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Edinburgh: successful countermobilisation blocks nazis
After much anticipation and preparation, Saturday was the day of the English Scottish Defence League’s second outing. They had first appeared in Glasgow last November, with a generous estimate of 80...
View ArticleTen principles we need in the fight against fascism
The events in Harrow, Stoke, Manchester, Birmingham, Glasgow, Edinburgh were correctly identified as provocative acts by the various fascist and racist groups to stir up racial hatred on our streets,...
View ArticleStop the EDL in Bolton on 20 March
Protest against the EDL – Saturday 20 March, 11am – Victoria Square, Bolton The racist hooligans of the English Defence League have rescheduled their plans to descend on Bolton for Saturday 20 March....
View ArticleEmergency protest against the EDL in London this Friday 5 March
The English Defence League (EDL) will be marching in London on Friday 5 March in support of the far right Dutch MP Geert Wilders who is visiting the House of Lords to whip up hatred against Muslims....
View ArticleFascism and state bans
The Pandora’s Box of racism, Islamophobia and homophobia has been well and truly opened and the winners out of all of this will be the far right, the BNP and other fascist groups in Britain. The modern...
View ArticleEdinburgh Anti-Fascist Alliance send open letter to UAF
Most readers will have been following how two weeks ago thousands of anti-fascists mobilised on the streets of Edinburgh to defeat the racist Scottish Defence League through militant direct action. If...
View ArticleSR says: Countermobilise against fascism, independently of UAF where necessary
Local countermobilisation is key. Numerous mobilisations, from Codnor to Bolton, have shown that UAF’s frail national infrastructure is not a substitute for the need to build local anti-fascist...
View ArticleDoes Britain have a fascist movement?
Liam Mac Uaid argues that while Britain does not have a mass fascist movement the votes for the far right and the durability of groups like the BNP point to their potential. The far right in Britain...
View ArticleWith the students against the far right
Alf Filer draws some conclusions from the far right’s announcement that it plans to attack student demonstrations. “The next time the students want to protest in our capital, the English Defence League...
View ArticleFar Right threatens Irish meeting in London
The Irish Republican Prisoners Support Group has announced that its Bloody Sunday anniversary meeting in London on 31 January, to support political status for Irish Republican prisoners, has come under...
View ArticleThe truth about UKIP and the Tory right
Phil Hearse examines what’s behind the continuing rise of UKIP The defection of Clacton MP Douglas Carswell from the Tories gives the UK Independence Party (UKIP) the near certainty of getting their...
View ArticleAn Injury to One is an Injury to All
Fascist attacks on bookshops are not new. A personal reminiscence from Roland Rance. In the early 1980s, I worked at Fourth Idea Bookshop in Bradford. This was a radical bookshop, tucked away on a...
View ArticleResisting the right
As the Labour Party conference starts, Socialist Resistance looks at the challenges for the left in the coming months. Resisting the right has been a theme over recent months on three interrelated...
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Far Right – Threat or Phantom?
Phil Hearse analyses the far-right in Britain today with its anti-establishment and nationalist narratives. It faces serious obstacles with the workers movement and Corbyn’s Labour Party. But there are...
View ArticleThe far right in Britain today: mobilise to stop its rise
Dave Landau looks at the history of the far right in Britain and discusses what should we do today to resist its rise. Back in 2005 the left had a bit of a shock when the British National Party (BNP)...
View ArticleThe Brexit betrayal and us
The far right has grown in both numbers and political confidence since the Brexit referendum. Ukip, the party founded with the aim of making Brexit happen, is now in alliance with the new far right...
View ArticleLabour must fight for a second referendum
Theresa May suffered three shattering blows yesterday as her bid to get her exit proposals accepted by Parliament got off to a disastrous start, writes Alan Davies. Her government was found to be in...
View ArticleSecond referendum moves closer
It was yet another momentous week in British politics, writes Alan Davies. As well as an ongoing constitutional crisis, it saw significant progress towards a second referendum and a fresh appearance...
View ArticlePostfascism: the rise of the radical right
Phil Hearse reviews New Faces of Fascism by Enzo Traverso, Verso, 2018 The forward surge of fascist and far right movements, symbolised by figures like Trump, Bolsonaro in Brazil and Salvini in Italy,...
View ArticleRadical web under threat as cash pours in to far right media
A decade ago the Left believed that it could use social media to outflank the established mass media. But it is the far right that now dominates social media, writes Phil Hearse. Two recent events...
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