On this episode of the podcast, the creator of the BBC One drama, Ridley Road, speaks with HOPE not hate's Nick Ryan.

A four-part show which premiered last October, Ridley Road is set in London's East End and tells the story of a young Jewish woman's involvement in the 62 Group; an organised antifascist contingent taking the fight to Colin Jordan's National Socialist Movement in the early 1960s London. 

The show was adapted for television by Sarah from a 2014 book of the same name written by the Brighton author Jo Bloom and is still available to view on iPlayer.

During the course of the chat about the show with Nick Ryan, Sarah also discusses the challenges of creating characters with empathy, Judaism, the theatre, surviving in Trump's America and her new shows looking at the #MeToo movement, the life of Trump's women and her project looking at one of Afghanistan's most inspirational female leaders.

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It’s been a minute, but after a short hiatus Radio 43 is back on the airwaves. Thank you for your patience and apologies for the period of silence from Radio 43!

Sadly, personnel changes at HNH mean that in the intervening period we have waved a fond farewell to both Roxy and Jake. We wanted to get them on the show before they left, but for various reasons we couldn’t make it work. We hope that you’ll join us in sending them love and all the ebay for the future.

Nick and Joe are still here though, and on this new episode they sit down to discuss a few details contained within HNH’s new Britain First report and some ins-and-outs regarding the Wakefield by-election, as well as giving a few reflections on the forthcoming “British Bill of Rights” which will see the Conservative Party water down existing human rights legislation which protects us all. 

Given our severe over-capacity at the moment we will be moving to a fortnightly show for a while, please bear with us! 

If you have the means and are able to chip into our security fundraiser, you can do so here: https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/hope-not-hate-under-attack

Solidarity with the RMT!

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Jake Hanrahan, journalist and creator of the Popular Front conflict reporting platform, spoke to Nick Ryan about Ukraine, nazis and anti-fascism, as well as investigating Atomwaffen Division, and his many other international experiences.

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The who, where and wtf?! of all the far-right candidates running in the upcoming local elections. Essential listening for all those who want to oppose fascists from establishing local power in their constituency.

The team also turn to the brutal and callous Rwanda proposal for offshoring  asylum processing (and subsequently successful claimants) entirely from the UK and to Rwanda.

The Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, has said the  process is "opposite the nature of God".  According to a 2020 Human Rights Watch report, detainees in Rwanda  suffer from arbitrary detention, ill-treatment, and torture in official and unofficial facilities.

LGBT asylum seekers fleeing persecution to UK shores, will face deportation to a country with a poor record on homophobia, even within the Rwandan state itself.

This is another episode where all of our efforts to contain the far right, are made a mockery of by a mainstream party that appears to be prepared to adopt the same  cruelty we normally associate with the fringe.

This cannot stand, and we cannot let it.

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Joe and Nick giving the facts, and nothing but the facts you need to take on fascists today.

It's a bumper episode. Tommy Robinson (Stephen Lennon) got deported from Mexico, the biggest and most humorous story of the day. The irony of a racist, Trump supporter, being deported from Mexico hopefully not lost on anyone... and meanwhile more and more evidence that Lennon has been lying about his wealth piles up each day.

It's looking bleak for Stephen.

Elsewhere Joe and Nick discuss the forthcoming elections, and the various far-right groups that are trying to compete,  an Odinite meltdown for UKIP Hampshire happens in full sight of all on Facebook, and Anne Marie seems to have backed down from coming out swinging for a slave owner in Bristol.

Unfortunately, and once again, the mainstream provides the biggest challenge with the alarmingly authoritarian Fidesz winning a resounding victory in Hungary, and the Conservative party failing to ban conversion therapy for trans people in the UK.

Get up to speed.

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Roxy and Nick meet to discuss the bumbling, useless and petro-pound fuelled human wreckage on the UK far right.

-Tommy ducks court, and looks like he might be going back to jail (thanks to the work of HnH).
-BF wave around silly petitions.
-A climate denial campaign that is being SHOCKINGLY funded by petro-pounds.
-Patriotic Alternative continue the fascist creep. Important info here for anti-fascists who want some forward intel.

Share and amplify this episode, there's a lot of information in it of practical use to those who want to combat the far right.

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Roxana Khan Williams spoke with Azeem Rafiq (@AzeemRafiq30), Professor Ann John (@ProfAnnJohn), Shaista Aziz (@shaistaAziz) & Kevin George (@_KevinGeorge)
for a discussion of racism in sports and mental health.


When life is difficult, Samaritans are here – day or night, 365 days a year. You can call them for free on 116 123, email them at [email protected], or visit www.samaritans.org to find your nearest branch.

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State of HATE 2022 – the leading annual report outlining the key trends and changes in the domestic and international far right – shows how the past year has led to an environment in which we will likely see the return of far right activists back on the streets, standing in elections and exploiting the uncertainties created by economic hardship.

To discuss the report's findings and to take questions from the audience, HOPE not hate's Head of Research, Dr Joe Mulhall, and researcher Patrik Hermansson are joined by Nadia Witthome MP. On hosting duties is Nick Spooner.

Thanks to everyone who attended and put questions to the panelists. Download a FREE copy of State of Hate 2022 here: https://hopenothate.org.uk/2022/03/09...

Like what we do? Please support our antifascist work with a monthly donation: https://hopenothate.org.uk/donate/ 

* This webinar was recorded on Monday March 14th 2022 *

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Nick and Joe are reunited with Roxana for an overview of the wasted lives on the British Far Right.

Tommy Robinson gets involved in a very banged-up, clown car of a political party, it is unclear why he has, and its likely to all fall apart.
PA did a conference, typically they were inept on security allowing info gathering all round.
The Russian invasion of Ukraine thunders on into an ever-growing nightmare.

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Nick and Joe are joined this week by Safya, a researcher at HOPE not hate.

The war on Ukraine by Russia has summoned all kinds of ghosts of historical fascism, and while this podcast normally focuses on the UK  far right, we decided that the war was of high enough global importance to anti-fascists that we gave the issue precedent.

The subjects under discussion are:

• The various responses to the war from the wide spectrum of thought in the UK far right.
• Putin's dubious claims of 'denazification'.
• The kernel of truth to Putin's lie (Azov nazis in the Ukrainian military), and more widely -Banderism - as a national myth.
• Putin's hypocrisy in deploying the Neo-Nazi founded 'Wagner' battalion.
• White supremacy in the media, the mask slips.
• The UK government's repeated failure to those fleeing war, once again.

A sombre episode, due to the subject matter, and also because Roxy has taken a break to focus on challenging mainstream racism in the popular media.

Share widely, and stay safe.

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