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When a fugitive fascist terror cell broke cover…
How an Italian fascist terror cell broke cover in London to support a comrade accused of murder and a £10 million pound bank raid … Read more
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UK’s Ministry of Justice in denial over activities of violent racist prison gang
The UK Ministry of Justice is in denial over the activities of a violent anti-Muslim gang operating in some of Britain’s most secure prisons. Read more
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Avtar Singh Jouhl (1937-2022) : Founder of the Indian Workers’ Association, and friend and ally of Searchlight
The Searchlight team was saddened to hear of the death Avtar Singh Jouhl, an old friend and ally of the magazine, who died on on 7th October 2022. Searchlight worked with Avtar Jouhl throughout his time at the Indian Workers’ Association and we had spent time with him more recently when we gathered at the… Read more
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Peekskill 1947 – “the first great open manifestation of American fascism”.
This weekend marks the anniversary of one of the great stands against American fascism, at Peekskill, NY, in 1947. And at the heart of it was the great black American singer, Paul Robeson. Read more
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Theatre Review: The Accidental Death of an Anarchist, by Dario Fo and Franca Rame.
Playing at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket, London, till 9 September 2023. The Accidental Death of an Anarchist is a play which arose from events in December 1969, when Italian fascists bombed the Piazza Fontana in Milan killing 17 people and injuring 88. It was the deadliest of several bombs planted that day by the group… Read more
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The Coup Maker
GK Young – the senior British intelligence officer who helped overthrow the Iranian government in 1953 and went on to plan for a military coup in Britain. Read more
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About Me
I’ve been an active anti-fascist since 1974, working for Searchlight magazine from 1975 till 1989. From 1983 till 1989 I was its editor and co-wrote ‘The Other Face of Terror’, with Ray Hill, the celebrated Searchlight infiltrator into the European neo-Nazi movement. After that, and for the next 20 years, I worked as an investigative journalist with ITV’s World in Action and the BBC’s Panorama. I blog about the history and practice of anti-fascism, especially in the UK.