Labour’s crushing election defeats and the increase in the vote for the Nazi BNP has led some to believe the country is drifting rightwards. Lindsey German challenges this assumption and argues that election results don’t tell the whole story.

Stoke-on-Trent faces the prospect of the British National Party seriously challenging for mayor in next year’s election. The stakes are too high for the mainstream parties to ignore the threat, says Nick Lowles

Jon Cruddas and Nick Lowles argue that the rise of the far right presents a challenge that the left has so far proved unable to meet

The recent local elections saw the BNP gain ten councillors and a London Assembly member. Judith Orr puts these results in context, and argues that the fascists can, and must, be stopped once more.

We must take on the far right by the force of our arguments, says Stuart Weir

The British National Party’s success in the London Assembly elections coupled with its small but continued progress across the country provides an ideal opportunity critically to assess where the campaign against the British National Party is going. Nick Lowles offers some suggestions.

Music as a form of political protest has catalysed anti-racist and progressive forces in the UK into action since the first Carnival Against the Nazis, writes Alexander Billet .

Sonia Gable reveals more about the BNP’s dodgy financial dealings and the Electoral Commission’s failure to respond.

One of the British National Party’s most important branches is on the verge of collapse, writes Nick Lowles.

Sian Ruddick took part in the recent anti-fascist demonstrations against the decision of the Oxford Union to give a platform to David Irving and the BNP. She recounts the experience, drawing hope from the size and the breadth of the protest.

David Williams on the case of a leading BNP officer who recently attacked educational visits by school children to the Auschwitz death camp.

The British National Party has launched its London election campaign in the belief that representation on the London Assembly will be followed by European success and put the party beyond the reaches of its opponents, writes Nick Lowles.