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Anti-immigration campaigner admits killing retired soldier in Ireland
Read the story: Anti-immigration campaigner admits killing retired soldier in IrelandWeeks after addressing an anti-immigration gathering in Limerick, Philip Ambrose struck 72-year-old army veteran Michael Hayes over the head with a bottle, killing him. He has pleaded guilty to manslaughter.
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Read the story: From Searchlight 30 years ago: Searchlight campaign rocks nazi music scene
From Searchlight 30 years ago: Searchlight campaign rocks nazi music scene
In the 1990s nazi music financed fascist organising and fuelled vicious battles over its profits. From our November 1996 archive, we revisit Searchlight’s campaign to expose the manufacturers, dealers and distributors keeping the trade alive.
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Read the story: Flagger-in-chief Ryan Bridge back from Somalia to face British justice
Flagger-in-chief Ryan Bridge back from Somalia to face British justice
Raise the Colours founder Ryan Bridge returned from house arrest in Somalia to deny criminal charges in Oxford, and then try to see off Birmingham council’s attempt to stop his flagging activities .
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Read the story: Suspected neo-nazis desecrate Soviet war cemetery in Netherlands for second time
Suspected neo-nazis desecrate Soviet war cemetery in Netherlands for second time
A Dutch war cemetery containing the graves of 865 Soviet victims of Nazism has been vandalised again, following an earlier attack featuring explicitly neo-nazi slogans.
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Read the story: German anti-fascists prevent neo-nazi firebomb attack on refugee shelter
German anti-fascists prevent neo-nazi firebomb attack on refugee shelter
Anti-fascist investigators confronted a 15-year-old neo-nazi carrying petrol to attack a refugee shelter, just a day after police had searched his home but made no arrest
Keywords: Germany
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Read the story: AY Audits’ battle bus ‘migrant hunt’ ends with entry ban and train home
AY Audits’ battle bus ‘migrant hunt’ ends with entry ban and train home
AY Audits and four fellow ‘migrant hunters’ arrived in France, full of bluster, aboard their fortified battle bus. After arrests, financial penalties and a six-month exclusion order, they were packed off home on a train.
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Read the story: White Vanguard nazis behind attack on left-wing bookshop in London
White Vanguard nazis behind attack on left-wing bookshop in London
Members of the neo-nazi White Vanguard targeted London’s Freedom Bookshop on Saturday, with one person physically attacked and passers-by harassed
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Read the story: Manchester mobilisation leaves far right outnumbered, divided and going nowhere
Manchester mobilisation leaves far right outnumbered, divided and going nowhere
Hundreds of anti-fascists outnumbered and outmanoeuvred Manchester’s far right on Saturday, exposing the gulf between its online boasts and street support. But their miserable turnout does not mean the threat has disappeared.
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Read the story: Raise the Colours boss Ryan Bridge detained in Somalia days before UK court appearance
Raise the Colours boss Ryan Bridge detained in Somalia days before UK court appearance
Raise the Colours founder Ryan Bridge has been detained in Somalia, with his recording equipment confiscated, just days before he is due to appear in a British court facing 14 criminal charges.
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Read the story: Australian neo-nazi leader pleads guilty over attack on Aboriginal camp
Australian neo-nazi leader pleads guilty over attack on Aboriginal camp
National Socialist Network founder admits violent disorder after a gang of black-clad extremists stormed a sacred Indigenous site in Melbourne, injuring five people.
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Read the story: Anti-immigration campaigner admits killing retired soldier in Ireland
Anti-immigration campaigner admits killing retired soldier in Ireland
Weeks after addressing an anti-immigration gathering in Limerick, Philip Ambrose struck 72-year-old army veteran Michael Hayes over the head with a bottle, killing him. He has pleaded guilty to manslaughter.
Category: International
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Read the story: Suspected neo-nazis desecrate Soviet war cemetery in Netherlands for second time
Suspected neo-nazis desecrate Soviet war cemetery in Netherlands for second time
A Dutch war cemetery containing the graves of 865 Soviet victims of Nazism has been vandalised again, following an earlier attack featuring explicitly neo-nazi slogans.
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Read the story: German anti-fascists prevent neo-nazi firebomb attack on refugee shelter
German anti-fascists prevent neo-nazi firebomb attack on refugee shelter
Anti-fascist investigators confronted a 15-year-old neo-nazi carrying petrol to attack a refugee shelter, just a day after police had searched his home but made no arrest
Keywords: Germany
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Read the story: Australian neo-nazi leader pleads guilty over attack on Aboriginal camp
Australian neo-nazi leader pleads guilty over attack on Aboriginal camp
National Socialist Network founder admits violent disorder after a gang of black-clad extremists stormed a sacred Indigenous site in Melbourne, injuring five people.
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Read the story: Outrage in Austria as neo-nazi is acquitted and judge wishes him happy birthday
Outrage in Austria as neo-nazi is acquitted and judge wishes him happy birthday
An Austrian court has sparked outrage after acquitting a prominent neo-nazi activist of displaying banned nazi symbols, with the presiding judge twice wishing him a happy birthday.
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Read the story: Tear gas and arrests as Greek anti-fascists protest against neo-nazi leader’s political comeback
Tear gas and arrests as Greek anti-fascists protest against neo-nazi leader’s political comeback
Greek riot police used tear gas and detained protesters in Thessaloniki as anti-fascists demonstrated against an appearance by convicted Golden Dawn leader Ilias Kasidiaris, recently released from prison.
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Read the story: First man charged in investigation into attacks on Greater Manchester homes
First man charged in investigation into attacks on Greater Manchester homes
Police investigating a series of attacks on homes in Greater Manchester have charged a man over two alleged incidents at a Salford property.
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Read the story: France bans international far-right conference with Restore Britain speakers
France bans international far-right conference with Restore Britain speakers
French authorities have prohibited the Paris-area gathering where Restore Britain’s Charlie Downes and Lucy White were advertised to speak alongside other European far-right extremists
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Read the story: Far-right ‘auditor’ Anthony Barnes arrested in Calais after ‘migrant hunt’ confrontation
Far-right ‘auditor’ Anthony Barnes arrested in Calais after ‘migrant hunt’ confrontation
Anthony Barnes, known online as the far-right AY Audits, was arrested with four others during an anti-migrant filming trip in northern France. They were held overnight. and appeared in court this morning
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Read the story: Theatre review: Orwell – the Road to 1984, by Guy Smith
Theatre review: Orwell – the Road to 1984, by Guy Smith
Guy Smith’s solo play traces the experiences that shaped George Orwell’s writing, from colonial Burma to revolutionary Spain, restoring the democratic socialist politics too often lost when his warnings are misappropriated
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Read the story: How Rupert Lowe’s Restore Britain cult is causing havoc in the UK’s far right
How Rupert Lowe’s Restore Britain cult is causing havoc in the UK’s far right
The UK’s far right has been thrown into confusion and bitter recriminations after Rupert Lowe decided to bet the house (or rather the future of…
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Read the story: French elections – far right gains in small town France but blocked in cities
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 is simultaneously a record performance…
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Read the story: Respectability, ideology and networks – why Farage’s new adviser matters
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 to Nigel Farage and the…
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Read the story: Farage, Reform and the ‘Russia question’ that won’t go away
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 messaging, attention inevitably turns to…
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Read the story: Theatre review: 1984, by George Orwell, adapted by Chris Hannan
Theatre review: 1984, by George Orwell, adapted by Chris Hannan
Chris Hannan’s visceral adaptation of Orwell’s classic has divided critics over its contemporary relevance. But its violence, mob fury and assault on truth offer disturbing echoes of the world outside the theatre.
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Read the story: Restore Britain delegates join European extremists at ‘remigration’ conference
Restore Britain delegates join European extremists at ‘remigration’ conference
Rupert Lowe’s party is sending two representatives to an international conference on “remigration” organised by a veteran French far-right ideologue, amid demands for the event to be banned.
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Read the story: Paul Golding applies to join far-right martyrs’ club – for a motoring offence
Paul Golding applies to join far-right martyrs’ club – for a motoring offence
The Britain First leader has likened his forthcoming court appearance to the serious legal troubles of other far-right figures. like Tommy Robinson and Danny Tommo. But he’s left out one small detail…
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Read the story: Spain’s far-right Vox puts former neo-nazi leader on election slate
Spain’s far-right Vox puts former neo-nazi leader on election slate
Spain’s far-right Vox party has selected a former neo-nazi leader and a politician convicted of domestic abuse among its candidates for next month’s general election, as opinion polls suggest it could double its parliamentary representation.
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Read the story: Tommy Robinson guilty of targeting journalists, now faces prison again
Tommy Robinson guilty of targeting journalists, now faces prison again
A jury has convicted Tommy Robinson of harassing two journalists with threatening calls, private surveillance and social media posts targeting the reporters and their families.
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Read the story: German neo-nazi terrorist denied early release and must remain in prison until 2035
German neo-nazi terrorist denied early release and must remain in prison until 2035
Beate Zschäpe, the surviving member of Germany’s murderous National Socialist Underground, has failed in her bid for early release. The ruling follows protests by victims’ families, who accuse her of withholding the truth about the terrorist network.
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Read the story: Theatre review: Orwell – the Road to 1984, by Guy Smith
Theatre review: Orwell – the Road to 1984, by Guy Smith
Guy Smith’s solo play traces the experiences that shaped George Orwell’s writing, from colonial Burma to revolutionary Spain, restoring the democratic socialist politics too often lost when his warnings are misappropriated
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Read the story: Theatre review: 1984, by George Orwell, adapted by Chris Hannan
Theatre review: 1984, by George Orwell, adapted by Chris Hannan
Chris Hannan’s visceral adaptation of Orwell’s classic has divided critics over its contemporary relevance. But its violence, mob fury and assault on truth offer disturbing echoes of the world outside the theatre.
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Read the story: Peekskill 1949 – ‘The first great open manifestation of American fascism’
Peekskill 1949 – ‘The first great open manifestation of American fascism’
This week marks the anniversary of a historic stand against American fascism, at Peekskill, NY, in 1949. And at the heart of it was the great black American singer, Paul Robeson.
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Read the story: The voice they tried to erase: Maria Tănase and the Romanian Iron Guard
The voice they tried to erase: Maria Tănase and the Romanian Iron Guard
The Romanian Iron Guard tried to erase Maria Tănase’s recordings because of her Jewish associations. Instead, the country’s greatest singer survived fascism, dictatorship and censorship to become a national icon.
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Read the story: Reform councillor at rally organised by antisemites with neo-nazi guest speaker
Reform councillor at rally organised by antisemites with neo-nazi guest speaker
Reform UK’s Paul Chamberlain has been identified at the Kent Nationalist Movement’s weekend rally, where organisers promoted antisemitic conspiracies and hardcore neo-nazi Ryan Turner was the star speaker
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Read the story: Flagging fortunes: Ryan Bridge faces a £48,000 bill and a mountain of legal woes
Flagging fortunes: Ryan Bridge faces a £48,000 bill and a mountain of legal woes
The Raise the Colours founder says he has received £48,000 in legal invoices after a High Court case over his flagging campaign. More court hearings are on the way
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Read the story: God’s machine gunner -Patriot Platform activist’s Turkey shoot
God’s machine gunner -Patriot Platform activist’s Turkey shoot
He harasses migrants in Calais and poses with guns in Turkey. Greater Manchester Patriots’ loudmouth Dec Lea offers his own peculiar interpretation of Christian values,
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Read the story: Mein Kampf and weapons found at home of alleged Paris-area shooter
Mein Kampf and weapons found at home of alleged Paris-area shooter
French anti-terrorism prosecutors are examining a possible racist motive after shootings near Paris killed one person and injured seven. Police reportedly found weapons, an explosive device and Mein Kampf at the suspect’s home.
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Read the story: Hate pays: YouTube faces questions over millions earned from hateful content
Hate pays: YouTube faces questions over millions earned from hateful content
Research published today estimates hate speech on YouTube channels could generate $13.3 million this year, as advertising insiders accuse their industry of bankrolling racist, homophobic and misogynistic influencers.
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Read the story: Another fine mess: Britain First falls foul of Electoral Commission yet again
Another fine mess: Britain First falls foul of Electoral Commission yet again
Britain First has been fined twice in five weeks by the Electoral Commission, bringing its latest penalties to £8,550. And, of course, Paul Golding’s hapless members will be asked to stump up again for his incompetence
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Read the story: Remembering the Jewish volunteers who fought fascism in Spain
Remembering the Jewish volunteers who fought fascism in Spain
As part of the Jewish community’s contribution to commemorating the 90th anniversary of Cable St, historian Martin Sugarman delivered a passionate account of the often overlooked Jewish contribution to the International Brigades
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Read the story: Cable Street at 90: the day the East End stopped Mosley
Cable Street at 90: the day the East End stopped Mosley
First published in Searchlight in October 1996 to mark Cable Street’s 60th anniversary, this article recalls the resistance that stopped Mosley’s Blackshirts, with testimony from two men who were there.
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Read the story: 90 years on: the volunteers who went to Spain to fight fascism
90 years on: the volunteers who went to Spain to fight fascism
Ninety years ago, volunteers from Britain and across the world answered the call to defend the Spanish Republic against Franco. Today, the International Brigades remain a powerful example of international anti-fascist solidarity.
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Read the story: Remembering the defeat of Blood & Honour at the Battle of Waterloo
Remembering the defeat of Blood & Honour at the Battle of Waterloo
On this day in 1992, hundreds of anti-fascists fought with Blood & Honour on their way to a nazi gig. It was the biggest confrontation with the far right since the Battle of Lewisham and inflicted lasting damage on the nazi movement
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Read the story: Deported neo-nazi takes centre stage at Kent anti-immigration outing
Deported neo-nazi takes centre stage at Kent anti-immigration outing
Ryan Turner’s appearance at Saturday’s Kent Nationalist Movement’s Herne Bay rally exposed its growing links with Britain’s hardcore neo-nazis, with speakers peddling antisemitic conspiracies and supporters shouting nazi slogans.
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Read the story: Teenage neo-nazi inspired by Christchurch killer admits terror offences
Teenage neo-nazi inspired by Christchurch killer admits terror offences
An 18-year-old white supremacist from Greater Manchester who glorified notorious far-right mass murderers and wrote a manifesto contemplating a firearms attack has admitted twelve terrorism and hate offences.
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Read the story: Ashlea Simon arrested as police investigate wave of attacks on Greater Manchester homes
Ashlea Simon arrested as police investigate wave of attacks on Greater Manchester homes
Former Britain First co-leader Ashlea Simon has been arrested as Greater Manchester Police investigate a wave of attacks on homes across Salford and neighbouring areas.
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Read the story: Masked far-right gang attacks socialist meeting in Glasgow
Masked far-right gang attacks socialist meeting in Glasgow
Around 20 masked fascists tried to break into a Glasgow SWP meeting attended by striking university workers, in the latest incident of growing extremist aggression in the city .
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Read the story: Fatal shooting in Paris suburbs investigated as racist terror attack
Fatal shooting in Paris suburbs investigated as racist terror attack
A 12-year-old girl was among five people injured when a gunman launched a deadly shooting spree west of Paris, apparently targeting victims because of their race or perceived religion.
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Read the story: Turning Point UK’s leader caught in murder-for-hire sting
Turning Point UK’s leader caught in murder-for-hire sting
An undercover investigation has exposed the sinister underworld connections of Turning Point UK boss Jack Ross, who was filmed apparently brokering contract killings through a convicted criminal linked to the UVF.
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Read the story: 33,000 Jews murdered in two days: Babi Yar remembered 85 years on
33,000 Jews murdered in two days: Babi Yar remembered 85 years on
Ukraine’s president joined representatives of Germany and Israel this week to commemorate one of the Holocaust’s worst atrocities, when Nazi death squads murdered more than 33,000 Jews in just two days.
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Read the story: French Holocaust denier who hid in UK for years is jailed again
French Holocaust denier who hid in UK for years is jailed again
Vincent Reynouard, the French nazi who spent years hiding in London and Scotland before his 2024 extradition to France, has been jailed for a year over articles denying the Holocaust and other nazi crimes
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Read the story: The resistance heroes who stopped a train to Auschwitz
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…
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Read the story: Remembering Budapest’s Jews slaughtered on the banks of the Danube
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 from the city’s ghetto in…
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Read the story: Monopoly Manor meets Patriot Platform: Andover’s far-right vulgarian
Monopoly Manor meets Patriot Platform: Andover’s far-right vulgarian
Money may buy flashy cars and a mansion, but it cannot buy class. Andover insurance businessman Joel Kirby, prominent in the local ‘patriot’ group, rather proves the point.
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Read the story: Concentration camps, summary executions and lies to the voters: the ugly truth behind Reform’s polished image
Concentration camps, summary executions and lies to the voters: the ugly truth behind Reform’s polished image
ITV’s devastating undercover investigation exposed the hatred and violent fantasies lurking within Nigel Farage’s party, along with a cynical determination to conceal its true politics from voters.
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Read the story: Far-right Walter Mitty plots BNP revival that not even Nick Griffin wants
Far-right Walter Mitty plots BNP revival that not even Nick Griffin wants
Far-right YouTuber Simon Tomlin has grand plans to bring the British National Party back from the dead, with help from a former National Front chairman. Even Nick Griffin says he’s a fantasist.
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Read the story: Yerbury’s NRP conference ends with arrests in city centre pub
Yerbury’s NRP conference ends with arrests in city centre pub
Alek Yerbury’s latest gathering offered the familiar spectacle of uniforms, banners and speeches. An alleged pub altercation afterwards provided rather more excitement than the conference itself.
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Read the story: Remembering the Jewish volunteers who fought fascism in Spain
Remembering the Jewish volunteers who fought fascism in Spain
As part of the Jewish community’s contribution to commemorating the 90th anniversary of Cable St, historian Martin Sugarman delivered a passionate account of the often overlooked Jewish contribution to the International Brigades
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Read the story: Reform fumes as Restore splits the vote – and Rupert Lowe celebrates
Reform fumes as Restore splits the vote – and Rupert Lowe celebrates
Two narrow Labour victories have sparked fury among Reform UK supporters, who blame Rupert Lowe’s Restore Britain for splitting the right-wing vote. But Lowe is celebrating, and his supporters are in no mood to apologise.
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Read the story: Patriotic Alternative’s village hall jamboree: no big names, just same old has-beens
Patriotic Alternative’s village hall jamboree: no big names, just same old has-beens
Once able to attract notorious international fascists, Patriotic Alternative’s annual conference this year was a distinctly downmarket affair, with familiar homegrown faces providing the entertainment at a Nottinghamshire village hall.
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Read the story: Yerbury’s NRP conference ends with arrests in city centre pub
Yerbury’s NRP conference ends with arrests in city centre pub
Alek Yerbury’s latest gathering offered the familiar spectacle of uniforms, banners and speeches. An alleged pub altercation afterwards provided rather more excitement than the conference itself.
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Read the story: Remembering the Jewish volunteers who fought fascism in Spain
Remembering the Jewish volunteers who fought fascism in Spain
As part of the Jewish community’s contribution to commemorating the 90th anniversary of Cable St, historian Martin Sugarman delivered a passionate account of the often overlooked Jewish contribution to the International Brigades
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Read the story: Reform fumes as Restore splits the vote – and Rupert Lowe celebrates
Reform fumes as Restore splits the vote – and Rupert Lowe celebrates
Two narrow Labour victories have sparked fury among Reform UK supporters, who blame Rupert Lowe’s Restore Britain for splitting the right-wing vote. But Lowe is celebrating, and his supporters are in no mood to apologise.
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Read the story: Patriotic Alternative’s village hall jamboree: no big names, just same old has-beens
Patriotic Alternative’s village hall jamboree: no big names, just same old has-beens
Once able to attract notorious international fascists, Patriotic Alternative’s annual conference this year was a distinctly downmarket affair, with familiar homegrown faces providing the entertainment at a Nottinghamshire village hall.
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Read the story: Neo-nazi’s planned temple massacre only thwarted when gun jammed
Neo-nazi’s planned temple massacre only thwarted when gun jammed
A 19-year-old self-proclaimed neo-nazi has been charged with plotting a racially motivated massacre at a Hindu temple near Chicago. Prosecutors say only a malfunctioning rifle prevented the attack.
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Read the story: ITV blows up Reform UK racism with undercover sting
ITV blows up Reform UK racism with undercover sting
For years, Searchlight has exposed the racists and extremists finding a home in Reform UK. Now, a devastating ITV investigation reveals just how deeply the rot has spread.
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Read the story: Patriot Platform finds another Christian convert in Basingstoke – one who works for the Church
Patriot Platform finds another Christian convert in Basingstoke – one who works for the Church
As Danny Tommo’s followers seek Christian respectability, a Hampshire affiliate has found a willing guest in a Church of England employee with his own evangelical ministry.
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Read the story: British neo-nazis turn up in Ukraine war zone after journey through Poland
British neo-nazis turn up in Ukraine war zone after journey through Poland
Members of Britain’s fractious neo-nazi movement have turned up in the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv, just 30 kilometres from Russia, where air attacks are an everyday danger and the surrounding region remains an active battlefield
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Read the story: Patriot Platform’s doxxers-in-chief: Anthony Barnes and Young Bob strike again
Patriot Platform’s doxxers-in-chief: Anthony Barnes and Young Bob strike again
They promise to protect their comrades’ identities, then livestream their unmasked faces. Meet Anthony Barnes and ‘Young Bob’, Patriot Platform’s very own doxxers-in-chief.
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Read the story: Soldier linked to Patriotic Alternative jailed for terror offences as MI5 chief warns of far-right threat
Soldier linked to Patriotic Alternative jailed for terror offences as MI5 chief warns of far-right threat
Just a day after Britain’s security chief warned of the growing far-right terrorist threat, a British Army soldier with links to Patriotic Alternative and convicted neo-nazi terrorists was jailed.
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Read the story: Tommo ally sinks even lower with sickening response to alleged assault victim
Tommo ally sinks even lower with sickening response to alleged assault victim
South London Patriots activist Darrell Lavender has escalated his abuse of Essex anti-migrant campaigner Holly England, telling the woman who alleges she was violently assaulted that he thinks hitting her is acceptable.
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Read the story: New Zealand neo-nazi soldier exposed as would-be spy for foreign power
New Zealand neo-nazi soldier exposed as would-be spy for foreign power
A former New Zealand soldier convicted of attempted espionage has finally been identified as a founding figure in the country’s organised neo-nazi movement with connections to three extremist groups.
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Read the story: Wheels coming off – Paul Golding faces driving ban over battle bus farce
Wheels coming off – Paul Golding faces driving ban over battle bus farce
After repeated police seizures and expensive appeals to supporters, the consequences of Paul Golding’s childish antics with the Britain First ‘battle bus’ may finally be catching up with him
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Read the story: 20 year sentence for leader of neo-nazi cult that tortured girls online
20 year sentence for leader of neo-nazi cult that tortured girls online
A 29-year-old neo-nazi has been jailed for 20 years for orchestrating an international network of child sexual exploitation, torture and blackmail involving victims from Britain, Europe and America.
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Read the story: Why did police look for Young Bob at his family home? It’s hardly a mystery
Why did police look for Young Bob at his family home? It’s hardly a mystery
Far-right influencer Young Bob is furious that police visited his family home. He insists he doesn’t even live there. Fortunately, the mystery has a rather straightforward explanation.
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Read the story: Far-right rally puts paid to Bristol cancer charity walk
Far-right rally puts paid to Bristol cancer charity walk
A Cancer Research UK fundraising walk involving 2,000 people had to be called off when far-right activists in Bristol refused to move their rally
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Anti-immigration campaigner admits killing retired soldier in Ireland
Read the story: Anti-immigration campaigner admits killing retired soldier in IrelandWeeks after addressing an anti-immigration gathering in Limerick, Philip Ambrose struck 72-year-old army veteran Michael Hayes over the head with a bottle, killing him. He has pleaded guilty to manslaughter.
Category: International
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From Searchlight 30 years ago: Searchlight campaign rocks nazi music scene
Read the story: From Searchlight 30 years ago: Searchlight campaign rocks nazi music sceneIn the 1990s nazi music financed fascist organising and fuelled vicious battles over its profits. From our November 1996 archive, we revisit Searchlight’s campaign to expose the manufacturers, dealers and distributors keeping the trade alive.
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Flagger-in-chief Ryan Bridge back from Somalia to face British justice
Read the story: Flagger-in-chief Ryan Bridge back from Somalia to face British justiceRaise the Colours founder Ryan Bridge returned from house arrest in Somalia to deny criminal charges in Oxford, and then try to see off Birmingham council’s attempt to stop his flagging activities .
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Suspected neo-nazis desecrate Soviet war cemetery in Netherlands for second time
Read the story: Suspected neo-nazis desecrate Soviet war cemetery in Netherlands for second timeA Dutch war cemetery containing the graves of 865 Soviet victims of Nazism has been vandalised again, following an earlier attack featuring explicitly neo-nazi slogans.
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German anti-fascists prevent neo-nazi firebomb attack on refugee shelter
Read the story: German anti-fascists prevent neo-nazi firebomb attack on refugee shelterAnti-fascist investigators confronted a 15-year-old neo-nazi carrying petrol to attack a refugee shelter, just a day after police had searched his home but made no arrest
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AY Audits’ battle bus ‘migrant hunt’ ends with entry ban and train home
Read the story: AY Audits’ battle bus ‘migrant hunt’ ends with entry ban and train homeAY Audits and four fellow ‘migrant hunters’ arrived in France, full of bluster, aboard their fortified battle bus. After arrests, financial penalties and a six-month exclusion order, they were packed off home on a train.
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White Vanguard nazis behind attack on left-wing bookshop in London
Read the story: White Vanguard nazis behind attack on left-wing bookshop in LondonMembers of the neo-nazi White Vanguard targeted London’s Freedom Bookshop on Saturday, with one person physically attacked and passers-by harassed
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Read the story: Anti-immigration campaigner admits killing retired soldier in Ireland
Anti-immigration campaigner admits killing retired soldier in Ireland
Weeks after addressing an anti-immigration gathering in Limerick, Philip Ambrose struck 72-year-old army veteran Michael Hayes over the head with a bottle, killing him. He has pleaded guilty to manslaughter.
Category: International
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Read the story: Suspected neo-nazis desecrate Soviet war cemetery in Netherlands for second time
Suspected neo-nazis desecrate Soviet war cemetery in Netherlands for second time
A Dutch war cemetery containing the graves of 865 Soviet victims of Nazism has been vandalised again, following an earlier attack featuring explicitly neo-nazi slogans.
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Read the story: German anti-fascists prevent neo-nazi firebomb attack on refugee shelter
German anti-fascists prevent neo-nazi firebomb attack on refugee shelter
Anti-fascist investigators confronted a 15-year-old neo-nazi carrying petrol to attack a refugee shelter, just a day after police had searched his home but made no arrest
Keywords: Germany
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Read the story: Australian neo-nazi leader pleads guilty over attack on Aboriginal camp
Australian neo-nazi leader pleads guilty over attack on Aboriginal camp
National Socialist Network founder admits violent disorder after a gang of black-clad extremists stormed a sacred Indigenous site in Melbourne, injuring five people.
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Manchester mobilisation leaves far right outnumbered, divided and going nowhere
Read the story: Manchester mobilisation leaves far right outnumbered, divided and going nowhereHundreds of anti-fascists outnumbered and outmanoeuvred Manchester’s far right on Saturday, exposing the gulf between its online boasts and street support. But their miserable turnout does not mean the threat has disappeared.
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Raise the Colours boss Ryan Bridge detained in Somalia days before UK court appearance
Read the story: Raise the Colours boss Ryan Bridge detained in Somalia days before UK court appearanceRaise the Colours founder Ryan Bridge has been detained in Somalia, with his recording equipment confiscated, just days before he is due to appear in a British court facing 14 criminal charges.
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Australian neo-nazi leader pleads guilty over attack on Aboriginal camp
Read the story: Australian neo-nazi leader pleads guilty over attack on Aboriginal campNational Socialist Network founder admits violent disorder after a gang of black-clad extremists stormed a sacred Indigenous site in Melbourne, injuring five people.
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Outrage in Austria as neo-nazi is acquitted and judge wishes him happy birthday
Read the story: Outrage in Austria as neo-nazi is acquitted and judge wishes him happy birthdayAn Austrian court has sparked outrage after acquitting a prominent neo-nazi activist of displaying banned nazi symbols, with the presiding judge twice wishing him a happy birthday.
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Tear gas and arrests as Greek anti-fascists protest against neo-nazi leader’s political comeback
Read the story: Tear gas and arrests as Greek anti-fascists protest against neo-nazi leader’s political comebackGreek riot police used tear gas and detained protesters in Thessaloniki as anti-fascists demonstrated against an appearance by convicted Golden Dawn leader Ilias Kasidiaris, recently released from prison.
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First man charged in investigation into attacks on Greater Manchester homes
Read the story: First man charged in investigation into attacks on Greater Manchester homesPolice investigating a series of attacks on homes in Greater Manchester have charged a man over two alleged incidents at a Salford property.
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Read the story: How Rupert Lowe’s Restore Britain cult is causing havoc in the UK’s far right
How Rupert Lowe’s Restore Britain cult is causing havoc in the UK’s far right
The UK’s far right has been thrown into confusion and bitter recriminations after Rupert Lowe decided to bet the house (or rather the future of…
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Read the story: French elections – far right gains in small town France but blocked in cities
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 is simultaneously a record performance…
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Read the story: Respectability, ideology and networks – why Farage’s new adviser matters
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 to Nigel Farage and the…
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Read the story: Farage, Reform and the ‘Russia question’ that won’t go away
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 messaging, attention inevitably turns to…
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France bans international far-right conference with Restore Britain speakers
Read the story: France bans international far-right conference with Restore Britain speakersFrench authorities have prohibited the Paris-area gathering where Restore Britain’s Charlie Downes and Lucy White were advertised to speak alongside other European far-right extremists
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Far-right ‘auditor’ Anthony Barnes arrested in Calais after ‘migrant hunt’ confrontation
Read the story: Far-right ‘auditor’ Anthony Barnes arrested in Calais after ‘migrant hunt’ confrontationAnthony Barnes, known online as the far-right AY Audits, was arrested with four others during an anti-migrant filming trip in northern France. They were held overnight. and appeared in court this morning
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Theatre review: Orwell – the Road to 1984, by Guy Smith
Read the story: Theatre review: Orwell – the Road to 1984, by Guy SmithGuy Smith’s solo play traces the experiences that shaped George Orwell’s writing, from colonial Burma to revolutionary Spain, restoring the democratic socialist politics too often lost when his warnings are misappropriated
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Theatre review: 1984, by George Orwell, adapted by Chris Hannan
Read the story: Theatre review: 1984, by George Orwell, adapted by Chris HannanChris Hannan’s visceral adaptation of Orwell’s classic has divided critics over its contemporary relevance. But its violence, mob fury and assault on truth offer disturbing echoes of the world outside the theatre.
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Restore Britain delegates join European extremists at ‘remigration’ conference
Read the story: Restore Britain delegates join European extremists at ‘remigration’ conferenceRupert Lowe’s party is sending two representatives to an international conference on “remigration” organised by a veteran French far-right ideologue, amid demands for the event to be banned.
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Paul Golding applies to join far-right martyrs’ club – for a motoring offence
Read the story: Paul Golding applies to join far-right martyrs’ club – for a motoring offenceThe Britain First leader has likened his forthcoming court appearance to the serious legal troubles of other far-right figures. like Tommy Robinson and Danny Tommo. But he’s left out one small detail…
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Featured: Culture
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Read the story: Theatre review: Orwell – the Road to 1984, by Guy Smith
Theatre review: Orwell – the Road to 1984, by Guy Smith
Guy Smith’s solo play traces the experiences that shaped George Orwell’s writing, from colonial Burma to revolutionary Spain, restoring the democratic socialist politics too often lost when his warnings are misappropriated
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Read the story: Theatre review: 1984, by George Orwell, adapted by Chris Hannan
Theatre review: 1984, by George Orwell, adapted by Chris Hannan
Chris Hannan’s visceral adaptation of Orwell’s classic has divided critics over its contemporary relevance. But its violence, mob fury and assault on truth offer disturbing echoes of the world outside the theatre.
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Read the story: Peekskill 1949 – ‘The first great open manifestation of American fascism’
Peekskill 1949 – ‘The first great open manifestation of American fascism’
This week marks the anniversary of a historic stand against American fascism, at Peekskill, NY, in 1949. And at the heart of it was the great black American singer, Paul Robeson.
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Read the story: The voice they tried to erase: Maria Tănase and the Romanian Iron Guard
The voice they tried to erase: Maria Tănase and the Romanian Iron Guard
The Romanian Iron Guard tried to erase Maria Tănase’s recordings because of her Jewish associations. Instead, the country’s greatest singer survived fascism, dictatorship and censorship to become a national icon.
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Spain’s far-right Vox puts former neo-nazi leader on election slate
Read the story: Spain’s far-right Vox puts former neo-nazi leader on election slateSpain’s far-right Vox party has selected a former neo-nazi leader and a politician convicted of domestic abuse among its candidates for next month’s general election, as opinion polls suggest it could double its parliamentary representation.
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Tommy Robinson guilty of targeting journalists, now faces prison again
Read the story: Tommy Robinson guilty of targeting journalists, now faces prison againA jury has convicted Tommy Robinson of harassing two journalists with threatening calls, private surveillance and social media posts targeting the reporters and their families.
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German neo-nazi terrorist denied early release and must remain in prison until 2035
Read the story: German neo-nazi terrorist denied early release and must remain in prison until 2035Beate Zschäpe, the surviving member of Germany’s murderous National Socialist Underground, has failed in her bid for early release. The ruling follows protests by victims’ families, who accuse her of withholding the truth about the terrorist network.
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Reform councillor at rally organised by antisemites with neo-nazi guest speaker
Read the story: Reform councillor at rally organised by antisemites with neo-nazi guest speakerReform UK’s Paul Chamberlain has been identified at the Kent Nationalist Movement’s weekend rally, where organisers promoted antisemitic conspiracies and hardcore neo-nazi Ryan Turner was the star speaker
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Flagging fortunes: Ryan Bridge faces a £48,000 bill and a mountain of legal woes
Read the story: Flagging fortunes: Ryan Bridge faces a £48,000 bill and a mountain of legal woesThe Raise the Colours founder says he has received £48,000 in legal invoices after a High Court case over his flagging campaign. More court hearings are on the way
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God’s machine gunner -Patriot Platform activist’s Turkey shoot
Read the story: God’s machine gunner -Patriot Platform activist’s Turkey shootHe harasses migrants in Calais and poses with guns in Turkey. Greater Manchester Patriots’ loudmouth Dec Lea offers his own peculiar interpretation of Christian values,
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Featured: Anti-fascism
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Read the story: Remembering the Jewish volunteers who fought fascism in Spain
Remembering the Jewish volunteers who fought fascism in Spain
As part of the Jewish community’s contribution to commemorating the 90th anniversary of Cable St, historian Martin Sugarman delivered a passionate account of the often overlooked Jewish contribution to the International Brigades
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Read the story: Cable Street at 90: the day the East End stopped Mosley
Cable Street at 90: the day the East End stopped Mosley
First published in Searchlight in October 1996 to mark Cable Street’s 60th anniversary, this article recalls the resistance that stopped Mosley’s Blackshirts, with testimony from two men who were there.
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Read the story: 90 years on: the volunteers who went to Spain to fight fascism
90 years on: the volunteers who went to Spain to fight fascism
Ninety years ago, volunteers from Britain and across the world answered the call to defend the Spanish Republic against Franco. Today, the International Brigades remain a powerful example of international anti-fascist solidarity.
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Read the story: Remembering the defeat of Blood & Honour at the Battle of Waterloo
Remembering the defeat of Blood & Honour at the Battle of Waterloo
On this day in 1992, hundreds of anti-fascists fought with Blood & Honour on their way to a nazi gig. It was the biggest confrontation with the far right since the Battle of Lewisham and inflicted lasting damage on the nazi movement
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Mein Kampf and weapons found at home of alleged Paris-area shooter
Read the story: Mein Kampf and weapons found at home of alleged Paris-area shooterFrench anti-terrorism prosecutors are examining a possible racist motive after shootings near Paris killed one person and injured seven. Police reportedly found weapons, an explosive device and Mein Kampf at the suspect’s home.
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Hate pays: YouTube faces questions over millions earned from hateful content
Read the story: Hate pays: YouTube faces questions over millions earned from hateful contentResearch published today estimates hate speech on YouTube channels could generate $13.3 million this year, as advertising insiders accuse their industry of bankrolling racist, homophobic and misogynistic influencers.
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Another fine mess: Britain First falls foul of Electoral Commission yet again
Read the story: Another fine mess: Britain First falls foul of Electoral Commission yet againBritain First has been fined twice in five weeks by the Electoral Commission, bringing its latest penalties to £8,550. And, of course, Paul Golding’s hapless members will be asked to stump up again for his incompetence
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Deported neo-nazi takes centre stage at Kent anti-immigration outing
Read the story: Deported neo-nazi takes centre stage at Kent anti-immigration outingRyan Turner’s appearance at Saturday’s Kent Nationalist Movement’s Herne Bay rally exposed its growing links with Britain’s hardcore neo-nazis, with speakers peddling antisemitic conspiracies and supporters shouting nazi slogans.
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Teenage neo-nazi inspired by Christchurch killer admits terror offences
Read the story: Teenage neo-nazi inspired by Christchurch killer admits terror offencesAn 18-year-old white supremacist from Greater Manchester who glorified notorious far-right mass murderers and wrote a manifesto contemplating a firearms attack has admitted twelve terrorism and hate offences.
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Ashlea Simon arrested as police investigate wave of attacks on Greater Manchester homes
Read the story: Ashlea Simon arrested as police investigate wave of attacks on Greater Manchester homesFormer Britain First co-leader Ashlea Simon has been arrested as Greater Manchester Police investigate a wave of attacks on homes across Salford and neighbouring areas.
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Featured: Holocaust
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Read the story: 33,000 Jews murdered in two days: Babi Yar remembered 85 years on
33,000 Jews murdered in two days: Babi Yar remembered 85 years on
Ukraine’s president joined representatives of Germany and Israel this week to commemorate one of the Holocaust’s worst atrocities, when Nazi death squads murdered more than 33,000 Jews in just two days.
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Read the story: French Holocaust denier who hid in UK for years is jailed again
French Holocaust denier who hid in UK for years is jailed again
Vincent Reynouard, the French nazi who spent years hiding in London and Scotland before his 2024 extradition to France, has been jailed for a year over articles denying the Holocaust and other nazi crimes
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Read the story: The resistance heroes who stopped a train to Auschwitz
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…
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Read the story: Remembering Budapest’s Jews slaughtered on the banks of the Danube
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 from the city’s ghetto in…
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Masked far-right gang attacks socialist meeting in Glasgow
Read the story: Masked far-right gang attacks socialist meeting in GlasgowAround 20 masked fascists tried to break into a Glasgow SWP meeting attended by striking university workers, in the latest incident of growing extremist aggression in the city .
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Fatal shooting in Paris suburbs investigated as racist terror attack
Read the story: Fatal shooting in Paris suburbs investigated as racist terror attackA 12-year-old girl was among five people injured when a gunman launched a deadly shooting spree west of Paris, apparently targeting victims because of their race or perceived religion.
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Turning Point UK’s leader caught in murder-for-hire sting
Read the story: Turning Point UK’s leader caught in murder-for-hire stingAn undercover investigation has exposed the sinister underworld connections of Turning Point UK boss Jack Ross, who was filmed apparently brokering contract killings through a convicted criminal linked to the UVF.
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Monopoly Manor meets Patriot Platform: Andover’s far-right vulgarian
Read the story: Monopoly Manor meets Patriot Platform: Andover’s far-right vulgarianMoney may buy flashy cars and a mansion, but it cannot buy class. Andover insurance businessman Joel Kirby, prominent in the local ‘patriot’ group, rather proves the point.
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Concentration camps, summary executions and lies to the voters: the ugly truth behind Reform’s polished image
Read the story: Concentration camps, summary executions and lies to the voters: the ugly truth behind Reform’s polished imageITV’s devastating undercover investigation exposed the hatred and violent fantasies lurking within Nigel Farage’s party, along with a cynical determination to conceal its true politics from voters.
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Far-right Walter Mitty plots BNP revival that not even Nick Griffin wants
Read the story: Far-right Walter Mitty plots BNP revival that not even Nick Griffin wantsFar-right YouTuber Simon Tomlin has grand plans to bring the British National Party back from the dead, with help from a former National Front chairman. Even Nick Griffin says he’s a fantasist.
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Yerbury’s NRP conference ends with arrests in city centre pub
Read the story: Yerbury’s NRP conference ends with arrests in city centre pubAlek Yerbury’s latest gathering offered the familiar spectacle of uniforms, banners and speeches. An alleged pub altercation afterwards provided rather more excitement than the conference itself.
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Remembering the Jewish volunteers who fought fascism in Spain
Read the story: Remembering the Jewish volunteers who fought fascism in SpainAs part of the Jewish community’s contribution to commemorating the 90th anniversary of Cable St, historian Martin Sugarman delivered a passionate account of the often overlooked Jewish contribution to the International Brigades
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Reform fumes as Restore splits the vote – and Rupert Lowe celebrates
Read the story: Reform fumes as Restore splits the vote – and Rupert Lowe celebratesTwo narrow Labour victories have sparked fury among Reform UK supporters, who blame Rupert Lowe’s Restore Britain for splitting the right-wing vote. But Lowe is celebrating, and his supporters are in no mood to apologise.
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Patriotic Alternative’s village hall jamboree: no big names, just same old has-beens
Read the story: Patriotic Alternative’s village hall jamboree: no big names, just same old has-beensOnce able to attract notorious international fascists, Patriotic Alternative’s annual conference this year was a distinctly downmarket affair, with familiar homegrown faces providing the entertainment at a Nottinghamshire village hall.
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Neo-nazi’s planned temple massacre only thwarted when gun jammed
Read the story: Neo-nazi’s planned temple massacre only thwarted when gun jammedA 19-year-old self-proclaimed neo-nazi has been charged with plotting a racially motivated massacre at a Hindu temple near Chicago. Prosecutors say only a malfunctioning rifle prevented the attack.
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ITV blows up Reform UK racism with undercover sting
Read the story: ITV blows up Reform UK racism with undercover stingFor years, Searchlight has exposed the racists and extremists finding a home in Reform UK. Now, a devastating ITV investigation reveals just how deeply the rot has spread.
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Patriot Platform finds another Christian convert in Basingstoke – one who works for the Church
Read the story: Patriot Platform finds another Christian convert in Basingstoke – one who works for the ChurchAs Danny Tommo’s followers seek Christian respectability, a Hampshire affiliate has found a willing guest in a Church of England employee with his own evangelical ministry.
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British neo-nazis turn up in Ukraine war zone after journey through Poland
Read the story: British neo-nazis turn up in Ukraine war zone after journey through PolandMembers of Britain’s fractious neo-nazi movement have turned up in the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv, just 30 kilometres from Russia, where air attacks are an everyday danger and the surrounding region remains an active battlefield
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Patriot Platform’s doxxers-in-chief: Anthony Barnes and Young Bob strike again
Read the story: Patriot Platform’s doxxers-in-chief: Anthony Barnes and Young Bob strike againThey promise to protect their comrades’ identities, then livestream their unmasked faces. Meet Anthony Barnes and ‘Young Bob’, Patriot Platform’s very own doxxers-in-chief.
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Soldier linked to Patriotic Alternative jailed for terror offences as MI5 chief warns of far-right threat
Read the story: Soldier linked to Patriotic Alternative jailed for terror offences as MI5 chief warns of far-right threatJust a day after Britain’s security chief warned of the growing far-right terrorist threat, a British Army soldier with links to Patriotic Alternative and convicted neo-nazi terrorists was jailed.
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Tommo ally sinks even lower with sickening response to alleged assault victim
Read the story: Tommo ally sinks even lower with sickening response to alleged assault victimSouth London Patriots activist Darrell Lavender has escalated his abuse of Essex anti-migrant campaigner Holly England, telling the woman who alleges she was violently assaulted that he thinks hitting her is acceptable.
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New Zealand neo-nazi soldier exposed as would-be spy for foreign power
Read the story: New Zealand neo-nazi soldier exposed as would-be spy for foreign powerA former New Zealand soldier convicted of attempted espionage has finally been identified as a founding figure in the country’s organised neo-nazi movement with connections to three extremist groups.