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Joe Mulhall
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Director of Research @hopenothate. Writer, historian, journalist, anti-fascist.

Latest book: Rebel Sounds: Music as Resistance is out now!
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My latest book is Rebel Sounds: Music as Resistance. It's a social history of the twentieth century but one that takes in the human impulse to create, share and enjoy the one thing that connects cultures and spans generations: music. It's out in America next week! uk.bookshop.org/p/books/rebe... (2)
So Matthew Goodwin is Reform's candidate for the Gorton and Denton by-election. I wrote this last year about how there is nothing he won’t say if he thinks it will get him more views and paying Substack subscribers. He’s an opportunist extremist. hopenothate.org.uk/state-of-hat...
State of HATE 2025: The Opportunist Extremist: The Strange Radicalisation of Matthew Goodwin
Once a respected academic studying the far right, Matthew Goodwin has become one of its most influential figures. Now a GB News pundit and Reform UK fanboy, he’s traded scholarship for reactionary gri...
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January 28, 2026 at 1:30 PM
The V&A Storeroom is the best museum I’ve been to ages! A wonderful slice of its staggeringly diverse collection, most presented without comment.
January 18, 2026 at 3:02 PM
While Farage was clearly tricked into recording a tribute to the infamous pedophile Ian Watkins on Cameo, it does go to show that this man will say literally anything for money. It makes you wonder what he's saying on behalf of his funders and employers when real money is involved.
January 16, 2026 at 11:16 AM
If you haven't signed up to the @hopenothate.org.uk Reform Watch Newsletter yet have a read of the last one and you will see why it's well worth it! hopenothate.org.uk/2026/01/07/r...
Nigel Farage’s billionaire buddy
Perhaps you can help us answer a question we’ve been mulling over today. The bosses of Reform UK seem to be fascinated by a pothole-fixing machine called the Pothole Pro. They keep talking about it. N...
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January 13, 2026 at 4:15 PM
Maybe Tommy Robinson has developed a passionate interest in the wars in Sudan/Yemen. Maybe he has been brushing up on Turkish drone technology and the complexities of the Yemen conflict.
Or perhaps something else is going on linked to the UAE? hopenothate.org.uk/2026/01/12/w...
Why is Tommy Robinson suddenly so focused on UAE-linked conflicts? – HOPE not hate
Anyone who has followed Stephen Lennon (AKA Tommy Robinson) over the years will have noticed the vast amounts of money he has acquired through his...
hopenothate.org.uk
January 12, 2026 at 7:47 PM
Reposted by Joe Mulhall
We’re looking for someone to join the @hopenothate.org.uk research team for 3 months to work on our anti-Reform team. Have a look!
hopenothate.org.uk/about-us/car...
Apply to be a Temporary Journalist/Researcher
HOPE not hate is hiring a temporary journalist/researcher to investigate Reform UK and the far right. 3-month contract, £35k pro rata. Apply by 1 Feb.
hopenothate.org.uk
January 8, 2026 at 8:28 PM
Another important and worrying piece from the @hopenothate.org.uk research team. Aryan Front exposed: The new neo-Nazi cell pushing for “Racial Holy War” hopenothate.org.uk/2026/01/09/a...
Aryan Front exposed: The new neo-Nazi cell pushing for “Racial Holy War” – HOPE not hate
Warning: this article includes extreme and offensive imagery HOPE not hate exposes Aryan Front, an extreme neo-Nazi cell that split from White Vanguard last month....
hopenothate.org.uk
January 9, 2026 at 5:33 PM
We’re looking for someone to join the @hopenothate.org.uk research team for 3 months to work on our anti-Reform team. Have a look!
hopenothate.org.uk/about-us/car...
Apply to be a Temporary Journalist/Researcher
HOPE not hate is hiring a temporary journalist/researcher to investigate Reform UK and the far right. 3-month contract, £35k pro rata. Apply by 1 Feb.
hopenothate.org.uk
January 8, 2026 at 8:28 PM
Explosive new article from @hopenothate.org.uk about the rise and fall of White Vanguard: How a neo-Nazi group tore itself apart. hopenothate.org.uk/2026/01/07/t...
The rise and fall of White Vanguard: How a neo-Nazi group tore itself apart – HOPE not hate
Warning: this article includes extreme and offensive imagery HOPE not hate can reveal that the neo-Nazi group White Vanguard has suffered a major split. A...
hopenothate.org.uk
January 7, 2026 at 4:18 PM
Reposted by Joe Mulhall
🚨 NEW: Neo-Nazi group White Vanguard (WV) has suffered a major split. A series of calamitous errors has cost the group half its membership, forced a change in leadership and left its future uncertain.

Read our report: hopenothate.org.uk/2026/01/07/t...
The rise and fall of White Vanguard: How a neo-Nazi group tore itself apart – HOPE not hate
Warning: this article includes extreme and offensive imagery HOPE not hate can reveal that the neo-Nazi group White Vanguard has suffered a major split. A...
hopenothate.org.uk
January 7, 2026 at 3:56 PM
My review of the new Antibalas album for Songlines magazine: ‘Second-wave Afrobeat pioneers Antibalas return with Hourglass, a vibrant, fully instrumental offering that sees the Brooklyn collective reconnect with their rhythmic roots.’ Full review here:
www.songlines.co.uk/review/hourg...
Hourglass
www.songlines.co.uk
December 12, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Reposted by Joe Mulhall
🚨 NEW: Figures with violent pasts are gravitating to the British Democrats, a fascist political party seeking to embed itself within the growing anti-migrant protest movement.

hopenothate.org.uk/2025/12/11/v...
Violent fascists resurface in the British Democrats – HOPE not hate
Figures with violent pasts are gravitating to the British Democrats, a fascist political party seeking to embed itself within the growing anti-migrant protest movement Emerging...
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December 12, 2025 at 9:46 AM
So Piers Morgan plays clips of Nick Fuentes saying he likes Hitler, is overtly racist, questions the Holocaust etc etc and yet STILL calls him a 'prominent conservative.' This is normalisation in action.
December 8, 2025 at 9:20 PM
The Piers Morgan interview with Nick Fuentes is a great example of why interviewing fascists to get views is idiotic/irresponsible. Absolutely nothing new in it. Fuentes had said it all before on his own show. Morgan has merely raised Fuentes' profile and introduced him to new audiences for views.
December 8, 2025 at 9:13 PM
When will people like Piers Morgan realise that by debating a Holocaust denier like Nick Fuentes he's fundamentally conceding that the reality of the Holocaust is something to be debated. It aids and amplifies denial. All because Morgan wants views for his irrelevant YouTube channel.
December 8, 2025 at 9:11 PM
A new generation of fascists are fusing combat training with extremist ideology. HOPE not hate investigates the Midlands chapter of the secretive Active Club network, and exposes the figures driving its expansion. hopenothate.org.uk/2025/10/30/a...
Active Club Midlands: Fascist Fight Club Exposed – HOPE not hate
A new generation of fascists are fusing combat training with extremist ideology. HOPE not hate investigates the Midlands chapter of the secretive Active Club network,...
hopenothate.org.uk
November 20, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Reform UK receives millions from crypto investors – then champions crypto. Imitating Donald Trump’s MAGA playbook, Nigel Farage and his party Reform UK have spent this year cosying up to the crypto industry. hopenothate.org.uk/2025/11/19/r...
Reform UK receives millions from crypto investors - then champions crypto – HOPE not hate
Reform UK, which has received funding from crypto investors Christopher Harborne and Simon William Smith, has been singing crypto’s praises. Imitating Donald Trump’s MAGA playbook,...
hopenothate.org.uk
November 20, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Exposed: New Far-Right Research Unit Targeting Progressive Activists. Important new piece from @hopenothate.org.uk. More to follow soon! hopenothate.org.uk/2025/11/20/e...
Exposed: New Far-Right Research Unit Targeting Progressive Activists – HOPE not hate
A group of far-right activists have formed a new information gathering unit and have progressive activists in their sights, HOPE not hate (HNH) can reveal. ...
hopenothate.org.uk
November 20, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Reposted by Joe Mulhall
SUPERB and angrily unvarnished response, by former BBC chairman, Lord Patten.

"I don't think that we should allow ourselves to be bullied into thinking that the BBC is only any good, if it reflects the prejudice of the last person who shouted at it." ~AA
November 10, 2025 at 6:40 PM
If you're tired of the biased BBC don't forget to tune in to GB News to watch shows hosted by Nigel Farage, Richard Tice, Lee Anderson, Matthew Goodwin or Jacob Rees-Mogg. 🤣
November 10, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Of course the BBC has made mistakes but watching these right/far-right commentators pretending they care about impartiality and journalistic standards when they appear on/host GB News shows is laughable. I wish the BBC spent less time placating ppl who will hate it regardless of what they do.
November 10, 2025 at 8:35 PM
It was a pleasure to go on the @newint.bsky.social
podcast, The World Unspun to discuss the rise of the global far right. newint.org/politics/202...
Taking on the far right with Hope Not Hate
Joe Mulhall, research director at the anti-fascist organization Hope Not Hate on why the far right is gaining ground around the world, where resistance can take root and how communities can resist.
newint.org
October 27, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Peter Thiel's lectures about the antichrist/Armageddon are unsurprising but wild! Claims that it being difficult for people to hide wealth in tax havens is one sign the antichrist may be amassing power. “It’s become quite difficult to hide one’s money.” 🤣 www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Inside tech billionaire Peter Thiel’s off-the-record lectures about the antichrist
The political svengali and investor has been giving lectures on ‘an evil king or tyrant … who appears in the end times’
www.theguardian.com
October 10, 2025 at 7:31 PM
The authoritarian crack down on American anti-fascists is deeply worrying to see. It's one of those moments when a fascist leader tells the world who he really is. There must be better ways that European anti-fascists can show our solidarity and offer support.
October 10, 2025 at 10:17 AM