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Oswald Mosley’s Dirty Secret
British fascism’s dirty secret – how BUF and Union Movement leader Oswald Mosley enabled child sex abuse at the highest level of his organisation. Read more
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When nazis planned to bomb the Notting Hill carnival – the inside story
In May 1981, Searchlight broke one of the most important stories it has ever investigated. British nazis were planning to bomb the Notting Hill carnival. They were thwarted by Searchlight’s mole, Ray Hill, who had infiltrated the plot. Here’s the inside story Read more
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Chasing nazis across the sea to Ireland…
It’s not often you get to play a part in the total destruction of a far right group. But that’s what happened after the broadcast, 42 years ago this week, of a TV investigation into Nazi gun running in the UK. Read more
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The killing of an anti-fascist -Red Lion Square, June 1974
On 15 June 1974, anti-fascist Kevin Gately was killed, almost certainly by police, on an anti-National Front march in London. I was there, and this is a very short personal recollection of the day. Read more
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Frene Ginwala (1932-2023): ANC legend and friend of Searchlight
My Searchlight obituary of veteran ANC activist, Frene Ginwala who worked closely with Searchlight in the 1980s Read more
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Oxford 1975: A lesson in anti-fascist unity
In May 1975, a huge-anti-National Front demonstration in Oxford tried to stop the Front meeting in the Town Hall. It was an event which even now holds important lessons for anti-fascists. 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.
Recent Posts
- Obituary: Gerry Gable (1937-2026), architect of modern British anti-fascism
- Peter Marriner: undercover hero of the anti-fascist movement
- My time as Searchlight editor – unremitting but worth every single second
- This lazy Guardian hatchet job on a great journalist is simply a disgrace
- The Music of Terezin
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