Antifa, nationalism and democracy

09May12

Published in Weekly Worker, 26th April 2012   An interview with Freerk Huisken – until his recent retirement a lecturer at the University of Bremen – about his new book In last week’s issue of the Weekly Worker, we looked at the institutional anti-fascism of the German state.[1] But what about the anti-fascism of the German left? […]

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A triumphant victory?

08Sep11

Co-written with Claire Fisher, published in Weekly Worker   As readers will know, home secretary Theresa May responded to the English Defence League’s intention to hold an anti-Muslim demonstration in Tower Hamlets and the proposed counter-demonstration of the left by banning all marches in five London boroughs in the month of September, including the City of London.

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Leftist dogma and exaggerated threats

27Aug10

                The EDL did not turn up to disrupt an SWP event after all. On Wednesday August 11, the Socialist Worker Party’s Dave Renton gave a talk on the history of fighting fascism in the UK at Houseman’s bookshop in central London. Formerly a member of the now […]

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Tags: anti-fascism, edl, English Defence League, islamophobia, neo-fascism, socialist workers party, swp, UAF, unite against fascism