HOPE not hate

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, an...

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! Visit the HOPE not hate website to find out more about our work.

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...

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 ri...

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...

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. Visit the HOPE not hate website to find out more about our work.

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. Visit the HOPE not hate website to find out more about our work.

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...

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 3...

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. Leave a review. Li...

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 sil...

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...

"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 ball...

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 Davi...

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 r...

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....

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 narcis...

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...

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.  Visit the HOPE not hate website to find out more about our wor...

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 Jo...

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 overvi...

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 t...

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. Visit the HOPE not hate website to find out more about our work.

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 discus...

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 radicalizati...