Anti-Nazi League

The Anti-Nazi League (ANL) was an organisation set up in 1977 to oppose the rise of "far-right" groups in Britain. It was at its height between 1977 and 1981.

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The organisation was allowed to run down before being revived in 1992 and merged into Unite Against Fascism in 2004. Its founder members included Peter Hain (a former Young Liberal leader; then the communications officer of the postal workers' union UCW, more recently a prominent Labour MP), Ernie Roberts (deputy general secretary of the engineering union AUEW) and Paul Holborow (of the Socialist Workers Party).

Related Topics:
Unite Against Fascism - Peter Hain - Ernie Roberts - Paul Holborow - Socialist Workers Party

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Most of the ANL's activities in the 1970s were in opposition to the National Front, an organisation led by John Tyndall who had a long history of involvement with openly fascist and Nazi groups. The ANL also campaigned against the British Movement which was a more openly Hitlerite grouping. In the 1990s it main efforts have been to oppose the far more moderate British National Party. The organization has also been critical of the government of Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, an alliance of centre-right and far right political parties.

Related Topics:
National Front - John Tyndall - 1990s - British National Party

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