HOPE not hate has today released its annual State of Hate report, titled ‘Pessimism, Decline and a Rising Radical Right’.

It is *the* go-to place for analysis of the far right, growing trends, fresh investigations and up-to-date profiles of all the key figures and groups. There’s nothing else out there like it.

On this episode of the podcast, Nick and Joe go over the broad takeaways from the report before having an in depth discussion on the topic of the growing Radical Right influence in the Conservative Party. This is an important story which reflects the growing toxicity in mainstream politics. The pair talk about where this group has come from, what it exists to achieve and how big an influence it, and its associated media environment, has on our politics.

To close, they touch on two other stories, the first is a new investigation into a member of the Patriotic Alternative splinter group, The Homeland Party, who is Chair of a Community Council near Dundee. The other is a disturbing article into the extremism of a far-right commentator named Steve Laws. 

Both blogs are linked in the comments, and should be approached with caution.

Cheers,
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LINKS:

• State of Hate 2024
• Jamie Brown from Homeland
• The Extremism of Steve Laws

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Welcome to the Radio 43 podcast from HOPE not hate, the antifascism show.

Nick and Joe sit down for the first episode of 2024 to discuss:

• HNH’s new investigation into GB News owner Paul Marshall who we’ve caught sharing and liking really extreme stuff from an anonymised Twitter account
• HNH’s new investigation into the West Midlands branch of the Patriotic Alternative splinter group, The Homeland Party. It’s full of really extreme characters
• A quick-fire round-up of news from across the far-right this year

HOPE not hate’s 2024 edition of our State of Hate report comes out in a few weeks and we have been absolutely slammed with that, so big apologies for not getting an episode out sooner this year.

Thanks to you all for listening.
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LINKS:

• Paul Marshall investigation
• West Midlands branch of Homeland investigation
  
  

On Thursday 23rd November, a 49-year-old Irish citizen, originally from Algeria but who had lived in Ireland for 20 years, committed a heinous knife attack on children at a primary school in Parnell Square East in Dublin.

Quickly, far-right and anti-migrant activists and agitators turned to social media, spreading a range of misinformation about the attack, including that the perpetrator was an illegal immigrant.

Within hours Dublin was ablaze, as rioters set police cars, buses and a tram alight and looted shops, causing over an estimated €10 million of damage.

But how did this happen? Is the Irish far-right larger and stronger than previously thought? And how do antifascists and Irish society more broadly respond to such a violent outburst?

To discuss this, and events in Dublin in more detail, we welcome the historian and author, Pádraig Óg Ó Ruairc, onto the podcast.

N.B. - During the course of the podcast, "The Diggers" are mentioned at one point. This ought to have been "The Levellers".

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Pádraig has written several books on the Irish Civil War.

- Several are available through Mercier Press.
- Pádraig’s forthcoming book on political violence in Ireland (published Feb 2024) will be available through Merrion Press.

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On Armistice Day, 2000 far right activists and football hooligans descended on London under the guise of "defending" the Cenotaph from pro-Palestine demonstrators. 

10 days ago, Britain's hooligan chat groups were filled with the usual discussion of football and beer. But they quickly mobilised as the (now former) Home Secretary Braverman branded  pro-Palestine demonstrations as "hate marches", and as the The Daily Mail and Douglas Murray suggested the Cenotaph was under threat. All this coupled with Tommy Robinson's return to X, and his calls for a new anti-Islam far right street movement.

The result: chaos on the streets of London, as far right activists and football hooligans battled police and attempted to confront Pro-Palestine demonstrators.

HOPE not hate had teams on the ground and embedded within the far right all day, feeding live information about what exactly was going on and where.

HOPE not hate's CEO, Nick Lowles, makes an appearance on Radio 43 to give us the full run-through of the precursors to the carnage, how the itself day panned out, and what the backlash has been for those on the march and for Tommy Robinson himself. 

With over 100 arrests already and presumably many more to come as police trawl through footage, it's looking as though Saturday will go down as another costly moment for Britain's far right.

LINKS:

• Here's our analysis of how the hooligan chat groups turned to threats of violence.
• If you value our research and intelligence operations, please consider supporting HOPE not hate.

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On this episode, Nick and Joe discuss what is a very fast-moving situation.

The far-right are mobilising in London this weekend in opposition to a demonstration calling for a ceasefire in Gaza. 

Near the centre of this is Tommy Robinson, who was allowed back onto X (Twitter) on Monday, and who has mentioned repeatedly that he’s wanted to get the English Defence League (EDL) back together.

Home Secretary Braverman’s recent comments calling pro-Palestine demonstrations “hate marches” have contributed to firing up an already hostile, and increasingly energised, mass of the former far-right street movement. 

Along with worrying rumblings from the underground, the literal Nazis in the National Front look set to make their Remembrance Day march to the Cenotaph as usual, whilst somehow avoiding being labelled a “hate march” by our Home Secretary…

It’s a muddied picture, but Joe helps us to get to grips with what we should expect to see.

Thanks for listening
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P.s. Apologies for the background chainsaw noise towards the start and the end of the podcast - please do bear with us, it does go away after a short while. 

In some breaking news, HOPE not hate researchers have unearthed the deeply alarming views of the Conservative candidate for London Mayor, Susan Hall. Hall has liked posts endorsing Enoch Powell, Islamophobic tropes about Sadiq Khan, supported the myth that the 2020 American election was stolen from Donald Trump and expressed a disdain for the press and democracy.

But what ought to happen now?

On this episode of Radio 43, Nick and Georgie sit down to discuss the ins and outs of the shocking Susan Hall revelations, what the party needs to do now and how this case sits within the broader context of concerning Conservative Party incidents.

HOPE not hate has been banging the drum about the scale of anti-Muslim views within the Conservatives for many years, and Hall’s candidacy suggests that little is being done to make sure that those in the party with deeply worrying views are rooted out.

As part of this campaign, we have written to the Chair of the Conservative party, Greg Hands, presenting a dossier of evidence and stating that the party must suspend Hall and undertake a full investigation into her.

Help make this happen by signing our open letter.

Read the full, shocking details into the Susan Hall case.

The episodes are coming thick and fast at the moment, and here we are back again with another Radio 43.

On Monday, the first asylum seekers arrived at the Bibby Stockholm barge in Dorset. The plan has gone ahead despite the Fire Brigades Union (FBU) condemning the boat as a “potential deathtrap” due to serious fire safety concerns. Across the country, tensions are rising as the Government continues to place asylum seekers in hotels, barges and barracks, and the far right try to use it to their advantage

On the show this week (which is something of a follow-up to last week), HOPE not hate’s Anki Deo and Misbah Malik make their debuts, talking Nick through the last few months of community responses to far right, anti-migrant demonstrations.

In doing so, they share lessons that we can take away about how communities have come together in various ways to see off the far right threat, and they let our listeners know about the ways in which HOPE not hate can help them respond effectively.

Big thank you to Misbah and Anki for coming on the podcast.

And thanks to you for listening!

P.S. This episode was recorded before Lee Anderson MP’s vile comments, which we otherwise would have discussed.

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LINKS

Here are a few links of things mentioned in the show:

• Stoking the Flames report
• Communities homepage 
• Llantwit Major blog

On this episode of the HOPE not hate podcast, Nick sits down with the Editor of Joyzine, Paul Maps, to talk about a forthcoming fundraising campaign that Paul and his team are running to raise money for HOPE not hate.

Joyzine is an independent zine that covers music, film, books, art and theatre, and it has a real activist element directly at its heart.

Next weekend, Joyzine will be celebrating its 20th birthday with a two layer event at The Old Library in New Cross. Across two stages over the Saturday and the Sunday, there will be artists performing from a variety of genres, with the things uniting them being a strong independent spirit and a message of solidarity and unity.

On the episode, Paul takes us back to the origins of Joyzine, what the driving ethos is and the relationship between music and activism, before giving us a full run down of the weekend along with a sneak preview of what is sure to be an incredible 4 part compilation album which will also be raising funds for HNH.

To close out the conversation, Paul gives us some recommendations for some artists to check out.

A big thank you to Paul and everyone at Joyzine for all their efforts with this amazing project.

If you want to get a ticket for the weekender, then head here: www.tinyurl.com/joyzine20

The event page is here: https://fb.me/e/4uopzrdtF

Head on over to Joyzine’s website for the latest reviews and features: www.joyzine.org

Thanks for listening!

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Welcome to episode 46 of Radio 43. 

This episode takes a similar form to the last one, in that it serves as a deep-dive into one particular topic: anti-migrant demonstrations.

There’s no getting away from the fact that this has become a really unifying focus for the far right this year. 

HOPE not hate has been monitoring closely, and there’s been over 60 anti-migrant demonstrations that have taken place on town streets and at temporary accommodation around the country in 2023. But where did this all come from? How far is government rhetoric and policy encouraging the far right on the ground? How are local tensions being exploited by far right activists? And to what extend is the media helping to increase divisions?

On this episode, Nick is joined by Director of Research Joe Mulhall and Director of Policy Rosie Carter, to pick through the features of a trend of activism that has been a real concern throughout 2023.

Thank you for checking out the podcast.

If you’d like to read more on this subject, have a look at these two links:

• Six Months of Far-Right Anti-Migrant Protests
• Stoking The Flames Report

Oh, very infrequently on this episode there’s a small electrical hum which lasts for a few seconds. No idea where that has come from but will look into it ahead of the next episode which will be at the start of August.

Cheers,
X

They say that good things come to those who wait…in which case, this episode needs to be the best one we’ve ever done.

Apologies to all for another short hiatus, but here we are - back with another episode. On the show this week, Joe and Georgie sit down to talk Nick through what’s been going on with a new campaign and investigation into Tommy Robinson.

Around the World in 80 Lies tells the story of Tommy Robinson's libels, lies and luxury lifestyle. As HNH researchers have discovered, Tommy Robinson's been living a life of luxury - all the while sending out emails begging supporters for cash - whilst running roughshod over the law and breaking a court order by releasing a libellous film.

On the episode, Joe explains the background and Georgie talks us through what the campaign has looked like.

Cheers for listening, sorry again about the wait. There'll be at least one more this month, potentially another one next week as well.
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LINKS:

The blog is quite a read and you can check it out here: https://hopenothate.org.uk/2023/07/11/around-the-world-in-80-lies-the-story-of-tommy-robinsons-libels-lies-and-luxury-lifestyle/

If you want to sign our letter to the Attorney General, you can do so here: https://secure.hopenothate.org.uk/page/128814/petition/1

You can chip-in to our legal fundraiser here: https://secure.hopenothate.org.uk/page/129263/donate/1

Hello! It’s been a mere 5 weeks since the last episode, and there’s much to dig into.

Joe has managed to tear himself away from his new hobby in British rivers to sit down with Nick for a discussion on the massive split in Patriotic Alternative. The two examine the context, the split itself and its fallout, and try to get to the bottom of some recent claims by other antifascists that the breakaway faction, despite being less than a month old, is now the most dangerous group in the UK.

Elsewhere, it’s polling day tomorrow (May 4th) and as usual the far-right is in a dismal state electorally. The pair look at the various parties fielding candidates and work out where the far-right goes next after yet another embarrassing showing.

Finally, today HNH researchers have sent a dossier to the authorities showing what we believe to be electoral malfeasance on the part of Britain First’s Paul Golding. Joe gives us a summary of what’s in the dossier and what the repercussions could be…

As always, thanks for listening!
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