thirty years…
-
Ryan Ferguson and Harry Jackson in court over Liverpool hotel incident
Ryan Ferguson and his YouTube buddy Harry Jackson appeared before LIverpool magistrates today, denying a string of charges linked to…
-
Pipebombs, skull mask and far-right links, but convicted terrorist walks free
A 21-year-old right-winger from Bangor who downloaded terrorist documents, built improvised devices and boasted about constructing a pipebomb has been…
-
Arrest warrant issued as Kent far-right agitator goes missing
Harry Hilden, the self-styled “Warrior of Christ” and principal organiser of Kent’s anti-migrant protest scene, was due before Maidstone Magistrates’…
-
The nazi network that groomed a 13-year-old for terrorism
Last Friday the latest in a string of recent extreme-right terrorism cases concluded. A teenager aged 16 from a village…
-
Empty seats, absent leaders – but never fear, Liz Truss is here…
Liz Truss has found her people. The former Prime Minister, whose 45-day tenure in Downing Street remains a monument to…
Research and analysis
-
French elections – far right gains in small town France but blocked in cities
France’s two-round municipal elections, held on 15 and 22 March 2026, have produced a verdict on the far right that…
-
Respectability, ideology and networks – why Farage’s new adviser matters
Dr James Orr, a theologian and philosopher of religion at the University of Cambridge was last month appointed senior adviser…
-
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…
-
The Resistible Rise of Reform UK
The May election results were a warning, if one was needed, of the danger of an insurgent Reform UK. Sarah…
-
Do not feed the animals: confronting the rise of the far-right ‘auditors’
A coalition of anti-racist and anti-fascist groups is mobilising against a new wave of far-right provocateurs hiding behind the guise of “citizen journalism.” They cloak themselves in various labels – patriots, activists, journalists or, more often, “auditors” – but the…
-
Patriotic Alternative host nazi get-together in Nuneaton
While tens of thousands of anti-racists marched in London last weekend, Mark Collett and Patriotic Alternative managed to muster a…
-
French elections – far right gains in small town France but blocked in cities
France’s two-round municipal elections, held on 15 and 22 March 2026, have produced a verdict on the far right that…
-
Crossbows, swords, and ‘Zyklon B’ canister – but no charges against BM members
Nine members of the neo-Nazi British Movement have escaped prosecution following a ten-month police investigation sparked by a gathering at…
-
Together Alliance brings thousands to London to rally against the far right
If the organisers’ estimates of half a million attending are accurate, yesterday’s Together Alliance demonstration in London against the far…
-
Britain First’s ‘battle bus’ – the grift that keeps on giving
The Britain First ‘battle bus’ saga has taken yet another predictable turn, with Paul Golding now launching an online appeal…
-
“Homosexuals are not cowards” – The man who bombed the nazi files
On this day in 1943, a small group of Dutch resistance fighters carried out one of the most audacious acts…
-
Danish Election – DPP comeback as far right vote is reshuffled
Denmark’s snap general election earlier this week produced a clutch of headlines about far-right gains, but they were not as…
Culture
-
Fascist boss tries to rescue beleaguered rockabilly singer
The anti-migrant march in Faversham last November led to some unfortunate consequences for up-and-coming local musician Dylan Kirk after he…
-
Fascist singer’s London gig axed after protests
The Underworld in Camden, London, has cancelled the scheduled gig by Michale Graves, the far-right aligned American rock singer. We…
-
London venue to host US fascist singer
Next week The Underworld in Camden is scheduled to host a solo performance by Michale Graves, a musician whose early…
-
How purple-haired cartoon ‘Amelia’ became a far-right icon
Amelia was never meant to be real. She began life as a cartoon character in a government-backed game designed to…
-
Man who was ‘front and centre’ of far-right Hull riots jailed for six years
One of the leaders of the racist mob violence that engulfed Hull city centre during the riots of August 2024 was jailed for six years at Hull Crown Court earlier this week. Billy Bragger was, in the words of Judge…
-
Australian nazi leader faces trial over attack on sacred Aboriginal site
Thomas Sewell, the leader of the now-disbanded National Socialist Network (NSN), has been committed to stand trial over a violent…
-
‘Shut down’ Bristol Patriots re-emerge with new name and hospital flag stunt
Well, that didn’t last long. The far-right gang formerly known as Bristol Patriots which announced only last week it was…
-
UKIP’s only local councillor quits party after 6 months
Amid all the excitement around the walkout at County Hall in Maidstone last Thursday,it was barely noticed that among those…
-
From Searchlight 40 years ago: Blueprint for genocide
In March 1986, Searchlight magazine exposed how the National Front was peddling a blueprint for extermination written by the leader…
-
The gamechanger that wasn’t: how the Kremlin planned to rescue Orbán
Russian intelligence does not do subtlety. It does, however, do audacity, and an internal document obtained by the Washington Post…
-
Ambulance fire bombing ignites far-right antisemitism
The arson attack on four ambulances belonging to a Jewish community organization in north London, set ablaze outside a synagogue…
-
Patriotic Alternative nazi tried to kill man with axe
A member of the neo-nazi Patriotic Alternative has been convicted of attempted murder after admitting trying to cut a man’s…
Anti-fascism
-
Together Alliance brings thousands to London to rally against the far right
If the organisers’ estimates of half a million attending are accurate, yesterday’s Together Alliance demonstration in London against the far…
-
“Homosexuals are not cowards” – The man who bombed the nazi files
On this day in 1943, a small group of Dutch resistance fighters carried out one of the most audacious acts…
-
Obituary: Leon Greenman
Auschwitz survivor and lifelong anti-fascist campaigner Leon Greenman died on this day in 2008. This obituary, in Searchlight, was written…
-
The 22 martyrs of Plötzensee: remembering the anti-nazi Baum Group
In the heart of Hitler’s Berlin, a small group of young Jewish men and women chose to fight back. On…
-
Joe Louis and the battle for civil rights
Joe Louis, who held the world heavyweight boxing title from 1937 to 1949, is remembered today chiefly as a sporting legend. His life as a racial justice pioneer has been all but forgotten. And on this day in 1944, he…
-
Liverpool inflicts another crushing defeat on UKIP
The definition of insanity is to keep doing the same thing and hoping for different results. Somebody needs to tell…
-
Neo-nazi leader and Capitol rioter held on gun charges
The FBI has arrested Mathew David Bair, a leading member of the neo-Nazi accelerationist network Injekt Division, and convicted of…
-
Tommy Robinson’s grand tour of America’s anti-democratic right
Tommy Robinson has spent much of late February and March touring the United States, and it has revealed much about…
-
Danny Tommo says ‘F*** Israel’ as Tommy Robinson woos Zionist right in America
One of the latest stops on Tommy Robinson’s U.S. tour was a swanky gala hosted by the right-wing Zionist Organization…
-
Australian nazis in court over Anzac Day disruption
Three members of Australia’s neo-Nazi National Socialist Network (NSN) are to contest charges arising from their disruption of a dawn…
-
Kent’s Reform council defies election law with migrant emergency motion
Reform UK’s Kent County councillors have declared an “illegal migration emergency” in the county despite warnings that to do so…
-
How the American far right divides over Iran war
On 28 February the U.S. and Israel launched a joint attack on Iran, an ongoing bombing campaign that has already…
Holocaust
-
UK-linked Holocaust denier defies french court
One of the world’s most notorious Holocaust deniers – well known to UK nazis and revisionists – was last week…
-
Nazi publisher hit by raids across Europe
One of Europe’s most active nazi publishers has been hit by coordinated police raids in Germany, Poland, and Spain. Der…
-
Obituary: Leon Greenman
Auschwitz survivor and lifelong anti-fascist campaigner Leon Greenman died on this day in 2008. This obituary, in Searchlight, was written…
-
War criminal exposed by Searchlight will face trial posthumously
The Supreme Court of Belarus has announced that it will begin criminal proceedings against Antanas Gecevičius, better known in Scotland…
-
Pirate ship rebel hosts far-right fight club
Growing up in the noughties and 2010s, I remember being told about the dangers of violent video games. Everybody from mainstream media to worried parents would wag the finger at ratings agencies, for allowing the youth of the day to…
-
UKIP’s Liverpool ‘March for Jesus’ condemned by city’s Christians
This Saturday, the streets of Liverpool are set to witness a deeply polarizing spectacle. Nick Tenconi, the leader of UKIP,…
-
Restore councillor shares antisemitic, racist post
A local councillor who recently defected from Reform UK to Restore Britain shared a post on X containing the N-word…
-
Reform council’s ‘illegal migration emergency’ motion pulled in row over election rules
A Reform UK motion to declare an “Illegal Migration Emergency in Kent” has been pulled from tomorrow’s Kent County Council…
-
Restore Britain and Advance UK in ‘full tilt’ feud
The far right’s much-hoped-for populist right realignment, meant to fuse Ben Habib’s Advance UK and Rupert Lowe’s Restore Britain, has…
-
National Rebirth Party exits stage right as theatre throws them out
The National Rebirth Party had been promising their first national meeting of 2026 for weeks. Venue: somewhere in the West…
-
The French far right and the martyrdom of a nazi street thug
When Quentin Deranque died on 14 February, two days after suffering catastrophic head injuries in a street fight in Lyon,…
-
The man whose ‘nice debate’ meant police protection for a woman MP
Meet Alex Jardine. He’s very unhappy at the moment because he’s found himself at the centre of controversy. Hardly surprising…
Today's top ten most read articles
-
National Rebirth Party exits stage right as theatre throws them out
The National Rebirth Party had been promising their first national meeting of 2026 for weeks. Venue: somewhere in the West…
-
The French far right and the martyrdom of a nazi street thug
When Quentin Deranque died on 14 February, two days after suffering catastrophic head injuries in a street fight in Lyon,…
-
The man whose ‘nice debate’ meant police protection for a woman MP
Meet Alex Jardine. He’s very unhappy at the moment because he’s found himself at the centre of controversy. Hardly surprising…
-
The promise that never was: Nigel Farage and the art of barefaced denial
It’s a script Nigel Farage knows well. Candidates or causes closely linked to him, perhaps even bearing his name and…
-
Nazi publisher hit by raids across Europe
One of Europe’s most active nazi publishers has been hit by coordinated police raids in Germany, Poland, and Spain. Der…
-
Isabel Peralta escapes arrest as nazis disrupt Women’s Day march in Madrid
Isabel Peralta, one of Spain’s most prominent neo-Nazi activists, and closely linked to UK nazis, was at the centre of…
-
Heil and farewell – how Ryan Ferguson shut down the Bristol Patriots
Just days after their humiliating “March for Unity”, in which a paltry 40 far-right activists required the protection of more…
-
Grifters and gobshites – far right’s chaotic failure in Ramsgate
Last Saturday (7 March) the amorphous far-right ecosystem in the south of England pulled off the feat of staging a…