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Together against the far right march breaks records

Echo Fortune, Terry Conway — 2026-04-03T06:34:30Z

The Together Alliance march against the far right on Saturday, 28 March, was probably the biggest anti-fascist protest in British history. It was comparable to some of the early Palestine solidarity demonstrations.

- IVP615 - April 2026 / Britain

No to antisemitism – no to all racism

Anti*Capitalist Resistance — 2026-03-28T09:32:51Z

The arson attack on four ambulances in a North London synagogue car park [1] was an antisemitic hate crime. ACR condemns this unequivocally. We call on others to do the same, regardless of the claimed motives of the attackers or the alleged views of some synagogue members. Israel's genocidal war crimes in Palestine and across the Middle East offer no justification for an attack on a public service provided by the Jewish community in Britain.

- IVP614 - March 2026 / Britain

Defending women's rights against the far‑right

Liz Lawrence — 2026-03-08T08:05:10Z

With the far right on the rise, it is vital to defend and extend women's rights. What does the spread of nostalgia politics mean for women?

- IVP614 - March 2026 / Britain, Women, Far Right

Roots of the Labour Crisis

Phil Hearse — 2026-02-20T09:07:57Z

The Starmer projest is crashing.

- IVP613 - February 2026 / Britain

Academic freedom under attack

Liz Lawrence — 2026-01-15T11:37:31Z

Growing attacks on academic freedom are an aspect of the rise of the far right and authoritarianism that does not always get enough attention outside the university sector. What are the various ways this threat plays out?

- IVP612 - January 2026 / United States (USA), Britain, Far Right

Your Party exists! Now the hard work begins…

Simon Hannah, Terry Conway — 2025-12-03T05:54:27Z

Your Party's founding conference was a battleground between unelected bureaucrats and the left, but in the end it has produced a new socialist and working-class party.

- IVP611 - December 2025 / Britain, New parties of the left

Britain – difficulties and opportunities...

Veronica Fagan — 2025-11-24T07:33:17Z

The last weekend of November will see a major conference take place in the city of Liverpool in the north west of England. Fronted by former Labour MP Zara Sultana and former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn and with more than 50,000 sign ups, this will formally launch a new political party. The proto-formation currently has the clumsy, name of Your Party but the membership will at some later point decide whether and how to rename it.

- IVP610 - November 2025 / Britain, New parties of the left

Notes on the historic rise of the far right in Britain

Thierry Labica — 2025-11-22T09:31:03Z

“In Britain, the various shades of the far right can continue to content themselves with continuing and prospering the work of political formations that have long been hegemonic and are now both in the grip of a crisis of legitimacy of unprecedented gravity. ”

- IVP610 - November 2025 / Britain, Far Right

Radicalisation on right and left while centre crumbles in Britain

Dave Kellaway — 2025-11-04T23:01:10Z

Dave Kellaway assesses the political situation where creeping fascism is advancing, the Labour centre is not holding but radicalisation to the left is also significant.

- IVP610 - November 2025 / Britain

Gaza and Global Neofascism

Gilbert Achcar — 2025-09-17T09:30:02Z

“The benefit Israel derives from this extreme right-wing international alliance is that these forces have become the most ardent defenders of the Zionist state in general and the Netanyahu government in particular.”

- IVP608 - September 2025 / United States (USA), Britain, Israel, Fascism