'A brilliant and challenging book' GORDON BROWN From the founder of Britain's leading antifascist organisation, HOPE not hate, this is an urgent call to resist the forces of extremism on the march in Western societies - and how to go about it. If you're shocked and disconcerted by the rise of intolerance and hate, you're not alone. Drawing from 35 years of campaigning and journalism, Nick Lowles shows how anti-immigration, antisemitic and Islamophobic attacks have proliferated in the modern world, and how Britain - with the likes of Tommy Robinson and the growth of Reform UK - has been far from immune from far-right politics. From HOPE not hate's pioneering campaigns against the BNP in east London to the impact of the 'manosphere' and the issues in Netflix's Adolescence; from explorations of the pernicious influence of 'race science' and conspiracy theory to the interplay of deprivation and intolerance in Britain's deindustrialised towns, Lowles entwines his inspirational story with hard-won lessons from decades of activism. His conclusions - which do not shy away from awkward truths for campaigners - suggest practical ways for the far right to be defeated. And he shares powerful examples - from a participant-led youth club in Hull to Syrian refugees connecting with local people over falafel in Bradford - of finding the joy in showing that, hard as it can seem, HOPE can triumph over hate. HOPE not hate have an email list of 120,000 people, 6,000 annual individual donors and 128,000 followers on X. We might have a foreword from Michael Sheen or Gordon Brown.
HNH were the subject of a recent Channel 4 documentary: https://www.channel4.com/programmes/undercover-exposing-the-far-right/on-demand/76991-001 which received rave reviews https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2024/oct/22/undercover-exposing-the-far-right-review-the-bravest-documentary-of-the-year-so-far Nick is regularly quoted in the news media and has had in-depth interviews with people like James O'Brien. Prominent supporters of Hope not Hate have included businessman Lord Sugar, boxer Amir Khan, singer Beverly Knight, actress and screenwriter Meera Syal, TV presenter Fiona Phillips, MP [2015-19] and former anti-fascist organiser Ruth Smeeth, chef Simon Rimmer, songwriter Billy Bragg, entrepreneur Levi Roots, singer Speech Debelle, actress and singer Paloma Faith, presenter Dermot O'Leary, Baroness Glenys Kinnock, comedian Eddie Izzard, murdered MP Jo Cox, and Swedish Tetra Pak heiress Sigrid Rausing. Competition: Year of the Rat; Minority Rule; We Are Bellingcat; White Terror; The Coming Storm; Far Out; Bloody Nasty People; Natives; Going Dark. Ash Sarkar; Paul Mason; Angela Saini; Reni Eddo-Lodge; Arun Kundnani; Owen Jones; Daniel Trilling; Joe Mulhall; Adam Rutherford; Marianna Spring; Afua Hirsch.