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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. Continue reading
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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. Continue reading
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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 Continue reading
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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. Continue reading
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Maurice Ludmer: giant of the post war anti-fascist movement
Maurice Ludmer – a giant of the post war anti-racist, anti-fascist movement in postwar Britain, and the first editor of Searchlight magazine Continue reading
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Ray Hill: Britain’s most celebrated anti-fascist mole
Obituary of anti-fascist mole, Ray Hill, who worked undercover inside the British Nazi groups leaving a trail of destruction. Continue reading
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Confronting the Combat 18 terror squad
How we exposed the activities of a violent neo-nazi terror group in Britain. Continue reading
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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