... or are we losing it?

The new edition of HOPE not hate magazine turns a spotlight on the thorny issue of Extremism.

Featuring an exclusive interview with the head of the Commission for Countering Extremism, brand new polling, revelations about far-right youth terror networks, and several long-reads (including on "gangster jihadism" and the possibilities of "life after hate"), this bumper edition reveals public confusion over extremism – and asks if the Government has got its counter-extremism strategy right.

Read a selection of articles below – subscribe to read more! – and listen out for us on the HOPE not hate podcast.

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How do we
tackle the
extremist threat?

From QAnon conspiracies to youth terror gangs, we are facing a rapidly morphing extremism threat.

Polling:
A Nation
Confused

The British public is just as divided and confused over “extremism” as the Government.

The Woman Who Calls Out
Extremists

Sara Khan wants the Government to draw up a new counter-extremism strategy.

What do
British
Muslims think?

HUB-ONLY: A majority are concerned about Islamist extremism and support a Prevent-style programme.

Prevent: This isn't
Spying
It's Safeguarding

Much paranoia and misunderstanding exists around the Government’s Prevent programme.

New Extreme Right
Terror Cell
Exposed

The British Hand is recruiting teenagers and encouraging terror across Instagram and Telegram.

Telegram: Still
A Safe
Space for the Far Right

Telegram remains one of the most important social media platforms for the extreme far right.

How the far right
united a city
(against them)

Bradford provided a textbook response of community unity against an English Defence League demonstration.

Was this
'Hateful
Extremism'...?

HUB-ONLY: What really happened with the Birmingham schools protests last year?

You can't
legislate your
way out of terrorism

Yet more laws won't solve our terrorism problem says our expert, not without better funding for prisons and probation.

Down the
alt-right
rabbit hole

LIFE AFTER HATE: After Christchurch, Caleb Cain sensationally ‘quit’ his life as a follower of alt-right YouTubers – and now helps others do the same.

Podcasts

📻 Podcasts: Listen to Caleb Cain talk to Nick Ryan, Patrik Hermansson discuss youth terror groups and Sara Khan speak to Nick Lowles on today's extremism threat.

Are we winning the battle against extremism?

... or are we losing it?

How do we tackle the extremist threat?

Polling: A Nation Confused

The Woman Who Calls Out Extremists

What do British Muslims think?

Prevent: This isn't Spying It's Safeguarding

New Extreme Right Terror Cell Exposed

Telegram: Still A Safe Space for the Far Right

How the far right united a city (against them)

Was this 'Hateful Extremism'...?

You can't legislate your way out of terrorism

Down the alt-right rabbit hole