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Fighting against racism and fascism
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Another futile outing for Nick Tenconi’s micro-party
It was another day of futile effort by UKIP as Nick Tenconi’s party and its Yorkshire Patriot allies were outnumbered and outchanted in Leeds city centre by hundreds of anti-fascists and anti-racists. Britain’s fastest shrinking political party, marching alongside the…
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No evidence, no shame – the far‑right lie machine that terrorised Epsom
For nearly two weeks, far-right agitators and local racists fomented hate in a Surrey commuter town, driven by lies and…
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Remembering the fascist destruction of Guernica
On this day in 1937, a Monday market morning in the Basque town of Guernica ended in fire and rubble.…
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The 43 Group – when Jewish veterans took the fight to Britain’s fascists
In April, eighty years ago, a British anti-fascist organisation was founded by Jewish ex-servicemen in the aftermath of the Second…
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From Searchlight 20 years ago – putting a brake on Griffin and the BNP
This item from the Searchlight archive, an editorial published in April 2006, is self-explanatory. In the early 2000s the British…
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‘Her party is full of fascists’ – Meloni, Italy’s far right and the defeat they never accepted
Paolo Berizzi has spent 25 years tracking Italy’s neo-fascist underground. He tells Searchlight why the movement has never been more…
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Fiore and Griffin head up fascist gathering at Mussolini’s shrine
On the 25 April, the quiet, picturesque town of Predappio in Emilia Romagna, the birthplace and burial place of Benito…
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Saint George was a middle eastern rebel who belongs to everyone – except the far right
Every April, on this day, England celebrates its patron saint: a dragon-slaying hero on a white horse, his red cross…
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‘Destiny’ at 50 – a play that is ‘actually necessary’
This year sees the 50th anniversary of David Edgar’s anti-fascist play Destiny, premiered by the Royal Shakespeare Company in Stratford in 1976. The play then transferred to the Aldwych Theatre in London’s west end and was then broadcast as a…
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Danny Tommo’s racist mob runs riot in Epsom
Far-right agitators and local racists, their rage stoked by Danny Tommo, have returned to the streets of the Surrey commuter…
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The rise, the fall, and the rise again of Alan Amos
There are few political careers that have enjoyed such spectacular rises and falls as that of Alan Amos, who is…
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Banning Valentina Gomez is not only justified, it is well overdue
The Home Secretary’s decision to revoke Valentina Gomez’s visa and bar her from entering the United Kingdom is correct. She…
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Happy ‘Hitler birthday’ greetings from Rupert Lowe’s nazi mate
A white supremacist who has joined Restore Britain and been pictured alongside the party founder Rupert Lowe today sent birthday…
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Sharon Osbourne under fire for backing far‑right
Sharon Osbourne – widow of the Black Sabbath singer Ozzy Osbourne – has caused much consternation by announcing that she…
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London synagogues targeted in antisemitic arson attacks
Three Jewish sites in London have been attacked in less than a week in what counter-terrorism police are now investigating…
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All at sea: Danny Tommo’s Dover flop
Saturday’s far‑right mobilisation in Dover called by Danny Tommo fell completely flat, as might have been predicted. Tommo himself was…
International news
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Remembering the fascist destruction of Guernica
On this day in 1937, a Monday market morning in the Basque town of Guernica ended in fire and rubble.…
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‘Her party is full of fascists’ – Meloni, Italy’s far right and the defeat they never accepted
Paolo Berizzi has spent 25 years tracking Italy’s neo-fascist underground. He tells Searchlight why the movement has never been more…
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Fiore and Griffin head up fascist gathering at Mussolini’s shrine
On the 25 April, the quiet, picturesque town of Predappio in Emilia Romagna, the birthplace and burial place of Benito…
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Banning Valentina Gomez is not only justified, it is well overdue
The Home Secretary’s decision to revoke Valentina Gomez’s visa and bar her from entering the United Kingdom is correct. She…
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The resistance heroes who stopped a train to Auschwitz
On this day in 1943, for the only time anywhere in Europe during the Holocaust, members of the Belgian resistance attacked a train carrying Jews to the death camp at Auschwitz and freed many of those being shipped to the…
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London speech by far-right Polish leader cancelled
A speech in London to have been given by one of Poland’s leading far-right figures has been cancelled. Searchlight revealed…
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Britain First speechless as police seize sound system and anti-fascists seize the Square
Today was a very bad day for Britain First in Manchester – and an expensive blow to Paul Golding’s personal…
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UKIP blames police and phoney ‘antifa’ threat for Scottish election fiasco
UKIP, the party that has spent the last several years announcing its imminent revival whilst plunging into a spiral of…
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Police debunk rumours as Danny Tommo whips up disorder in Epsom
Danny Tommo – aka the former kidnapper and drug dealer Daniel Thomas – has had quite a fortnight. Banned from…
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Nazi teenager threatened mass shooting at college
A Welsh teenager who threatened to carry out a mass shooting at his college, compiled a nine-page murder manifesto and…
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Remembering Budapest’s Jews slaughtered on the banks of the Danube
Each April, at this time, Budapest confronts one of the darkest chapters in its history: the mass murder of Jews…
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‘Gimme the money’ – phone recording exposes Danny Tommo grift
An alleged recording of Danny Tommo, posted by a right-wing online agitator, appears to reveal that Tommy Robinson’s ‘Mini-Me’ was…
Research and analysis
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Second far-right Polish speaker this year at London cultural centre
A leading far-right Polish politician is due to speak in London later this month. His visit continues a concerning pattern of far-right events hosted at POSK, a Polish cultural centre in Hammersmith, by the debating group ‘Association for Independent Thought’.…
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UKIP’s Scottish election master stroke: field English candidates
As we have reported elsewhere, UKIP is running the princely total of nine candidates in England (or ten, if you…
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Died standing: Henk Sneevliet and the fight against Nazi occupation
On this day in April 1942, a 58-year-old Dutch socialist went to his death by firing squad at the Leusderheide,…
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Kent Reform’s Head of Economic Development who can’t pay his bills
David Wimble sits on Kent County Council’s Cabinet, holds seats on Folkestone and Hythe District Council and New Romney Town…
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Britain First organiser guilty of assault at hotel protest
Nick Hubble, one of the most prominent figures in Devon’s anti-migrant street protests, has been convicted of racially-aggravated assault after…
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Far-right ‘auditor’ sends rape threats to anti-racist’s family
Right-wing auditor Paul Dunbar, aka DP Audits, has sent rape threats to a pro-refugee campaigner, aimed at his wife and…
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The strongman falls: what Orbán’s rout means for Europe’s far right
Viktor Orbán’s crushing defeat in Hungary’s parliamentary election, with Peter Magyar’s Tisza party taking over 53 per cent of the…
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Wolverhampton far-right drowned out by vuvuzelas
Far-right demonstrators were met with noise and numbers in Wolverhampton yesterday when anti-fascists turned out to confront a protest at…
Culture
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‘Destiny’ at 50 – a play that is ‘actually necessary’
This year sees the 50th anniversary of David Edgar’s anti-fascist play Destiny, premiered by the Royal Shakespeare Company in Stratford…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Honks, chants and sound system greet ‘Lotus Eaters’ in Swindon
The Lotus Eaters brought their live show to Swindon’s MECA venue yesterday evening, and Swindon anti-rascists made sure they did not go unopposed. Around 30 protesters, mobilised by SUTR and armed with a sound system and an unrelenting repertoire of…
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Elections 2026: the far-right’s runners and riders
Nominations have now closed for local council and mayoral elections in England, as well as the Scottish Parliament and Welsh…
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‘Auditors’ charged after Manchester police raids
Six so-called ‘auditors’ have been arrested and charged following police raids in Manchester earlier this week. Those charged are: Chris…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Veteran nazi thug convicted 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…
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‘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…
Anti-fascism
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The 43 Group – when Jewish veterans took the fight to Britain’s fascists
In April, eighty years ago, a British anti-fascist organisation was founded by Jewish ex-servicemen in the aftermath of the Second…
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Died standing: Henk Sneevliet and the fight against Nazi occupation
On this day in April 1942, a 58-year-old Dutch socialist went to his death by firing squad at the Leusderheide,…
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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…
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“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…
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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 into Reform UK . Ben Delo, co-founder of the BitMEX trading platform, donated £4 million to Reform earlier this year…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
Holocaust
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The resistance heroes who stopped a train to Auschwitz
On this day in 1943, for the only time anywhere in Europe during the Holocaust, members of the Belgian resistance…
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Remembering Budapest’s Jews slaughtered on the banks of the Danube
Each April, at this time, Budapest confronts one of the darkest chapters in its history: the mass murder of Jews…
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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…
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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…
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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 sentenced by an appeal court in Paris to 12 months house arrest. Vincent Reynouard will be required to wear an…
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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…
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‘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…
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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…
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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”…
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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…
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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…
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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…
Today's top ten most read articles
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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’…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…