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The Searchlight Archive collection at the University of Northampton is a leading collection of primarily British postwar extreme right and anti-fascist material

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    13 hours ago

    Tune in to this week to hear about our projects progress & common themes discussed by interviewees. Most of our interviewees have compared historic fights against racism with the rise in hate post & since the election of in America.

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    Dec 6

    New piece co-authored with on Mein Kampf, free speech, 'unsafe spaces' and the reactionary backlash in : 'Reading Mein Kampf, Misreading Education: The reactionary backlash goes back to school'

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  3. Dec 6

    in 1982: Home Secretary William Whitelaw publishes proposed changes to Immigration Rules, which introduced deportation rules for fiancés seen to be abusing the law. Despite this concession, members of the right wing still threatened to protest the 'soft' system.

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  4. Dec 5

    Just to say, in this Archive it most certainly is a Christmas film.

    Die Hard is officially not a Christmas film
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    Dec 4
    Replying to

    A chapter in our book looks at the international criticisms of the UK immigration control system in 1979-80 in the wake of the 'virginity testing' controversy

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  6. Dec 4

    in 1979: The European Commission on Human Rights declares Britain's immigration policy to be racially biased.

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  7. Dec 3

    in 1979: March of anti-racist and anti-fascist campaigners through Hackney to protest against the presence of the National Front HQ. March coincides with the opening of a Department of Environment inquiry into the headquarters.

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  8. Dec 1

    in 1981: In an editorial, The Sun newspaper calls for the Commission for Racial Equality to be disbanded and for the money saved to be used to fund repatriation.

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  9. Nov 30

    Thinking about all that is going on today in the extremism field, perhaps this thought from Maya Angelou is apt: When someone shows you who they are, believe them.

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  10. Nov 30

    Time to look at fascist/anti-fascist history for December's 'On This Day' tweets.

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    Nov 30

    70 years after the Empire Windrush arrived in Britain, a new free exhibition will tell the personal stories of those on board within a broader narrative of Caribbean history.

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  12. Nov 30

    A great thread by a great researcher. It remains important that those who wish to inform the public on these issues, like journalists, first take the time to be informed themselves. Talk to academics on this, there are plenty even in this small field. We don't bite.

    Important thread by a man that knows what he is talking about. Listen to Dr on Britain First and the wider 'rebranding' of the radical right in the UK:
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    Nov 30

    Our was on talking about this morning. Click the link and go to 37m 30secs👉

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    Nov 30

    A really interesting new blog post - have we learned from history?

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  15. Nov 30

    We can highly recommend to those media outlets still looking for expert commentary on this - he is a lot better behaved than Ann Coulter, and actually knows what he is talking about.

    great to see doing so many media interviews this morning.
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    Nov 29

    2017 summed up: The President of the United States of America earlier today retweeted 3 videos from Jayda Fransen the Deputy Leader of British fascist group Britain First.

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  17. Nov 28

    Just found some great coverage in a 2014 Searchlight from Leonard Zeskind on the far right movements in America - including the NSM and their distinctive shields (Made more famous in the marches this year). Not all the threats reported pan out, but some (too many) do.

  18. Nov 28

    Just spotted on a TUFS newsletter we are processing. One for and

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  19. Nov 27

    Amazing deals to be had. Knowledge - but cheaper! (Especially great for PhD students looking to stock up!)

    **Bargain Alert** The nice folks at Routledge are doing one of those ‘Cyber Monday’ sales and all books can be bought from their website with a 30% discount. Including our series!!!
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  20. Nov 27

    Today's archive meeting with will occur over Facetime. It's the future! (Other non-Apple options exist)

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