HOPE not hate seeks to challenge and defeat the politics of hate and extremism within local communities, building resilience against the politics of hate and fear, at a national and grassroots level and this podcast explores the myriad of ways it does so. Email us at digital@hopenothate.org.uk for tips, feedback, and opportunities.
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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 consistent...
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 tradi...
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 t...
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 Bri...
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 w...
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 Sona...
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 ...
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...
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 ...
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...
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 Intelligenc...
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 out...
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. Sign up to the patreon to get podcasts like this every other week, as well as regular writin...
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 ep...
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 betwee...
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 i...
