Democracy & State > Fascism
Crisis and creeping despair
26 Apr 2012
From the killing spree by a lucid yet paranoid Anders Breivik to the increase in private and public suicides in austerity Europe Paul Demarty asks, what is capitalism doing to our minds?
Propaganda of the deed
09 Jun 2011
Harley Filben reviews Sean Birchall's 'Beating the fascists: The untold story of Anti-Fascist Action' Freedom Press, London 2010, pp413, £15
Lies that refuse to be buried
24 Feb 2011
On the anniversary of the 1933 Reichstag fire, Bob Potter looks back at the trial of Marinus van der Lubbe and Georgi Dimitrov
Jailbirds, extremists, and white power rock
06 Jan 2011
Maciej Zurowski argues that state bans only serve the ruling class. There must be freedom ... even for bad music and offensive lyrics
'Surfing rabbi' wheeled out
28 Oct 2010
The October 24 English Defence League march to the Israeli embassy "in solidarity with Israel" was virtually ignored by Unite Against Fascism. Maciej Zurowski reports
Leftist dogma and exaggerated threats
26 Aug 2010
The EDL did not turn up to disrupt an SWP event after all, reports Maciej Zurowski
See no evil, hear no evil
27 May 2010
Ben Lewis is astounded by the PCS call for the state and employers to be granted more power over the workforce in the name of anti-fascism
What the EDL is and how not to combat it
08 Apr 2010
Is it wrong to describe membership of the English Defence League as lumpen? Are they BNP pawns or a fascist danger in their own right? Eddie Ford examines these and other questions
Weyman Bennett should be criticised, not charged
25 Mar 2010
The sorry farce in Bolton once again demonstrates that the anti-fascist left is not only disorganised, but politically disorientated, writes Eddie Ford
No judge-made bans on BNP
18 Mar 2010
Moves to restrict the right to politically organise could easily be used against the left, argues Eddie Ford
Anti-BNP class-collaboration
01 Oct 2009
The lefts spluttering response to Nick Griffins invitation to appear on Question time reveals a floundering political strategy, argues James Turley
How not to stop the BNP
23 Jul 2009
The continued rise of the British National Party raises key questions about the left's strategy. Ben Lewis takes a look at the Socialist Workers Party's analysis and argues for a root-and-branch rethink
Getting real about the BNP
20 Mar 2008
Benjamin Klein takes issue with comrades Jim Grant and Dave Isaacson on the nature of the far right and the threat it poses
Facing up to the fascists
21 Feb 2008
Jim Grant and David Isaacson take issue with Jack Conrad on anti-fascist strategy
No platform and the BNP
21 Feb 2008
Is 'no platforming' an unshakable principle or a tactic? Ted North reports on the discussion among Communist Students
What is fascism?
07 Feb 2008
Is it a matter of principle that communists should attempt to deny organisations of the extreme right a platform? Jack Conrad provides historical background in support of his motion to be put to the February 9 CPGB aggregate