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What is Searchlight

Searchlight opposes racism and fascism in Britain and abroad. It was founded in 1962 as an occasional publication and press agency specialising in gathering and analysing intelligence on the far right.

Searchlight campaigns Searchlight magazine has appeared monthly since 1975 and is the first port of call for activists, journalists, politicians and academics. It exposes the fascists' illegal activities and alerts the anti-fascist community to our opponents' intentions, plans and trends. Magazine subscribers receive Extra, a free 12-page quarterly magazine that takes an in-depth look at a particular issue. Click here to subscribe to Searchlight.

Searchlight has been at the forefront of campaigning against the BNP in recent years. We believe that our locally customised newspapers, ward-specific leaflets, telephone canvassing and direct mail operation have made a real difference in defeating the BNP across the country.

Working with dozens of local anti-BNP groups, Searchlight has mobilised thousands of people and is developing new coalitions that can defeat the BNP and rebuild local communities.

This is Searchlight

Searchlight magazine has appeared monthly since 1975 and is the first port of call for activists, journalists, politicians and academics.
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Searchlight has done an enormously important job for the anti-racist and anti-fascist movement over a great many years. Trade unions must be in the forefront of facing the challenge

Brendan Barber general secretary TUC

Everyone who wants to understand contemporary racism and its historical background needs to read Searchlight.

Professor Colin Holmes

HOPE not hate is Searchlight's campaign to counter racism and fascism in elections and beyond. Over the past few years the British National Party has seriously contested elections all over the country. The two BNP MEPs elected in June 2009 have brought the party financial benefit in the form of their salaries and staffing and expenses allowances, as well as an opportunity for Nick Griffin, the BNP leader, further to develop his links with other European fascist parties and strut around on an international stage. However without the HOPE not hate campaign, the BNP would undoubtedly have had more MEPs and many more local councillors elected. In May we won a great victory, kicking the BNP out of Barking and Dagenham and cutting its total number of council seats to 28. But this setback has sent many more far-right supporters back onto the streets with the violence of the EDL. At Searchlight we want to make sure that people know the full story about who the BNP and EDL are and what they really stand for.
The HOPE not hate website aims to do just that, serving the anti-fascist movement and providing up to date news, good practice and analysis.

HOPE not hate/Searchlight PO Box 1576, Ilford IG5 0NG | Telephone 020 7681 8660 | Email