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Belarus posthumously prosecutes nazi war crimes fugitive we investigated forty years ago
This is an extended version of an article first published by Searchlight on 6 March 2026 The Supreme Court of Belarus has announced that it will begin criminal proceedings against Antanas Gecevičius, better known in Scotland as Antanas Gecas, for genocide. The case is scheduled to open on 18 March. The defendant has been dead… Continue reading
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Obituary: Gerry Gable (1937-2026), architect of modern British anti-fascism
The death of Searchlight’s founder Gerry Gable at the age of 88 marks the passing of a man without whom modern British anti-fascism would scarcely be recognisable. For more than sixty years, he stood at the centre of the struggle against fascism and the extreme right, as a relentless organiser, investigator and strategist. To many, Gerry was anti-fascism:… Continue reading
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Infiltrating a right wing plot to “smash” Searchlight – the inside story
Forty years on – the inside story of how we infiltrated a right wing plot to “smash” Searchlight Continue reading
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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. 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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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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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
- The lying snowflake that is Tommy Robinson
- Belarus posthumously prosecutes nazi war crimes fugitive we investigated forty years ago
- Theatre review: Here There Are Blueberries, by Moisés Kaufman and Amanda Gronich
- Obituary: Gerry Gable (1937-2026), architect of modern British anti-fascism
- Peter Marriner: undercover hero of the anti-fascist movement
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