CW for some discussion of sexual violence.

Stephen Yaxley Lennon, Tommy Robinson, has been preparing a documentary looking at sexual crimes in Telford.

While the scourge of sexual violence against women is disgusting, it's clear that Tommy's motives are less than pure. Why is it that Britain's noisiest islamophobe would want to focus solely on the crimes of Asian individuals and gangs, as opposed to the bigger picture of violence that afflicts all communities? 

Tommy's record of associations with violent misogynists and abusers is well documented, and his denunciations of them have proven weak, inconsistent, or non existent.

Joe, Roxy and Nick look in depth at this, and provide an overview of the other important goings on with the far right in early 2022.

Roxana Khan Williams met with Nick Lowles to discuss Nick's work investigating Stephen Lennon (aka Tommy Robinson) and how we believe we can put a stop to his shocking attempt to escape justice.

We need your support to win this case- and potentially, together, we could set back the far right by decades.

Prod. Jake Pace Lawrie

Nick, Roxy and Joe, come together to assess the most recent goings on in the sad social lives of the far right. Britain First have lots of possibly made-up signatures on their anti RNLI, pro-drowning,  campaign, Ben Raymond is doing bird (8 years of a custodial that even an abolitionist might like to celebrate), the Reclaim Party has got into bed with a real crank, and 'Fenek Solere' of PA seems to have stopped publishing entirely- off the back of our Patriotic Alternative report.

Unfortunately, despite the pratfalls of the idiotic far right, and major wins by antifascists, the new migration bill has, at the flick of a pen, thrown the legal status of 6 million British citizens into question. It is another deeply worrying act emanating not from the fringe far right, but instead from the mainstream of politics- in this case the ruling Conservative party.

Ben Raymond thought of himself as one of the most important figures on the British far right. Raymond believed himself to be untouchable by the law and a genius of political organisation. An academic, an intellectual, a propagandist, all of it was a fiction, none of it was true, Raymond was an artist of moderate talent. 

It was only a matter of time, thanks to the huge effort by antifascists, and on this occasion with thanks also to state investigators, that Raymond was put behind bars. many of his old colleagues will be please to see him, several of them are there, after all, because of his reckless advice. It will be quite a reunion.

Roxy, Nick and Joe come together to discuss the Patriotic Alternative report just published by HOPE not hate. We have the inside story from the PA event, and much much more.

PA held their annual conference some weeks ago. But before the hors-d'œuvre could be quaffed, antifascists had leaked the location. Mark Collett had bungled things once again, and no amount of Sam Melia's sucking up could fix things. Events organisers wanted them out. Pour little lad Mark is in a pickle.

While PA tried to palm it off as inconsequential - in reality the entire, event was an unmitigated disaster for PA and it's 60 quid a piece, out-of-pocket membership. Collett may need to sooth his nerves with a new superhero costume.

Who would want to be exposed as a fascist to their work colleagues, friends and family? Don't do it kids.

Here's the full report:
https://hopenothate.org.uk/2021/11/26/patriotic-alternative-britains-fascist-threat/
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Joe and Tricky Nicky Spooner meet to discuss the far right's crass reaction to the terror incident in Liverpool. Despite knowing nothing the gamut of far-right 'thinkers', 'citizen journalists' and 'activists' have projected their accumulated ignorance onto the attack with the hope that this will be the sort of misery that will validate their worldview once more.

Alan Leggett (who has adopted the powerfully descriptive moniker 'Active Patriot UK') is discussed in all his mediocrity. Apparently raising funds, once more, and again, for another attempt at relevancy. 

Elsewhere 'Identity England'; a niche coterie of thinking-man's  rejects from the global identitarianism movement, raise a wilted flag at oblivious police stations. But really are only mentioned here for the most keen of antifascists. There were four of them - if we count the photographer.

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Roxana, Nick S and Joe together again on the barricades of 21st century antifascism.

• Roxy reflects on the struggle against racism in cricket that's unfolding right now, and what hope there is in the coming weeks coming out of the stitch up by Yorkshire Cricket Club.
• Alan Leggett (aka Active Patriot, one of a drizzle-sodden millieux of 'migrant hunters') is going 'on tour' trying to whip up hatred, and the company Crowdfunder are so far allowing him to fundraise for it on their platform.
• Corbyn, the very bad one, appeared alongside the fascist Patriotic Alternative on a livestream.
•  Stephen Lennon aka "Tommy Robinson" has come out in support of the alleged murderer Kyle Rittenhouse.
• Tommy Robinson enjoying the reaping of his sowing- and has been told to stay the heck  out of Wing Kingz.

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Nick Spooner sat down with the activist-author Chris Saltmarsh, to discuss Chris's new book Burnt, and to look at the impending climate breakdown and its effects on every one of us. In many ways Climate Breakdown, and denialism, intersects with wider antifascist issues

This new episode of Metapolitics is the third in a series looking at broader cultural questions around the struggle to defeat racist and fascist ideology today.

Listen to Episode One of Metapolitics - 
Black Metal Resistance

Listen to Episode Two of Metapolitics -
Heroes of the Terraces

Presented by Nick Spooner
Produced by Jake Pace Lawrie

Nick and Joe return (Roxy is off today) to discuss PA's most recent embarrassment, this time, and again, it's caused by their leader Mark Collett- the number one hiking enthusiast on the far right.

Collett put his hiking boots away for a short moment to broadcast an especially putrid little stream where he blamed the recently murdered David Amess for his own death at the hands of a killer.

The disgusting comments seem to be motivated by an attempt to retain the members of PA who are understandably frustrated that Collett is moving the languishing far-right organization into a sports club, rather then an electoral force or something more edgy.

Despite the discontent of the PA rank-and-file, antifascists everywhere are extremely grateful for Collett's outdoorsy streak- which is allowing us to focus on other things, while the erstwhile ubermensch clock up some seriously underwhelming stats on Strava.

Elsewhere GB news has platformed some more hideous ideas, signalling a willingness to turn right, and very disturbing news has emerged that a "Proud Boys Britannia" member is guilty of multiple rapes.

Roxana and Nick discuss the murder of David Amess, a killing that will be remembered as another example of violence being used to harm our democratic freedoms. The far right responded gleefully to the killing, instantly spotting an opportunity to weaponize it against minorities. In reality the far right only cares for nurturing their own hatred, as their responses in the wake of the murder of Jo Cox also demonstrated.

Despite this solemn episode, Roxy and Nick also find time to confront the falling star of Stephen Yaxley Lennon, a man who it is difficult to imagine was once a rising talent. With his life in disarray, and now with an embarrassing stalking ban to his name, Stephen Lennon could be seen ranting his new line in conspiracy theories to a bemused crowd of xenophobes in Dresden.