In which we take a break from our writing to talk about the topic on everyone’s minds at the moment, the ongoing global coronavirus pandemic – and how fascists are responding to it. We discuss the coronavirus pandemic as a form of...
In mid January the latest of many US fascist paramilitary groups were thrust into the mainstream when a group of three men from the neo nazi organisation The Base, were arrested by the FBI on their way to a VIrginia gun rights rally on gun charges...
For this episode of 12 Rules for WHAT Alex headed to Reading to interview Reading Red Corner, a red gym, martial arts club and solidarity project. The right wing government of Boris Johnson gives space to new far right and fascist movements. To meet...
The UK election has come and gone and left us with the Conservatives in power with a massive majority for at least the next five years. There are a lot of podcasts out there dissecting the election result, and we are not here to do that. Instead we...
It might be difficult to imagine fascists had any pull in post WW2 Britain. Yet, when Jewish ex-servicemen returned home they found fascist activity springing up all over London, and especially in the East End. Some of those ex servicemen decided to...
12 Rules for WHAT has written an afterword to The Trouble with National Action, a new book by Mark Hayes out from Freedom Press. National Action was proscribed by the UK government in December 2016. We discuss the meaning of proscription, its...
We talk with Dave Renton, author of The New Authoritarians, about his theory of convergence on the right. Blurb for the book: All across the world, right-wing politics is shifting, with conservative and hard-right proponents allying. From Donald...
The 3rd and the 24th August 2019 saw the return of the Free Tommy movement to London – much bedraggled, smaller than before, and with anti-fascists turning out to stop them. In this episode, we sit down with organisers from the London Anti...
We return for part 2 of our investigation into ecofascism. Ecofascism exists at the moment as a collection of memes and disperate thoughts, but it had the potential to be an important part of the future far right. We discuss how to fight it, and how...
As Tommy Robinson was sent to prison for the second time for commiting contempt of court he wore a shirt enblazoned with the words ‘Convicted of Journalism’. His career as a fake journalist fits into a wider trend of far right and...