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.

https://donate.hopenothate.org.uk/page/contribute/christmas-2018

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.