Steve Silver

Agents of Fascism: The Rejected Script the Ultra-Left Is Still Following Why does the ultra-left excuse the slaughter of civilians? The answer lies in a century-old script. Tracing the 1929 'Hebron alibi' to October 7th, and the warning the Comintern gave — and then ignore...

In 1929, the Comintern called a pogrom in Hebron a "revolutionary movement." In 1939, they admitted their error and called the Mufti an "agent of German fascism." Today’s ultra-left is stuck in 1929. Part 3 of my series is live.
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#LabourHistory #October7

In 1955, a wanted Nazi collaborator appeared at the Bandung Conference to help birth the post-colonial world.

Read how sectarian hatred was rebranded as anti-imperialism—from Cairo to the Soviet bloc and the UN.

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“The Nazis did not gas enough Jews.”

In 1957, Ludwig Zind’s rant in a bar sparked a national crisis in West Germany. It led to a Nazi safehouse in Cairo, and a a 12-year flight from justice.

The full account of the Zind scandal: leadenskies.substack.com/p/ludwig-zin...

The Cairo Connection: Johann von Leers and the Rebirth of Nazi Propaganda How an SS ideologue rebuilt the infrastructure of antisemitism from the ruins of the Third Reich

In 1956, a journalist found Johann von Leers — one of Goebbels’ top SS ideologues — working inside the Egyptian government. He wasn't just hiding; he was recasting 1930s hate for a new era.
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The fight against Holocaust denial is a fight against fascism THE greatest barrier to a fascist revival after the second world war was the public revelation of its crimes.While these events remained in living memory, the stark facts and evidence made it nearly i...

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Holocaust Memorial Day: The path of least resistance and the betrayal of truth From a 60% collapse in UK school participation to the cynical far-right alliances of the 'Chikli Doctrine,' the 25th anniversary of Holocaust Memorial Day faces an unprecedented assault on historical ...

HMD 2026: A 60% collapse in UK schools marking the day. A cynical "Chikli Doctrine" laundering the far-right in Israel. The "Double Genocide" whitewash in Europe.
The battle for truth is more urgent than ever. Read more here:
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Last Thoughts on Gerry Gable and his War Against the Fascists Gerry Gable, the most tenacious post-war anti-fascist Britain ever produced, had been ill for some time when he finally passed away on Saturday, January 3, 2026.

For Gerry Gable, the street fight was only half the battle. He taught us that the real damage was done via intelligence gathering.

A tribute to the man who spent 60 years undermining the enemy from the inside out.

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#GerryGable #Searchlight #AntiFascism

The Rise of Identity Politics, the Parasitic Left, and the “Socialism of Fools” The British Left — if you can call it ‘left’ nowadays — has essentially evicted the working class.

The British Left has evicted the working class. The industrial furnace has been replaced by identity politics— a lifestyle accessory for a caste of ultra-left politicos.

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#Labour #UKPolitics #ClassPolitics

The Disappearing Yinglish World Yiddish as a first language was already largely gone by the time the majority of the Jewish population migrated out of the East End of London in the decades following the Second World War.

The Yiddish East End didn't vanish overnight; it moved. 📦
My latest for Leaden Skies looks at the "North-West corridor" migration and the disappearing world of Yinglish—a hybrid tongue of market slang and suburban soul. leadenskies.substack.com/p/the-disapp... #Nostalgia #London #Jewish

Grandad was a Post Office Robber: The Story of Harry Silver Harry Silver – my grandfather – walked into a trap when he attempted to rob Harrow Post Office in the spring of 1955.

"Work was a mugs game." My Grandad lived by that rule - even when it landed him two years in jail for a botched post office robbery. From "poyer" to prison, and his biggest lie of all. ⬇️ Full story: open.substack.com/pub/leadensk...
#JewishHistory #TrueCrime #LondonHistory

Maccabi: The name, the hammer, the hooligans The controversy surrounding tonight’s Aston Villa vs.

Maccabi: The name, the hammer, the hooligans. Maccabi Tel Aviv, carry a name symbolising militant Jewish defence. Read my latest Substack article here. #MaccabiTelAviv #FanBan #AstonVilla #SportsSecurity #Antisemitism
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Mike Cohen: The anti-fascist whose camera was his gun Mike Cohen was one of Britain’s great Jewish anti-fascists, whose significant contribution to the movement came through his camera lens.

Mike Cohen: The Jewish anti-fascist whose camera was his gun. 📸 The 62 Group activist & co-founder of Searchlight, who fought fascism not just with his fists, but with a lens. open.substack.com/pub/leadensk...
#AntiFascism #UKHistory #Searchlight #MikeCohen #JewishActivism #Socialism

A fragile dawn: The war’s end and the aftermath The hope for peace and the challenge of statehood

A fragile dawn: The war may be ending, but the storm clouds of political failure & rising #Antisemitism are just beginning to clear.
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#Geopolitics #IsraelPalestine #UKPolitics #AntiZionism

From slogans to solutions: The left’s new anti-racist challenge For decades, the playbook for fighting a racist movement with anti-immigration at the fore was simple: expose it as a fringe ideology led by figures with ties to Nazism.

The Left has a choice: fight the anti-Nazi battles of the past, or fight for a concrete vision of a better Britain rooted in the rebuilding of the NHS & social housing. My view on the challenge ahead. open.substack.com/pub/leadensk... #UKPolitics #PoliticalStrategy

The shared roots of two nationalisms: What Kneecap forgets about its own history The Irish hip-hop group Kneecap went from having a dedicated cult following to global notoriety after their provocative comments and actions, including their controversial “Up Hamas, Up Hezbollah” cha...

My latest article on the surprising historical ties between Irish and Jewish nationalism, and what the band Kneecap's current controversy reveals about their own history. #Kneecap #IrishNationalism #Zionism #History #Politics #Language tinyurl.com/2tha82t7

The decay of reason in the digital age How social media, identity politics, and conspiracy theories are eroding the foundational principles of the Enlightenment

The Age of Unreason is here. My latest article explores how identity politics and misinformation are eroding our shared reality.
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#Culture #Politics #Enlightenment #Antisemitism

Meir Vilner: The communist who signed Israel’s independence declaration Meir Vilner (born Ber Kovner, 1918-2003) was an important figure in the complex world of Israeli politics, he infuriated the country’s right-wing and narrowly survived an assassination attempt as a re...

Meir Vilner: The communist who signed Israel’s independence declaration. My latest article on Substack tinyurl.com/meirvilner #Israel #Zionism #Communism

The unlikely leader: Rudolf Rocker and London's Jewish Anarchists He led Jewish workers against sweatshops and built inter-communal solidarity, leaving an often overlooked legacy

The unlikely leader: Rudolf Rocker and London's Jewish Anarchists. He led Jewish workers against sweatshops and built inter-communal solidarity, leaving an often overlooked legacy. #anarchism #antisemitism #rudolfrocker
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The Black Book of Soviet Jewry Eyewitness to annihilation: The Black Book's enduring power

The Black Book of Soviet Jewry highlights the suffering of Soviet Jewry under the Nazi occupation during the Second World War. It was a tragically suppressed. Read my latest Substack here:
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#Nazis #Holocaust

Leopold Trepper: The anti-Nazi spy who defied all odds From socialist-Zionist to Soviet master spy he commanded one of WWII's most effective anti-fascist networks

Leopold Trepper: The anti-Nazi spy who defied all odds. From socialist-Zionist to Soviet master spy he commanded one of WWII's most effective anti-fascist networks. My latest article on Substack: #leopoldtrepper #redorchestra #antifascist #antinazi leadenskies.substack.com/p/leopold-tr...

Henri Curiel: The unsolved assassination of a Jewish revolutionary From Cairo exile to Parisian target, his life was a nexus of liberation movements and Cold War shadows

Henri Curiel: The unsolved assassination of a Jewish revolutionary. From Cairo exile to Parisian target, his life was a nexus of liberation movements and Cold War shadows My latest article on Substack #antiimperialism #antifascism open.substack.com/pub/leadensk...

Stetson Kennedy: The man who unmasked the Klan It took some serious guts to infiltrate, expose, and then carry on campaigning against the Ku Klux Klan in the USA in the 1940s when racial segregation was still commonplace.

"It took some serious guts to infiltrate, expose, and then carry on campaigning against the Ku Klux Klan in the USA in the 1940s..." My latest article on Substack is about Stetson Kennedy and can be found here leadenskies.substack.com/p/stetson-ke... #StetsonKennedy #antifascist

How antisemitism killed my lecturer Dr Laurinda Stryker was never fully comfortable in Brighton, teaching history at a south coast British university in the 1990s.

How antisemitism killed my lecturer: My latest Substack on how antisemitism led to the death of university lecturer Dr Laurinda Stryker bit.ly/4kryrNj #antisemitism

VE Day 80th anniversary Celebrating the victory of a people’s war against fascism

VE Day: Celebrating the victory of a people's war against fascism. An anti-fascist perspective. leadenskies.substack.com/p/ve-day-80t...
#VEDay #VEDay80

The visit of two great Soviet Jews to Britain and the tragic aftermath The Soviet writer Itzik Feffer’s Yiddish poem “Ikh Bin a Yid” – I am a Jew – is a rousing ode to Jewish survival throughout history.

The visit of two great Soviet Jews to Britain and the tragic aftermath. My latest article on the 1943 trip by Itzik Feffer and Solomon Mikhoels. #Mikhoels #Feffer #antifascism #antisemitism tinyurl.com/3j27r2jk

Gorbachev, Watford and Eurocommunism On 6 April 1989 Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev’s motorcade of seven armoured Zil limousines arrived in Watford Business Park as part of a two-day trade trip to Margaret Thatcher’s Britain.

On 6 April 1989 Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev’s motorcade of seven armoured Zil limousines arrived in Watford Business Park as part of a two-day trade trip to Margaret Thatcher’s Britain. My latest article on Substack. #Gorbachev #Watford #Communism #CPGB
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Yesterday’s Witness and documentary pioneer Stephen Peet When Stephen Peet joined the BBC documentary department in 1967 he sent a memo to the BBC controller David Attenborough about an idea he had for an “inexpensive film series of ordinary people talking ...

My lastest Substack article about TV documentary pioneer Stephen Peet and his BBC TV series Yesterday's Witness who made groundbreaking programmes about The Battle of Cable Street, Conscientious Objectors and the Jarrow crusade amongst other things.
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Farewell to 50 years of Searchlight Magazine Searchlight, the anti-fascist magazine, rolled off the printing presses as a regular publication for the very last time recently, 50 years after the first edition came out in February 1975.

Full article here: open.substack.com/pub/leadensk...

Searchlight, the anti-fascist magazine, rolled off the printing presses as a regular publication for the very last time recently, 50 years after the first edition came out in February 1975. Link to my Substack article in next post. #antifascist @searchlightmag.bsky.social

John Peet: The Englishman who exposed West Germany’s Nazis There used to be a fortnightly publication that exposed former Nazis, German revanchism and a new generation of nazis in West Germany.

Full article here: open.substack.com/pub/leadensk...