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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. Visit the HOPE not hate we...

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 experienc...

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 lea...

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

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 discu...

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. Visit the HOPE not hate webs...

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...

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, wh...

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 episo...

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...

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...

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 l...

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...

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

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...

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

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

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...

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.  Visit the HOPE not hate website...

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. Visit the HOPE not hate website to find ou...

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 va...

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 serie...

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

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

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. Chris...