Searchlight

Relations with other 'anti-fascist' groups

Given the similarities in objectives, why could the different antifascist groups not work together on these campaigns? For their part, AFA generally refused to cooperate with other antifascists if doing so involved working with agents of the state. They argued that if "you seriously oppose the fascists in a way which is effective, you are operating against the state. This is a fact of life" (Fighting Talk 1994b, 6). These divisions between the “legal” and “radical” (see Copsey 201, 7) antifascists sometimes caused problems for the movement. For example, Red Action reported that Groove Records "was already under AFA surveillance" and that by having it closed down, Searchlight "den[ied] militant antifascism a source of intelligence on the far right" (Red Action Bulletin 1999, 9 f.).

Companies and charities

• Searchlight Educational Trust (Registered charity 1013880. Company no 2738367)
• Searchlight Magazine
• Searchlight Information Services Limited (Company number 02055070 12 Sep 1986 - 25 Oct 2012). Name changed to Hope Not Hate (1986) Limited (25 Oct. 2012 - 14 July 2015)

See also

• Hope Not Hate
• Gerry Gable | Nick Lowles
• 43 Group | 62 Group | Community Security Trust | JACOB | Group Relations Education Trust

Resources

• Paul Anderson, ANTI-RACISTS AT ODDS New Statesman & Society, 15 October 1993.
• The Searchlight Archives