Anti-Nazi League

The Anti-Nazi League (ANL) was an organisation set up in 1977 on the initiative of the Socialist Workers Party (SWP) with sponsorship from some trade unions and the endorsement of a list of prominent people to oppose the rise of far-right groups in the United Kingdom. It was wound down in 1981. It was relaunched in 1992, but merged into Unite Against Fascism in 2003. The ANL was also associated with Rock Against Racism.

People

Peter Alexander, National Organiser (1981) | Weyman Bennett | Glyn Ford | Peter Hain | Paul Holborow, SWP, co founder | Ernie Roberts, a trade unionist and later Labour MP, co founder |

Steering committee

Avtar Jouhl would not seek re-election to the steering committee due to his increased responsibilities with the Indian Workers Association, and nominated Harpal Brar in his place, March 1981 |

Resources

• https://brill.com/view/journals/hima/31/3/article-p276_10.xml?language=en
• The Anti Nazi League and its lessons for today by Paul Holborow, International Socialism, Issue 163 (2019)
• The history of Rock Against Racism and the Anti-Nazi League (archived 10 February 2006)
• Dave Renton - When We Touched The Sky: The Anti-Nazi League in Britain 1977–1981 – former Socialist Workers' Party and Anti-Nazi League member chronicles the history of the ANL -book: May 2006 (archived 24 May 2012)
• https://web.archive.org/web/20120717104839/http://www.dkrenton.co.uk/anl/anl.html
• https://web.archive.org/web/20050205214949/http://dkrenton.co.uk/anl/anl.html
• Robin Ramsay Our Searchlight problem, Lobster, 24:2-8.