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Nick and Joe come back after a short hiatus in order to discuss the far-right and conspiracy groups’ targeting of Drag Queen Story Hour events, a series of storytelling events at public libraries during the summer holidays. The campaign has been spearheaded by Patriotic Alternative (PA) and has seen buy-in from groups across the far-right, but in recent days some have stepped away citing Patriotic Alternative’s extremism as something too toxic with which to be associated.

Patriotic Alternative get another slot in the show, as the guys chat about the new revelations unearthed by HOPE not hate researchers which once again tie PA’s de-facto number three in command, Sam Melia, to the now-banned neo-nazi terror gang, National Action. PA have always stuck doggedly to a position denying Melia’s involvement in the terror group, despite the overwhelming evidence to the contrary. But now, thanks to this new information, that can really be put to bed once and for all…

Finally, Alex Jones of InfoWars has had a really bad and embarrassing week. It’s a big story, with big sums of money involved…

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See you next time.

So Boris Johnson’s era as Prime Minister is reaching its conclusion, as on Thursday 7th July he took to the podium outside Number 10 to announce his resignation. But what will the legacy of the Johnson era be when it comes to anti-racism and racial equality in Britain? Have things improved or has his government been a disaster for cohesion in Britain? Nick and Joe take a broad view at the last 2 and a half years.

Such a vast amount has happened in the last couple of weeks that it’s easy to forget that there were two recent by-elections in which the far right did terribly. The guys go over the results, and consider what they might mean about the far right’s future electoral threat.

A big story from HNH in recent days has been that a Royal Navy submariner, who HNH exposed a few years back as being involved with the far right Generation Identity, has not only received a promotion but has now aligned himself with the explicitly fascist Patriotic Alternative. Joe has the details.

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On this episode of the podcast, the creator of the BBC One drama, Ridley Road, speaks with HOPE not hate's Nick Ryan.

A four-part show which premiered last October, Ridley Road is set in London's East End and tells the story of a young Jewish woman's involvement in the 62 Group; an organised antifascist contingent taking the fight to Colin Jordan's National Socialist Movement in the early 1960s London. 

The show was adapted for television by Sarah from a 2014 book of the same name written by the Brighton author Jo Bloom and is still available to view on iPlayer.

During the course of the chat about the show with Nick Ryan, Sarah also discusses the challenges of creating characters with empathy, Judaism, the theatre, surviving in Trump's America and her new shows looking at the #MeToo movement, the life of Trump's women and her project looking at one of Afghanistan's most inspirational female leaders.

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It’s been a minute, but after a short hiatus Radio 43 is back on the airwaves. Thank you for your patience and apologies for the period of silence from Radio 43!

Sadly, personnel changes at HNH mean that in the intervening period we have waved a fond farewell to both Roxy and Jake. We wanted to get them on the show before they left, but for various reasons we couldn’t make it work. We hope that you’ll join us in sending them love and all the ebay for the future.

Nick and Joe are still here though, and on this new episode they sit down to discuss a few details contained within HNH’s new Britain First report and some ins-and-outs regarding the Wakefield by-election, as well as giving a few reflections on the forthcoming “British Bill of Rights” which will see the Conservative Party water down existing human rights legislation which protects us all. 

Given our severe over-capacity at the moment we will be moving to a fortnightly show for a while, please bear with us! 

If you have the means and are able to chip into our security fundraiser, you can do so here: https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/hope-not-hate-under-attack

Solidarity with the RMT!

Jake Hanrahan, journalist and creator of the Popular Front conflict reporting platform, spoke to Nick Ryan about Ukraine, nazis and anti-fascism, as well as investigating Atomwaffen Division, and his many other international experiences.

The who, where and wtf?! of all the far-right candidates running in the upcoming local elections. Essential listening for all those who want to oppose fascists from establishing local power in their constituency.

The team also turn to the brutal and callous Rwanda proposal for offshoring  asylum processing (and subsequently successful claimants) entirely from the UK and to Rwanda.

The Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, has said the  process is "opposite the nature of God".  According to a 2020 Human Rights Watch report, detainees in Rwanda  suffer from arbitrary detention, ill-treatment, and torture in official and unofficial facilities.

LGBT asylum seekers fleeing persecution to UK shores, will face deportation to a country with a poor record on homophobia, even within the Rwandan state itself.

This is another episode where all of our efforts to contain the far right, are made a mockery of by a mainstream party that appears to be prepared to adopt the same  cruelty we normally associate with the fringe.

This cannot stand, and we cannot let it.

Joe and Nick giving the facts, and nothing but the facts you need to take on fascists today.

It's a bumper episode. Tommy Robinson (Stephen Lennon) got deported from Mexico, the biggest and most humorous story of the day. The irony of a racist, Trump supporter, being deported from Mexico hopefully not lost on anyone... and meanwhile more and more evidence that Lennon has been lying about his wealth piles up each day.

It's looking bleak for Stephen.

Elsewhere Joe and Nick discuss the forthcoming elections, and the various far-right groups that are trying to compete,  an Odinite meltdown for UKIP Hampshire happens in full sight of all on Facebook, and Anne Marie seems to have backed down from coming out swinging for a slave owner in Bristol.

Unfortunately, and once again, the mainstream provides the biggest challenge with the alarmingly authoritarian Fidesz winning a resounding victory in Hungary, and the Conservative party failing to ban conversion therapy for trans people in the UK.

Get up to speed.

Roxy and Nick meet to discuss the bumbling, useless and petro-pound fuelled human wreckage on the UK far right.

-Tommy ducks court, and looks like he might be going back to jail (thanks to the work of HnH).
-BF wave around silly petitions.
-A climate denial campaign that is being SHOCKINGLY funded by petro-pounds.
-Patriotic Alternative continue the fascist creep. Important info here for anti-fascists who want some forward intel.

Share and amplify this episode, there's a lot of information in it of practical use to those who want to combat the far right.

Roxana Khan Williams spoke with Azeem Rafiq (@AzeemRafiq30), Professor Ann John (@ProfAnnJohn), Shaista Aziz (@shaistaAziz) & Kevin George (@_KevinGeorge)
for a discussion of racism in sports and mental health.


When life is difficult, Samaritans are here – day or night, 365 days a year. You can call them for free on 116 123, email them at [email protected], or visit www.samaritans.org to find your nearest branch.

State of HATE 2022 – the leading annual report outlining the key trends and changes in the domestic and international far right – shows how the past year has led to an environment in which we will likely see the return of far right activists back on the streets, standing in elections and exploiting the uncertainties created by economic hardship.

To discuss the report's findings and to take questions from the audience, HOPE not hate's Head of Research, Dr Joe Mulhall, and researcher Patrik Hermansson are joined by Nadia Witthome MP. On hosting duties is Nick Spooner.

Thanks to everyone who attended and put questions to the panelists. Download a FREE copy of State of Hate 2022 here: https://hopenothate.org.uk/2022/03/09...

Like what we do? Please support our antifascist work with a monthly donation: https://hopenothate.org.uk/donate/ 

* This webinar was recorded on Monday March 14th 2022 *

Nick and Joe are reunited with Roxana for an overview of the wasted lives on the British Far Right.

Tommy Robinson gets involved in a very banged-up, clown car of a political party, it is unclear why he has, and its likely to all fall apart.
PA did a conference, typically they were inept on security allowing info gathering all round.
The Russian invasion of Ukraine thunders on into an ever-growing nightmare.

Nick and Joe are joined this week by Safya, a researcher at HOPE not hate.

The war on Ukraine by Russia has summoned all kinds of ghosts of historical fascism, and while this podcast normally focuses on the UK  far right, we decided that the war was of high enough global importance to anti-fascists that we gave the issue precedent.

The subjects under discussion are:

• The various responses to the war from the wide spectrum of thought in the UK far right.
• Putin's dubious claims of 'denazification'.
• The kernel of truth to Putin's lie (Azov nazis in the Ukrainian military), and more widely -Banderism - as a national myth.
• Putin's hypocrisy in deploying the Neo-Nazi founded 'Wagner' battalion.
• White supremacy in the media, the mask slips.
• The UK government's repeated failure to those fleeing war, once again.

A sombre episode, due to the subject matter, and also because Roxy has taken a break to focus on challenging mainstream racism in the popular media.

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Joe, Nick and Roxy have been banging out the Lemsips today in a particularly congested episode of R43.
 
 They discuss:
 -Neil Coyle and Sinophobia.
 -Resistance GB, Ex-tory councillors involved in Keir Starmer bothering.
 -Tommy Robinson's latest, embarrassing, and now deleted video, where he picks a bleeding spot from his forehead and brags about spending donations on booze.
 -Tommy hanging out with a man involved in a brawl death.
 -More still from the no marks in Patriotic Alternative.
 -The dubious electoral threat from the wider far right.
 
 A bumper episode.

Stephen Lennon's crusade in Telford continues apace. But while "Tommy Robinson" loudly protests horrific instances of grooming, he has overlooked how close to home abuse often is. 

Elsewhere the gang discuss the pro-genocide "joke" of Jimmy Carr, as well as further convictions for nazi terrorists, who were planning novel  terror, with 3d printed guns, and bomb-making manuals disguised as Minecraft guides.

 

The three come together to discuss:

• The small showing Tommy managed in Telford.
• The Uyghur issues around the Beijing Olympics.
• Boris Johnson's disgraceful use of a misinformation meme the far-right prefers.
• And the upcoming Southend Byelection.

Get your ears on the antifascist antidote.

Stephen Lennon's financial gameplaying looks like it will finally catch up with him.

Asset after asset is being revealed to officials as a result of research done by antifascists at HOPE not hate, and with the support of our donors. You.

Surely it's only a matter of time now before Stephen's houses get given to those he has victimized? Tick Tock, Stephen.

Elsewhere the Tory's are embroiled in a rolling islamophobia crisis, citizenship is being snatched as a part of the government's authoritarian swerve, and the South-End by election sees more no hopers line up to splurge their deposits in exchange for another go on the public humiliation.

Roxy and Nick, have lost Joe this week to some other work. Instead, Liron has been called in to explain the authoritarian government rumblings that he is working closely to observe and challenge.

This and still more are covered in an episode that you need in your digital players and or download folder, immediately.

Have a listen, like and subscribe, send it to a comrade, and enjoy it

CW for some discussion of sexual violence.

Stephen Yaxley Lennon, Tommy Robinson, has been preparing a documentary looking at sexual crimes in Telford.

While the scourge of sexual violence against women is disgusting, it's clear that Tommy's motives are less than pure. Why is it that Britain's noisiest islamophobe would want to focus solely on the crimes of Asian individuals and gangs, as opposed to the bigger picture of violence that afflicts all communities? 

Tommy's record of associations with violent misogynists and abusers is well documented, and his denunciations of them have proven weak, inconsistent, or non existent.

Joe, Roxy and Nick look in depth at this, and provide an overview of the other important goings on with the far right in early 2022.

Roxana Khan Williams met with Nick Lowles to discuss Nick's work investigating Stephen Lennon (aka Tommy Robinson) and how we believe we can put a stop to his shocking attempt to escape justice.

We need your support to win this case- and potentially, together, we could set back the far right by decades.

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Nick, Roxy and Joe, come together to assess the most recent goings on in the sad social lives of the far right. Britain First have lots of possibly made-up signatures on their anti RNLI, pro-drowning,  campaign, Ben Raymond is doing bird (8 years of a custodial that even an abolitionist might like to celebrate), the Reclaim Party has got into bed with a real crank, and 'Fenek Solere' of PA seems to have stopped publishing entirely- off the back of our Patriotic Alternative report.

Unfortunately, despite the pratfalls of the idiotic far right, and major wins by antifascists, the new migration bill has, at the flick of a pen, thrown the legal status of 6 million British citizens into question. It is another deeply worrying act emanating not from the fringe far right, but instead from the mainstream of politics- in this case the ruling Conservative party.

Ben Raymond thought of himself as one of the most important figures on the British far right. Raymond believed himself to be untouchable by the law and a genius of political organisation. An academic, an intellectual, a propagandist, all of it was a fiction, none of it was true, Raymond was an artist of moderate talent. 

It was only a matter of time, thanks to the huge effort by antifascists, and on this occasion with thanks also to state investigators, that Raymond was put behind bars. many of his old colleagues will be please to see him, several of them are there, after all, because of his reckless advice. It will be quite a reunion.

Roxy, Nick and Joe come together to discuss the Patriotic Alternative report just published by HOPE not hate. We have the inside story from the PA event, and much much more.

PA held their annual conference some weeks ago. But before the hors-d'œuvre could be quaffed, antifascists had leaked the location. Mark Collett had bungled things once again, and no amount of Sam Melia's sucking up could fix things. Events organisers wanted them out. Pour little lad Mark is in a pickle.

While PA tried to palm it off as inconsequential - in reality the entire, event was an unmitigated disaster for PA and it's 60 quid a piece, out-of-pocket membership. Collett may need to sooth his nerves with a new superhero costume.

Who would want to be exposed as a fascist to their work colleagues, friends and family? Don't do it kids.

Here's the full report:
https://hopenothate.org.uk/2021/11/26/patriotic-alternative-britains-fascist-threat/
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Joe and Tricky Nicky Spooner meet to discuss the far right's crass reaction to the terror incident in Liverpool. Despite knowing nothing the gamut of far-right 'thinkers', 'citizen journalists' and 'activists' have projected their accumulated ignorance onto the attack with the hope that this will be the sort of misery that will validate their worldview once more.

Alan Leggett (who has adopted the powerfully descriptive moniker 'Active Patriot UK') is discussed in all his mediocrity. Apparently raising funds, once more, and again, for another attempt at relevancy. 

Elsewhere 'Identity England'; a niche coterie of thinking-man's  rejects from the global identitarianism movement, raise a wilted flag at oblivious police stations. But really are only mentioned here for the most keen of antifascists. There were four of them - if we count the photographer.

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Roxana, Nick S and Joe together again on the barricades of 21st century antifascism.

• Roxy reflects on the struggle against racism in cricket that's unfolding right now, and what hope there is in the coming weeks coming out of the stitch up by Yorkshire Cricket Club.
• Alan Leggett (aka Active Patriot, one of a drizzle-sodden millieux of 'migrant hunters') is going 'on tour' trying to whip up hatred, and the company Crowdfunder are so far allowing him to fundraise for it on their platform.
• Corbyn, the very bad one, appeared alongside the fascist Patriotic Alternative on a livestream.
•  Stephen Lennon aka "Tommy Robinson" has come out in support of the alleged murderer Kyle Rittenhouse.
• Tommy Robinson enjoying the reaping of his sowing- and has been told to stay the heck  out of Wing Kingz.

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Nick Spooner sat down with the activist-author Chris Saltmarsh, to discuss Chris's new book Burnt, and to look at the impending climate breakdown and its effects on every one of us. In many ways Climate Breakdown, and denialism, intersects with wider antifascist issues

This new episode of Metapolitics is the third in a series looking at broader cultural questions around the struggle to defeat racist and fascist ideology today.

Listen to Episode One of Metapolitics - 
Black Metal Resistance

Listen to Episode Two of Metapolitics -
Heroes of the Terraces

Presented by Nick Spooner
Produced by Jake Pace Lawrie

Nick and Joe return (Roxy is off today) to discuss PA's most recent embarrassment, this time, and again, it's caused by their leader Mark Collett- the number one hiking enthusiast on the far right.

Collett put his hiking boots away for a short moment to broadcast an especially putrid little stream where he blamed the recently murdered David Amess for his own death at the hands of a killer.

The disgusting comments seem to be motivated by an attempt to retain the members of PA who are understandably frustrated that Collett is moving the languishing far-right organization into a sports club, rather then an electoral force or something more edgy.

Despite the discontent of the PA rank-and-file, antifascists everywhere are extremely grateful for Collett's outdoorsy streak- which is allowing us to focus on other things, while the erstwhile ubermensch clock up some seriously underwhelming stats on Strava.

Elsewhere GB news has platformed some more hideous ideas, signalling a willingness to turn right, and very disturbing news has emerged that a "Proud Boys Britannia" member is guilty of multiple rapes.

Roxana and Nick discuss the murder of David Amess, a killing that will be remembered as another example of violence being used to harm our democratic freedoms. The far right responded gleefully to the killing, instantly spotting an opportunity to weaponize it against minorities. In reality the far right only cares for nurturing their own hatred, as their responses in the wake of the murder of Jo Cox also demonstrated.

Despite this solemn episode, Roxy and Nick also find time to confront the falling star of Stephen Yaxley Lennon, a man who it is difficult to imagine was once a rising talent. With his life in disarray, and now with an embarrassing stalking ban to his name, Stephen Lennon could be seen ranting his new line in conspiracy theories to a bemused crowd of xenophobes in Dresden.

The R43 gang go over the big stories of the past week and a bit. 

Namely - a Tory Councillor has been shunned by his party because HnH discovered he was involved in the fascist group Patriotic Alternative. 

If you want to know about this, and more stories to help you confront 'the fash', or perhaps you are the fash, and just like to hear someone else take an interest in your pathetic trajectory to insignificance, please download, like and subscribe.

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It's Tory Party Conference. A spellbinding time for everyone. But the British far right are instead obsessed with their own irrelevance, exploiting fears and failing to win popular support again and again, with a little help from antifascists everywhere.

In conjunction with the launch of the new, bumper, Heroes of the Terraces publication from HOPE not hate, Nick Spooner and Jake Pace Lawrie return with a new episode of Metapolitics, the series that looks at the cultural aspects of the far right and antifascist resistance today.

In this episode we tackle the growing challenge for the heart of football - speaking to Shaista Aziz, Liron Velleman, and Charlie Hyman, three voices that seek a game that is more inclusive for all.

Roxana, Nick and Joe meet up on the internet this week to discuss Steve Laws' dodgy defense of his own dubious credential, Nadine Dorries' big bigotry, and fan of the show Sam Melia gets a shout out as third in command of the sinking PA ship, nazis ahoy!

Roxy Joe and Nicholas are back for another bumper episode of R43.

Today we have some interesting and unusual stories:

-Steven Laws: Turtle liker, becomes a low-tier guest on bottom tier radio. Big news on the ever-disreputable, Murdoch owned, TalkRADIO.
-Pass around the Vitamin E[mpathy], there is a serious deficient party in power, making refugees lives harder then they need to be..
-Massive EPIK hack leaves racists worldwide with even clammier palms and even more restless nights. Booo hooo :(

It's a sad day to be a far right activist. :(

Videogames and airsoft provide a bit of light relief, from otherwise just an endless experience of failure. But still you dust off your jackboots, and you schlep down to Croydon, hoping to show the minorities your white pride. But then... your leader simply... fails to show. up.

This episode of Radio 43 charts more pathetic showings for the far right and their rabble, as well as the nazi given a punishment of reading Shakespeare, and other unfortunately true real life crime tales.

Roxy is off this week (definitely not watching PA through some comedy large binoculars).

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We are pleased to host a recording of the book launch of Luke Cooper's new book on the rise of Authoritarian Protectionism. 

The 21st century has not seen the triumph of democracy that some predicted but instead, in many cases, a turn towards authoritarian forms of government as an imagined solution to the many crises facing humanity.

.Listen to Luke Cooper discuss his new work, and answer a series of questions from the live audience.

Then get your copy here:

https://bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/authoritarian-contagion

Roxy is on much deserved holibobs leaving Joe and Nick to hold the Radio 43 fort against the  backlash of  wild-eyed antixvaxers, Taliban apologists, and just bloody nasty people.

Get this in your ears, and leave a  5* review immediately.

HOPE not hate have launched a new publication, looking at the Heroes of the Terraces, those heroes of antifascist and antiracist struggles in football that have helped to challenge hate both on the pitch and off.

Matthew McGregor and Matthew Collins discuss the publication, and offer an overview of its contents.

Roxy, Nick and Joe discuss the horrendous week that has passed, the three discuss the revelation that a double murder of two women last summer was influenced by a forum linked to the nazi-satanist o9a, and  meanwhile we mourn the misogyny inflected hate crimes in Plymouth, that led to the worst mass shooting the UK has seen in 10 years.

A grim insight into the far right, and it's overlap with misogynist ideology; this is not the usual upbeat episode about far right gaffes. Please listen with caution. 

Come one, come all for another week of Radio 43 intelligence updates. In brief:
 
 Patriotic Alternative have kindly taken photographs of their membership and posted them on the internet for us, a yearly affair that is very useful and to be much encouraged by antifascists.
 
 Sam Melia (an ex member of the Nazi gang National Action) has been courting local media by polishing a monument... to the 39-45 war... against the Nazis.
 
 We look at the significance of mainstream hate in provoking 70+ racist incidents by the far right aimed at migrants housed in temporary accommodation.
 
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The Radio 43 team are back for a landmark, special tenth report.

Stephen Yaxley Lennon (Tommy Robinson) has found himself lumbered with a HUGE bill to pay for damages due to libel he inflicted on a child who was being bullied at school, while the post-lockdown, anti-lockdown, street protestors continues to mingle with racist conspiracy theorists and organized far-right elements.

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Roxy has disguised herself in a BLM tshirt and gone deep cover in the fascist far right. Under the binoculars were the very easily surveilled Patriotic Alternative.

Patriotic Alternative meanwhile were coping very hard with last weeks meme- defending their totally adhered to prohibition on boozing,  coming out hard against dry grain snacks, and mocking fellow fascist, Mark Collett's, very silly shorts. Sam Melia (former National Action activist) even wanted to share that he can hold his bowel movements for days when out hiking with his fellow ubermensch. Nice work Sam!

In other news Anjem Choudary is again allowed to broadcast hate, but will certain journalists be stupid enough to amplify it? Katie Hopkins has fallen foul of Australia's tough immigration system. Farage is GB news's new old ham. And the conspiracy theorist milieu causes more vacuous chaos on the streets of London.

Patriotic Alternative are a nasty bunch of far-right, and as such have fallen into acrimony as they are wont to. Two key organizers have departed the mountaneering team-cum-nazi party with one of the departed being mocked by his former comrades for his mental health on the way out.

While the far-right finds itself in a tangle, the mainstream right are desperately trying to untangle themselves from a racist fanbase that they have riled up. Having stoked distrust as to the motives of England to take the knee against racism, some in Parliament are SHOCKED to find themselves reaping what they have sown.

Roxy, Nick and Joe invite you to listen, subscribe and write a review to Radio 43.

"When you do things like that about a town like Batley, I've kept really quiet, but I'll tell you something, the far right went down in my estimation when they said that.

We have not resorted to that, but I'll tell you, you can tell them now if they're listening to Radio 43, we're still fighting for the antifascist victory, and the far right have got to go to the ballots and get something, and...

and... I'll tell you, honestly, I will love it if we beat them, love it!"

-KevinKeeganMeme.mp4

The 'No Platform' tactic has important origins in the antifascist movement.

But what happens when the antifascist tactic is broadened to include the many non-fascist actors who may be deemed to have used hate speech? And what are the unintended consequences  of this broadening tactic upon the fascists and other far right?

HOPE not hate's Senior Researcher Joe Mulhall interviews David Renton on his forthcoming book: No Free Speech for Fascists: Exploring No Platform in History, Law and Politics.

The far right continue their shambolic campaign in Batley, finding very little traction amongst the community so far. It's starting to feel like they are in the race for the wrong reasons as Jayda Fransen waves around larger and larger crucifixes and denounces 'fake nationalists' but says nothing of note to the community she claims she wants to represent.

While we laugh at the far right's folly we are also reminded by two court cases that show how dangerous these ideas really are. An ex-UKIP member has been found guilty of ten counts related to terror and explosives, and the founder of System Resistance Network has also been found guilty of multiple charges.

In Batley, despite the attempts of the far right to sow division the local community has come together giving cause for hope.

This new series in the HOPE not hate podcast spotlights the work of Owen Jones, Director of Education, and committed activist against the far right.
 
Owen's work is at the coal face, travelling to communities in Town and Country that he has identified as at-risk for the spread of hateful ideology, based on our research teams findings.

Episode one is on the subject of Antifascist Geographies. Nick Spooner and Roxana Khan-Wiliams ask Owen what he sees across the country and where he sees signs of hope.

The Batley and Spen by-election on July 1st will see an absolute shower of far right filth descend on the good people of West Yorkshire. While they may argue on the details, they are all seeking to capitalise on division, and are desperate to promote their own brand. Jayda Fransen, Anne Maria Waters, and still more have come to town like a travelling horrorshow of grotesque characters. Even narcissistic hat-haver George Galloway wants in on the action.

Hear about all of their desperate, attention seeking plans here.

Tragically, the far right have become Radio 43's largest fan base so far.

One fringe figure wanted to feature so badly he made a list of foodstuffs for HnH to vet for racism.  Meanwhile, the dwindling National Front, clearly with too much time on their hands, got in touch to offer a correction to last weeks show- a correction that, like their bizarre world-view, also proved to be false.

Join Roxy, Joe and Nick for a review of the insignificant numbers at an anti migrant demo in dover, an anti-lockdown demo that caused a shopping centre to.... lockdown, and scandal as ghastly 'cancel culture' sends ripples through the far right, as they try and cancel one another at a demo nobody heard of in Manchester.

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Welcome back for another Intelligence Bulletin from Radio 43.

Roxana, Nick and Joe discuss the far right's cynical flag waving for both sides in the recent tragedies in Palestine and in Israel. The team then look ahead in some depth at to two upcoming demonstrations set to divide the attentions of the already fractious far right. 

Nick Spooner is joined by Joe Mulhall to discuss the wide range of goings on in the far right; nazi trials, migrant refuge invasions, and conspiracy theorist platforms, as well as other rumblings that are worth noting for antifascists everywhere.

Unfortunately, there have been a few moments in the past week where mainstream political actors have also crossed the line into overt racism, Nick and Joe discuss Michael Fabricant's disgraceful comment, the vile antisemitic incident in Golders Green, and the publication of anti-traveler hate in an otherwise respectable newspaper.

Lockdown may have come and gone, but the tide of racist outpourings has continued throughout.

Share this episode so that we can build the politics of HOPE against hate.

Roxana is away on regular leave and will return shortly.

Please email producer [email protected] with tips and questions for the team.

This new series from HOPE not hate is a brief intelligence overview of far-right activity from the research team - designed to give antifascists the information they need to confront hate with hope.

Nick Spooner and Roxana Khan-Williams will be sitting down to talk to Senior Researcher Joe Mulhall to provide you with these brief, weekly updates on far-right tactics.

This first episode is an overview of the dire electoral outcomes for the far right in the 6th of May elections, with shambolic results for the politics of hate, these results should be welcomed by antifascists everywhere.

If you have a question for the team email the producer at [email protected].

With today being the deadline for voter registration, Roxana Khan-Williams, Liron Velleman and Nick Spooner got together to discuss the barriers to registering to vote and why young people should make sure they cast their vote at elections. HOPE not hate partnered with the NEU for the voter registration campaign, so Roxana also heard from the NEU's General Secretary, Kevin Courtney, on what they've been up to during the campaign.

If you're yet to register, get on over to the government website today: https://www.gov.uk/register-to-vote

The MP David Lammy discusses the worrying new trends in the far right as highlighted in the State of Hate report for 2021. David introduces the key themes facing antiracists and offers suggestions of how to make Hope happen.

This week saw the launch of 'State of Hate: Far-Right Extremism in Europe' - a colossal report which explores the state of far-right extremism across Europe. Joe Mulhall, Senior Researcher at HOPE not hate, Simone Rafael of Amadeu Antonio Foundation in Germany and Daniel Poohl of EXPO in Sweden all met with HOPE not hate's Activism and Operations Officer, Afrida Chowdhury, to discuss what the new report -- made with help of antifascists across Europe -- tells us about the start of extremism in 2021.

Read the report here:
https://www.hopenothate.org.uk/research/state-of-hate-reports/state-of-hate-europe2021/

While the number remains, thankfully few, younger and younger people are being pulled into the extreme far right, they are being groomed online, and sometimes initiating their own cells. This alarming trend is something that HOPE not hate are aiming to curb.

Signs of Hate is a publication from HOPE not hate that brings a greater awareness to teachers, that they may be able to identify radicalization, by giving them a knowledge of the shifting trends of imagery used by the far right.

Matthew McGregor, Campaigns Director at HOPE not hate, spoke with Patrik Hermansson, Researcher at HOPE not hate, Owen Jones, Head of Education and training at HOPE not hate, and Jackie, a subject teacher working just outside London, on this important issue.

Nick Ryan spoke with activist lawyer Pam Horowitz on her new book, and the life she spent with the activist in the civil rights movement -  Julian Bond.

Holocaust denial continues it's ugly transmission, adapting even during an unprecedented health emergency.

Joe Mulhall spoke to the Council of Christians and Jews on the subject of the mutating shape of Holocaust denial today. 

Nick Ryan spoke with activist and author Joel Goza on the history of ideas that deeply entrench racism in American life.

Joel is the author of America's Unholy Ghosts on racism in American faith and politics and is currently working on his second book Rebirth of a Nation: Reparations and Making an Anti-Racist America.

Campaigns and Operations Officer Afrida was joined by Joe Mulhall, Nick Lowles and Matthew McGregor to discuss the deep roots of yesterday's attack on American democracy.

This roundtable conversation is a reminder on the importance of combatting discrimination against muslims, worldwide.

HOPE not hate researcher Safya Khan-Ruf was invited to speak alongside Dr. Jennifer Phillipa Eggert, Cllr. Jas Athwal, Mufti Ahmed Peerbhai in a wide discussion on Islamophobia and anti-muslim hatred today.

The meeting was chaired by Yusuf Patel MBE,  with thanks to London Borough of Redbridge, the League of British Muslims, U.K, and the NAZ legacy foundation.

Want to learn from the Biden for President digital team? We had a great session with them - and you can listen to the podcast here.

The Biden team faced off against the Trump campaign’s self-styled “death star” digital operation and won. They did it with innovative tactics, great content, and a lot of heart - from the candidate on down. But how did they approach their work? What worked well (and what didn’t)? And what can other campaigns learn from the stunning results - from fundraising, to reach, to organisation. 

We heard from four of Joe Biden's Digital team who know the answers to those questions: Clarke Humphrey, Deputy Digital Director for Grassroots Fundraising, Sarah Galvez, Director of Social Media + Audience Development, Christian Tom, Director of Digital Partnerships, and Aalok Kanani, Digital Communication Director.

Want to learn from Joe Biden's campaign team? They faced online smears, sophisticated digital attacks, and social media companies who couldn't or wouldn't stem the tide of lies. HOPE not hate supporters heard directly from some of the team tasked with combating this wave of disinformation. Joe Biden's digital director Rob Flaherty, Becca Rinkevich, Director of Digital Rapid Response for Biden for President, and Timothy Durigan, Data Security Analyst at the Democratic National Committee told us how they approached their work, what worked, and we might be able to learn from their efforts.

If you want to know how Joe Biden beat Donald Trump, this podcast is for you. We talked to two of the Biden team about how they organised - and what we can learn. It’s a must-watch (and don't forget to tag anyone you know who does campaigning).

**Here’s all the background**

The Biden for President campaign faced a stiff challenge in 2020: how to mobilize people in such huge numbers that an incredibly rare political event could be propelled into being - the defeat of a first-term president. Added to that was added an unprecedented challenge: how to do that during a global pandemic. The answer was a new fusion of community organizing and digital organizing, using tried and tested strategies honed over decades, with innovative tools and tactics for a modern era of campaigning, marked by Covid-19 restrictions.

We heard from Joe Biden's Senior Advisor for Digital, Caitlin Mitchell, and Jose Nunez, the campaign’s Director of Digital Organizing on the strategies they applied, the successes they had, and the lessons they learned.

With the US heading to the polls in one of the most fractious elections ever,  and many fearful about far right & militia violence, Nick Ryan speaks to former head of the Intelligence Project at the Southern Poverty Law Center, Heidi Beirich, about the scale of the far right threat facing us today.

https://www.hopenothate.org.uk/magazine/usa2020/

Following the publication of the EHRC report into antisemitism in the Labour Party, we're joined by Peter Mason of the Jewish Labour Movement, Jemma Levene from HOPE not hate, and the Labour MP Stella Creasy. They talked to our campaigns director Matthew McGregor about the report itself, and where the fight against anti-Jewish racism goes from here.

Campaigns director Matthew McGregor asks Jess Morales Rocketto the question everyone wants to know- "Will we win?" the coming election in the United States.

A community organiser in the USA for the National Domestic Worker's Alliance and Care in Action, Jess spoke with Matthew McGregor about the impending election that is really a battle for the future of liberal democracy in the USA.

Jess identifies the reasons for Hope, candidates that are offering real change to a bleak political landscape, and a transformed activist culture. 

https://www.hopenothate.org.uk/magazine/usa2020/

Ruth Smeeth (Vice Chair of the Jewish Labour Movement) and Matthew McGregor (Campaign director at HnH) discuss Ruth's highly personal experiences of antisemitism in the Labour Party and the deep problems that have lead up to the EHRC's investigation.

The false QAnon conspiracy theory features aspects of ancient antisemitic narratives, its rise and spread across the globe has also seen its transformation into ever more virulent, localised forms. This should be alarming to antifascists everywhere.

A major new piece of research from Gregory Davis and David Lawrence is discussed and read here by Joe Mulhall.

Journalist, Author and Playwright Paul Mason spoke with Joe Mulhall about the recent prosecution of the Greek Neo-Nazi Party, their sudden rise, and what the significance of the verdict means for antifascists combatting resurgent fascism internationally.

Caleb Cain and Cynthia Miller-Idriss join Nick Ryan for a conversation about the far right online ecosystem, and discuss their mutual work in challenging it.

Joe Mulhall dives back into the HOPE not hate archive for the second in our new series, this time reading new work from Simon Murdoch looking at the Campaign Against Racism and Fascism, an important part of our movement. Simon investigates if the arguments between anti-racists and antifascists could better be resolved through a mutual understanding against the common enemy. 

This compelling round table between three leading writers (including Hope not Hate's Joe Mulhall) is a useful insight into the origins and continued importance of race science.

With many thanks to the Wiener Library for allowing us to reproduce the recording here.

Juliana Rordorf details the many ways that free speech is unevenly distributed, and outlines a liberal approach for its protection that accounts for how the far right violates the speech of others. Central to this is the work of deplatforming hate.

Researcher Juliana Rordorf reads her first in a series of articles on the varying ways that the far right co-opts and abuses arguments around free speech.

In this first episode of a new series where we look at objects in the HOPE not hate archive, Joe Mulhall discusses one of the oldest publications we keep. The Hidden Hand was the newspaper of The Britons, a small, antisemitic group, that flogged it's shabby wares in the violently tumultuous interwar period.

Although marginal, with a small print run, the personalities around The Britons became some of the most influential propagators of antisemitic conspiracy theory in the UK, throughout the 20th century. They were one of the only British nationalist groups to ally with a tiny German party - the German National Socialists, long before the latter had risen to power.

This is the story of how even the most fringe ideas must not be ignored, else their poison spread. 

Eric K. Ward grew up in Los Angeles. Coming up in a punk scene that was volatile and tribal. In the context of rising hatred Eric and his friends learnt that they had to fight hard for their values. This was the start of a journey that would bring Eric to his work today as an anti-racist and antifascist, in a world on the brink.

This interview was recorded before the situation in Portland reached the dangerous levels of conflict today.

Eric K. Ward is Executive Director of Western States Center and a Senior Fellow with the Southern Poverty Law Center.

Read Eric's recent article from the HOPE not hate magazine https://www.hopenothate.org.uk/2020/07/01/america-unite/

Joe Mulhall discusses the new report from Gregory Davis on the many failings of Bitchute. Bitchute is a video content platform that has hosted to terror videos from groups such as ISIS and National Action, as well as gaining huge numbers on conspiracy theory videos during the recent crisis.

The Uyghur crisis in western China has led to over 1 million – some upwards of 2 million – Muslim Uyghur people being interned in what the Chinese government calls "re-education" centres. They've steadily faced an erosion of their cultural and religious rights, forcible birth control and increasingly oppressive surveillance. Now a shrinking minority within their own lands, Sophie Richardson, China director of Human Rights Watch, speaks to HOPE not hate's Nick Ryan about what's really happening in Xinjiang Province

HOPE not hate's Joe Mulhall spoke with the authors of Reactionary Democracies. Aurelien Mondon and Aaron Winter's new book which challenges the idea that liberal democracy provides a consistent bulwark against racism. Arguing that popular notions of 'the people' justify the exclusion of others and the normalisation of racist ideas, the authors point to mainstream racism, islamophobia and anti-migrant sentiment coming from across the spectrum of mainstream politics as examples of how the threat is not just on the fringe, but often within the mainstream.

Aurelien and Aaron's ideas present a timely challenge to antifascists today.

https://www.versobooks.com/books/3173-reactionary-democracy

Matthew McGregor, HnH Campaign Director, spoke with two MPs about their importance work combatting the extreme right. Both Stephanie Peacock and Stephen Doughty have contributed so much to the fight against extremism today, and have joined with HOPE not hate in arguing for a ban against the Order of the Nine Angles.

Matthew McGregor discusses with both guests why a ban of the nazi-satanist O9A makes sense, and recent events related to the findings of BBC Panorama, and the indictment of a US soldier who had plotted against their colleagues in the military.

Afrida pitched questions to Joe as a part of the Great Get Together, taken from Afrida, and the audience. This was the first of our live webinars.

How one soldier conspired to have his comrades attacked by terrorists, as a part of a nazi-satanist murder plot.

Rosie Carter discusses the important work of building communities that are resistant to hatred. She discusses the urban approaches that can lead to a better community in the wake of the pandemic with Will Jennings and Nick Malyan and later Rosie spoke with Kim Leadbeater of More in Common and the Jo Cox Foundation.

This work, of building communities, is crucial to building a world where hatred is unable to spread.

In this final episode of our Heroes of the Resistance series we review some of the most powerful parts of our previous interviews. Matthew McGregor discusses the story that most resonated with him, that of the Ulma family, who attempted to rescue a family of Jews, but were denounced. Anthony Silkoff of the Board of Deputies of British Jews reads his article on the Ringleblum archive, a collection of documents that was produced by the captives of the Warsaw ghetto.

Because homosexuality remained criminalised after the Nazis were defeated, many of the stories of LGBT persecution and LGBT resistance went undocumented, it's victims and heroes were at risk of prosecution if outed as gay.

Gad Beck's story of resistance is one exception to that secrecy. Gad,  was both Jewish and gay, and therefore was thoroughly stigmatised by Nazi law, but nonetheless found ways to resist.

Josh Bradlow, Head of Policy at Stonewall, told us how Gad found his identity in resistance to the Nazis and how he would continue that tradition for the rest of his life.

Krystyna Skarbek was travelling outside of Poland when the country fell to the Nazis. In order to fight back after the occupation she threw her lot in with British intelligence offering her unique courage and skills to courier early reports back of the Nazi plan - Operation Barbarossa. Skarbek would go on to serve in three theatres of war and became one of the highest trained and most effective of British spies. 

Clare Mulley, the author of A Spy Who Loved, tells us a short part of Skarbek's remarkable story.

Witold Pilecki, a resistance fighter in the Polish underground, was sent on a mission of great danger and crucial importance to the fight against the Nazis. Witold was tasked with the infiltration of a new camp, that there was scant intelligence on. That camp was Auschwitz. What Witold found there continues to be remembered today for its unimaginable horror, but at the time Witold's reports from inside the camp fell on deaf ears.

Pilecki's time in the camp was documented by Jack Fairweather in his book - The Volunteer. Jack tells Witold's story here.

Additional audio licensed by the Imperial War Museum.

Sonia Purnell discusses Virginia Hall, who she wrote about in A Woman of No Importance. Working for SOE Virginia was able to do what many of her male colleagues had tried and failed to do- she build a strong resistance network that was able to undermine fascist authority in Vichy France from below. 


Additional audio taken from School for Danger, licensed by IWM.

We spoke to Caroline Moorehead about her book A House in the Mountains, the story of four partisan women and their struggle against fascism.

On 19th of April 1943, armed with only a pistol and a lamp, 3 Belgian resistance fighters stopped a train destined for Auschwitz. Outgunned, they nevertheless were able to fend off the Nazi guards, and their heroism rescued 233 prisoners from almost certain death.

The history books remember the War of 1939-1945 as one of a clash between nations, but World War 2 was also fought from below. We remember the heroism of those who resisted even when they were occupied or ruled by imposibly cruel regimes.

Resistance in Europe took many forms,  sabotage, espionage and armed uprising, but also non-compliance, industrial action and protest. Sometimes resistance was simply the courage and insistence on survival in the face of the Nazi plan to exterminate it's enemies..

 Nick Lowles and Jemma Levene discuss their favourite stories from the new report, and tell us why they resonate with them today.

Matthew Collins spoke with some of the remaining heroes of the resistance. The Italian partisans he spoke with were messengers and fighters, saboteurs and agitators against Nazism and fascism on Italian soil. Now elderly, each and every one of the antifascists that Matthew spoke with said they would again suffer the pains they felt in their youth again today, if it was needed to see off a new far-right threat. Those that Matthew interviewed have dedicated their lives to helping teach children of the dangers of fascism as a part of the antifascist institution ANPI (the Alliance of Italian Partisans). Each and every one was a hero, with stories of incredible bravery against their cruel enemy.

Those interviewed are:
-Gino Boldini (RIP)
-Elsa Pelizzari
-Rosi Romelli
-Romano Colombini
-Linda Tridenti

Patrik Hermansson discusses the spread of conspiracy theories and denialism in the Coronavirus outbreak. Patrik discusses how the divergent theories related to the disease's development have shaped online, far-right spaces, leading to fractious conversations as conspiracy theorists catch the disease and get sick, or where competing theories contradict, and are forced to adapt.

The spread of these conspiracies is a good case study in how the far right uses misinformation and false narratives to spread it's hatred. Behind every conspiracy theory there is a conspirator, and too often behind the mask of 'them' there will lie a minority group- the object of their hatred.

The Covid 19 outbreak is an especially dangerous media environment, and we must be quick to resist these false narratives by working to build trust between vulnerable groups, the media and governments.

Matthew McGregor spoke with Rosie Carter regarding her work in tracking the changing attitudes during the Corona virus outbreak. Far from what you would expect in this gloomy period, Rosie's polling found a rise in optimism, at at time of desperate economic outlooks. Amidst rolling news coverage of the disastrous pandemic, certain key indicators have actually improved. But what's behind the numbers? HOPE not hate's measure of these attitudes, and our analysis of their direction is something with which every antifascist should be concerned.

"This is a pandemic, this is a virus it knows no boundaries[...] therefore we need an international response, not one that seeks to spread division and hatred" Sarah Owen MP.

With the contagion spreading internationally, the responses from governments have varied from the lacklustre to the authoritarian. Hard right politicians have ramped up nativist language and elements in the west and the east have sought to blame the other side for the outbreak. With Trump and others labeling the virus the 'Chinese Virus' the contagion has been invested with a racial identity in the minds of xenophobes. The implications are troubling for Chinese and East Asian people internationally.

Sarah Owen talks with us about how she thinks we can respond to this outbreak of hatred.

In this, the first episode in Metapolitics, a new strand of the HOPE not hate podcast that looks at the cultural fronts in resisting hate, we look at Black Metal Resistance.

Nick Spooner from HOPE not hate speaks with Kim Kelly and also George Parr about where this comes from and what antifascists both inside and outside of the subculture, can do to resist it.

Illustrative Clips used for Educative purposes are Credit as:
Unicorn Riot for their NeckBeard Deathcamp interview,
Full interview here: https://unicornriot.ninja/2019/anti-fascist-solidarity-fostered-nyc-extreme-metal-festival/

Safya Khan-Ruf discusses the ongoing struggle to define islamophobia, and describes why its such a political issue. Nick Lowles talks on the recent media smears targetted against Qari Asim, and what really lay behind them.

In her speech Rt Hon Yvette Cooper MP discusses the State of Hate, and the importance of HOPE not hate's work in confronting, exposing and campaigning against hate over the coming year. 

Nick Lowles, CEO of HOPE not hate, sat down to discuss the neo-Nazi Satanist group the Order of the Nine Angles, and their promotion of terror in the digital space. The O9A have been linked to violent far-right groups such as Combat 18, the National Socialist Movement, National Action, Sonnenkrieg Division, Atomwaffen Division, and many more. 

The leading light of the O9A, David Myatt, a man known by acquaintances as 'The Cat Strangler' because of his proclivity for animal torture, has consistently promoted human sacrifice and abuse in his writings. We are seeing the most extreme form of far-right ideology grow and spread in online spaces, where the fog of anonymity is being used to protect those who wish to recruit vulnerable young people to their poisonous ideology.

After countless instances of O9A propaganda appearing unnoticed as a factor in the radicalisation of terrorists, HOPE not hate are now calling for the government to act and for O9A to be proscribed.

In 2010 the BNP were able to run 338 candidates for Parliament,  humiliatingly the 2019 general election saw them field just one - and he lost his deposit.

This trajectory marks a historical low-point for the traditional British far-right parties. But it doesn't tell us the whole story. With many of the far-right's ideas mainstreamed, and Brexit shifting the agenda from immigration, the attractiveness of the far right was severely limited by a Conservative party that drained the far right's traditional voter base. However the shift to a post organisational model, largely online, has allowed for an anonymous, amorphous mass of far right activists (making micro-donations of time and money) to continue the cause of far-right ideology, with little or no social cost involved and often with huge rewards. 

While it is difficult to measure the effect of this new far-right in regards to shaping society, it is also unclear that the old antifascist methodologies can continue to be effective against the work they perform, mostly online, anonymous, and counter-cultural.

As antifascists we must adapt in order to continue to be effective.

HOPE not hate's Joe Mulhall and Patrik Hermansson discuss the circumstances that lead to the publication to their new book 'The International Alt-Right: Fascism for the 21st Century?'. The work of researchers Simon Murdoch, David Lawrence, Hermansson and Mulhall contributed to an important new collection that assesses the Alt-Right from a range of angles, all of which have been informed by a combination of infiltration and open research.

Get the book here: 
https://amzn.to/2wW3y0t

Every month a range of conspiracy theorists from across the political spectrum meet. They come together to share their doubts about everything from the moon landings to 9/11.

HOPE not hate and Community Security Trust have been observing the Keep Talking group for years. Our findings reveal how toxic these meetings truly are. Holocaust deniers, neo-nazis, Labour party members and trade unionists have all attended to share outlandish ideas.

Patrik Hermansson (HnH) and Dave Rich (CST) talk about the danger of conspiracy theories for progressive movements, and democracy, and their role in antisemitic and islamophobic racism.

25 years since the murder of over 8,000 unarmed Muslims in the days that followed the fall of Srebrenica, Bosnia, we discuss the latent prejudices that allowed for the rapid radicalisation of the former Yugoslavian people towards ethnic bloodshed and mass-murder of their neighbours.

Owen Jones, Head of Education and Training, talks of his experience of visiting survivors and campaigners for justice in Bosnia Herzegovina, and how he thinks of those events when he is teaching for resilience in British society, in schools and elsewhere. Owen discusses how the subtle, unconscious prejudices and discrimination can grow, if not rooted out, into horrific inter-communal violence. 

When HOPE not hate heard of Generation Identity’s plans to try and prevent migrant rescue in the Mediterranean, we teamed up with antifascists across the world; including at Sleeping Giants and Avaaz, in order to stop the far right from risking lives.

When GI started a branch in the UK, we infiltrated and exposed their figurehead Martin Sellner making racist comments. We exposed their leaders for what they are, their extremist ties, and with other antifascists, we revealed two of their members were serving in the British Navy. 

With GI in the UK finished, we look back on what a successful antifascist campaign looks like in the 21st century.

In the wake of the Second World War Jewish ex-servicemen returned from war on the continent to find the same hatred being spouted by Mosley's followers in the diverse communities of East London and beyond. 
Utterly incensed and with the memory of war and the revelations of the holocaust still fresh in their minds, the decorated war heroes and rebellious youths of the 43 Group pioneered a new form of antifascist activism that made it difficult for Mosley to build an effective movement.

Daniel Sonabend, author and filmmaker, talks to Jake Pace Lawrie on Ridley Road in Dalston, the epicentre of the struggle to defeat hate in post-war Britain.

With additional archive taken, for educational purposes, from:
Youtube User: Safrenela1
Documentary recording: 'A Rage in Dalston'
And Youtube User: The Berkleys

Prod, edited and recorded by Jake Pace Lawrie

Race science underpinned many of the horrors of the recent past from slavery to genocide, but race science continues to exist in the academic space giving succor to far-right activists by justifying their racist worldview. Award-winning journalist Angela Saini spoke to us at HOPE not hate about her new book on the poisonous pseudo science and it's continuing return.

To mark the launch of the HOPE Education Fund our Director of Education and Training, Owen Jones, and Teri, a teacher in a secondary school that has worked with HNH before, discuss the need for resources to counter prejudice, and encourage empathy. This episode also features Robbie Mullen, our source from inside the proscribed Neo-Nazi group, National Action. Robbie talking about his own experiences at school. 

Two murders this year have sent shocking echoes of Northern Ireland past: that of Lyra Mckee, attributed to the “New IRA”, and the other of Ian Ogle attributed to the UVF. With Brexit approaching the risk that Northern Ireland’s painful past could be back in the present is on the rise. Matthew McGregor talks with Matthew Collins about his recent interview with East Belfast figures close to the leadership of the UVF in East Belfast. These figures are in a position to give a real insight into the group’s motivations and plans. The two Matthews discuss how Brexit is uniquely placed to drive a wedge between communities.

A Long Read from our special on the climate crisis. Simon Murdoch investigates the politics of migration and its effects on Riace, Italy.

Read By Faizal Farook.

Senior Researcher Joe Mulhall interviews long term friend of HOPE not hate, and prominent scholar of the far right, Cas Mudde about his new book The Far Right Today.  Mudde argues that we have entered a new 'wave' of far right development that can be seen across the world in the increased presence of far right ideas and parties in the mainstream of democratic countries.

Joe and Cas discuss the developments in the far right today, what drives them, and what can be done to address them. Mudde makes the explicit call to the mainstream right that they need to consider the limits of what and who they are willing to work with.

Kim Kelly is simply the coolest person on the internet. From taking on the metal scene's swastika tattooed underbelly, to teaching teens how to do labor organizing in the pages of Teen Vogue, Kim Kelly is giving hope to a generation of people shafted by the digital economy and hungry for a better world.Tucker Carlson's wet-potato-face has never been angrier.

Melissa Ryan speaks with activist Molly Conger about her work in reporting on events in Charlottesville, Virginia, in the fallout of the Unite the Right Rally in August 2017. While the events may seem in the past, for Molly and the people of Charlottesville - they are still unfolding. Trials continue, with extremists continuing to vent their frustrations about their own failings, and activist such as Molly continue to campaign effectively to build a more resilient community.

First recorded as a part of the CARD podcast, that you can get when you become a patron at https://www.patreon.com/ctrlaltrightdelete

The fallout from 2016's historic vote to leave the EU has changed the UK’s political landscape. Over the last 8 years, HOPE not hate’s Fear and Hope reports have sought to understand Britain’s different ‘tribes’, groups of people with similar worldviews, and what drives those groups. Brexit’s turmoil has sparked a huge change in those groups, driven to a great extent by political distrust, which itself is also driving new spikes in intolerance. Rosie Carter's long-term research into the views of the nation reflects this by updating our 7 ‘tribes’ to better reflect the landscape of the UK. Matthew McGregor talks with Rosie about her findings and asks if there are ways to find Hope amidst the fear and the loss faced by so many today. 

In a new essay commissioned by the Government's Commission for Countering Extremism, HOPE not hate's senior research Dr. Joe Mulhall argued that there is a new threat from the far right - the fact that they have modernised and moved into the mainstream. His essay is a must-read for antifascists who want to understand the changing nature of the threat posed by the far right. In this episode, Joe and Matthew McGregor chatted about some of the key themes in the piece.

Joe Mulhall and Matthew McGregor discuss new polling HOPE not hate commissioned from YouGov into Conservative party members attitudes towards Muslims. The results were shocking, but perhaps not surprising in that they reflect an older, overwhelmingly white, and middle class base in a society where Islamophobia is widespread. Gordon Brown makes a cameo appearance from an interview we recorded just after his recent speech on the rise of the far right.

Melissa Ryan speaks with Mutale Nkonde in a vital conversation about technology, representation and policy. The conversation covers a range of topics within Mutale’s research: Artificial Intelligence, politically motivated audio visual forgeries and deepfakes as well as the unevenly distributed effects of automation. In a cutting indictment of the tech industry’s ability to both repeat and amplify societal inequalities Mutale observes that Facebook has 146 staff working on Artificial Intelligence research, and not a single one of them is black. What this implies for a future shaped by technology, in the image of its creator, is a terrifying prospect.

Mutale is a policy analyst and fellow at Data and Society, and an advisor to Congresswoman Yvette Clarke.

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Music: Skalle Pierre

Matthew Collins and Duncan Cahill discuss the absolute state of the British far right in the year of 2019. Eddy Butler's thirst for power and dislike of Stephen Yaxley Lennon puts him on the wrong side of his party boss Anne Marie Waters, Britain First are hit by a series of very embarrassing leaks, while Nick Griffin prepares for a party where the list of attendees is as note worthy as the list of non-attendees.

Joe Mulhall sits down with David Renton to discuss the subject of David's new book, the rise of a far right that is becoming increasingly detached from fascism. The two discuss the contemporary history of Donald Trump, Nigel Farage, and Stephen Yaxley-Lennon (aka Tommy Robinson) as well as exploring the possibilities for antifascists to confront this new radical right threat. David’s aim, in this book, was to describe how the far right and fascism could grow further and closer over time, and outlined some of the aims for the antifascist movement in a period where we may often be confronting people without any direct links to fascism, but who nonetheless advance a similar, divisive agenda.

Researchers Joe Mulhall and Patrik Hermansson discuss the European Elections and what they mean for the far right and the European project as a whole.

Today we have a special episode of CTRL ALT-RIGHT DELETE, where Melissa Ryan interviews David Neiwert a contributor at SPLC and staff writer at the Daily Kos. David has helped expose and challenge the far right in America for decades. David and Melissa discuss David's early encounters with extremists and what it is exactly that progressives can be doing, or doing better, to undercut far right organising.

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Matthew Collins talks with Duncan Cahill about his new book 'Nazi Terrorists' a detailed examination of National Action, it's ideology, groups and individuals from inception to their recent downfall.

Twenty years on, HOPE not hate Chief Executive Nick Lowles reflects on the co-ordinated nail bombings by neo-Nazi David Copeland, the similarities between people caught up in extremism then and today, and the police failure to take far-right terrorism seriously.

HOPE not hate's Matthew McGregor talked to Mike Katz, the newly elected chair of the Jewish Labour Movement. Mike talked about the Jewish community's "absolute horror" about antisemitism in the Labour party, the personal impact it has taken on Jewish members of the party, and what he - and the JLM - want to see happen to tackle it.

Because Mike talked candidly about the nature of the antisemitic abuse Jewish Labour members have received, quoting from abusive messages they have been sent, this episode contains  offensive words and phrases.

We’re able to finally tell the full story of how HOPE Not hate smashed the banned terror group National Action and foiled a murder plot. Matthew Collins was at the heart of our work. In part two of this two episode series, Matthew talked to Duncan Cahill about National Action activists who have been jailed thanks to information provided by our source Robbie Mullen. 

We’re able to finally tell the full story of how HOPE Not hate smashed the banned terror group National Action and foiled a murder plot. Matthew Collins was at the heart of our work. In part one of a two episode series, Matthew talked to Duncan Cahill about National Action's background, Jack Renshaw's plot, and how Robbie Mullen saved two lives.

In this week’s roundtable discussion, Matthew, Joe and Safya weigh in on the public’s response to the terrorist attack in Christchurch, New Zealand, where 50 Muslims were murdered - and many more injured - by a white supremacist. Safya discusses the state of islamophobia, and hope, in the wake of the atrocity. Matthew discusses the upcoming local elections, and the electoral threat we face from various far right groups, while Joe discusses the two Brexit day demonstrations and the overlap between them.

In commemoration of the 80th anniversary of the Spanish Civil War Joe Mulhall interviewed the eminent historian Paul Preston to discuss the causes and the course of the civil war. They touch upon the war vs revolution debate (including Orwell's true opinion of the POUM tactics), the real origins of Picasso's painting Guernica, and the gains made by the republic.

This is a part of a series of antifascist history podcasts which began with an earlier interview with David Renton about his research into the Anti-Nazi League.

Safya from Light on Anti-Muslim Prejudice interviews the author and editor Mariam Khan about her book 'It's Not About the Burqa' and they discuss representation of Muslim women, and the participation of Muslim women in spaces that they are often excluded from.

Campaign Director Matthew McGregor took us inside parliament to talk with Clive Lewis MP about the key issues facing Britain today. A divided Britain, the rise in anger on both sides of the Brexit debate, and confronting antisemitism in Labour.

For #InternationalWomensDay we had a very interesting talk with Dr. Christa Hodapp about her first-hand encounter with men’s rights activists, and how that led to her study of the online #manosphere as outlined in her book “Men’s Rights, Gender and Social Media.” The nostalgia, hostility to progress, and entitlement of the men’s rights activists overlaps with some toxic far-right worldviews. Christa is Gender Studies director at University of Massachussets Lowell. 

A long read from the State of Hate report 2019, featuring new research by Simon Murdoch, looking at the Manosphere and organised offline groups of anti feminists.

Joe Mulhall sits down with Dave Renton to discuss the subject of Dave's new book- the conflict between the left and Far Right in the 1970s. Dave takes us across some of the key historical events that led to the colossal electoral defeat of the National Front in 1979, and how Rock Against Racism and the Anti Nazi League were able to play a part in the NF's downfall. Joe and Dave consider the implications of a revival of the ANL, as had been discussed in 2018, and give warnings for the new threat of a Far Right that is post-organisational, and no longer tied to the symbolism of 20th century fascism.

Ahead of Holocaust Memorial Day we recorded a long read extract taken from our recent book Rewriting History: Lying, Denying and Revising the Holocaust. We outline the aims of the text and read the first chapter: from Protocols to Lizards: Holocaust Denial as Conspiracy Theory. This extract was read by Deputy Director of HOPE not hate, Jemma Levene.

Matthew, Joe and Safya weight in on the “yellow vest” demonstration that took place in London last weekend. Brexit remains halted, as the recent vote in Parliament on Theresa May’s deal ended in historic failure, though May and her government survived by the skin of their teeth. May is meeting with party leaders to determine a plan going forward, but we favour a new referendum to include the people in the process of deciding on a Brexit deal. The team debates Chris Grayling’s inflammatory claim that failure to leave the EU would cause a surge for the far-right. Washington also faces a deadlock. Trump does not care to end America’s record-breaking government shutdown, as he hopes to save face with his online MAGA base to secure funding for his $5.7 billion border wall - a pricey symbol of white nationalism. Nancy Pelosi still has cards to play as she throws a wrench in his plans by withdrawing his invite to the House to deliver his State of the Union address. And still, Trump smiles over the fast food on silver platters for the college football champions, the Clemson Tigers, due to cutbacks made at the White House.

Matthew Collins, Head of Intel at Hope not Hate, discusses the new approach of the British far right in their desperate bid for attention. In recent days various individuals have been seen wearing the hi-viz vests of the french anti-Macron protesters while abusing  journalists and MPs outside of the UK parliament. Matthew warns that this is not a movement just another costume for a post-organisational, DIY, and donation thirsty bunch of ne'er-do-wells. The light of journalistic exposure has already begun to show some of the figureheads for what they really are. Duncan Cahill joins Matthew for this short episode that explains the significance of these protests, and provides an insight into some of the mucky motivations and murky characters (such as the nazi Nick Griffin) lurking behind the scenes.

From the rise of street protests, the radicalisation of UKIP to National Action trial, Nick Lowles and Matthew McGregor rounds up 2018!

The one and only Owen Jones talks with Podcast regular Matthew McGregor about his work going into at-risk schools and teaching critical thinking skills as a shield against extremist ideas. We want to extend Owen's work far beyond its current reach in the new year, this Christmas think about sharing the pod, and donating to our fund to help build HOPE in schools.

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We interrupt regular podcasting to discuss the hilarious and tragic leaks that HOPE not hate received over the weekend. Emails, messages and other evidence that Milo Yiannopoulos is outspending his earning powers and teetering on the brink of an embarrassing bankruptcy. Milo owes $20,000 to employees, and well over a million dollars to his own company, and has been forced to return his own Cartier wedding ring to settle a debt at the Jewelers. While it is a good time of year to revel in some heartwarming schadenfreude, the scale of Milo's earnings gives cause for concern, even if hubris has proved his personal undoing. Matthew McGregor and Joe Mulhall discuss the massive earnings and the ongoing fall of Milo, a far-right celebrity that is dangerously in debt.

In the media Islamophobia abounds, but along with the distribution of hate speech there is also the corrosive threat of misinformation spread about Muslims. Miqdaad Versi confronts both of these problems as the Muslim Council of Britain's Assistant General Secretary, he relentlessly pursues editors and journalists to maintain the highest standards of journalistic integrity. Safya Khan-Ruf caught up with Miqdaad to discuss his important and challenging work in taking on these journalistic biases.

This long read, written and recited by HnH senior researcher Joe Mulhall, describes the 200,000 strong march to celebrate the 100th year of independence in Poland (on November 12th 2018) which has become a rallying point for nationalists across the world. Marching alongside ordinary Poles were extreme neo-nazis, far-right flags from Forza Nuova and Generation Identity, as well as the leadership of the ruling Law and Justice party (PiS) who helped facilitate the parade on behalf of fascist groups. Joe considers how this public display of nationalist unity represents the mainstreaming of extreme far-right views in Poland, and beyond.

This week’s roundtable discussion with Matthew, Safya and Joe delves into the turbulent nature of British and international politics. Matthew talks about the Fear, Hope and Loss report and how it explains why people in the UK voted for Brexit. Safya highlights the importance of fact-checking in the context of anti-Muslim prejudice and Joe announces HOPE not hate’s recent campaign which stopped convicted fraudster Stephen Yaxley-Lennon from speaking at one of the largest anti-Muslim think tanks in the USA. Safya’s discussion with Darren Byler, a lecturer at the University of Washington, focuses on the horrifying tales by the Uighur people of North-west China, who have been forced to enter mass re-education camps by the Chinese state. 

We’re joined by Matthew, Safya and Joe where they delve into Stephen Yaxley-Lennon’s court case at the Old Bailey and his new-found international fame, the media’s role in providing a platform for Anjem Choudary and the series of explosives found the homes of high-profile, left-leaning, political figures in the US.

We caught up with Lisa Nandy MP for an interview in parliament ahead of a launch event for our new research - The Fear, Hope and Loss report. This groundbreaking research tracks the changing attitudes to migration in the post-Brexit landscape, insights that are crucial for anyone who wishes to mend fractured communities and build bridges between constituents.

Lisa draws on her own experience as MP for Wigan to contribute to a lively interview covering a range of relevant topics with our very own Matthew McGregor. 

Stephen Yaxley Lennon, is not the messiah, he’s a convicted criminal, far-right activist, and Islamophobic extremist. This long read (by the Right Response team, and read by Matthew McGregor) explains exactly why he’s earned those labels. [this podcast was recorded earlier this year, prior to Stephen Lennon’s arrest and appeal]

HOPE not hate CEO, Nick Lowles makes his podcast debut to talk about the release of Tommy Robinson, aka Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, the media reaction, and how his newfound international celebrity impacts the threat of the far right.

 We've launched the HOPE Action Fund because our research work directly combats the threat of Tommy Robinson and his Islamophobic agenda. You can support the fund from just £5/month here – www.hopenothate.org.uk/hope-action-fund

Joe, Safya, and Matthew round up the many recent happenings around the far right. Donald Trump used his visit to the UK to appeal to white nationalists, the latest demonstrations in support of Tommy Robinson, and this week's trials and convictions of violent nazis in British courts.

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We’re back with another episode! To mark Windrush Day, Safya’s has a candid interview with HOPE not Hate Organiser Dawn Livingston, providing a poignant insight into the Windrush generation and the experiences of racism and marginalisation they endured since their arrival. Also this week, Joe gives us the low-down of the international far right’s response to Stephen Yaxley Lennon’s - also known as Tommy Robinson - arrest. Safya explores the fall out from the international row over the NGO search and rescue ship “Aquarius”. And Maatin discusses Westminster’s formal recognition of Windrush Day.

Joe delves into Stephen Yaxley-Lennon’s (AKA. Tommy Robinson) arrest and subsequent demonstrations in Central London. Safya discusses Mamadou Gassama, the 22 year old the viral sensation whose rescue of a young child dangling from a fourth-floor apartment brought attention to France’s disparate treatment of its immigrant population. Maatin touches on the NFL, Colin Kaepernick and the NFL’s new law that fines teams if their players don’t stand for the national anthem. Safya interviews with Yasser Louati, a human rights activist, and they discuss Maryam Pougetoux, a French teenager who unintentionally caused a media storm just by wearing her headscarf.

In this week’s episode, Joe discusses the recent Times article on Generation Identity and the normalisation of the far-right. Safya explores the far-right’s reactions to the royal wedding between Prince Harry and Meghan Markle and Maatin delves into the problematic nature of Spotify’s “Hate Content & Hateful Conduct” policy. Safya welcomes HOPE Not Hate Researcher Rosie Carter to talk about her work on immigration and integration

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Maatin takes us through the recent local election results and the near-destruction of UKIP. Safya explores the ongoing debate around no-platforming and welcomes Paul Giannasi for an in-depth interview on hate speech. Guest host Matthew breaks down the ‘Day for Freedom’ march, prompting a larger discussion on the freedom of speech. 

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This week Joe discusses problematic musicians and artists, Safya breaks down the latest on the ongoing Windrush generation saga and Maatin looks at HOPE not hate’s upcoming campaign on Bill Etheridge. Matthew Collins travels to Amsterdam to talk anti-semitism in European football and finally the gang introduces a new segment, #HopeNotHateMail. 

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Riding the podcast wave, the HOPE not hate team have launched their own to bring you the latest news about the far right in Britain and further afield, as well as astute analysis about racism, radicalisation and integration. In this debut episode, the team bid farewell to the BNP's last councillor Brian Parker and take a look at HOPE not hate's Democracy Week to get people registered to vote ahead of the local elections in May. Joe breaks down a new report on the new UK branch of Generation Identity, a European far right network. Finally, Safya interviews Labour MP Lisa Nandy about her father's interesting connection to Enoch Powell and battling the far right in Wigan. 

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