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{{Infobox organization|
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|name =  Hope not Hate
|existence = 2004—present
|image =[[Image:Hope not Soap.png|200px]]
|purpose = [[anti-racism]]" organisation, involved with illegal surveillance, and [[Antifa]] associations.
|location = [[London]], [[United Kingdom]]
|affiliation =''[[Searchlight]]''<br>[[New Labour]]
}}
'''Hope not Hate''' ('''HnH''') is a communist "[[anti-racist]]" organisation, involved with surveillance, and with [[Antifa]] domestic terrorist groups. Some on the Right refer to it as '''Hate not Hope'''.

==Background==
The organization was founded in 2004 by Nick Lowles, who is Jewish, a former editor of the often criticized Jewish-communist "anti-fascist" ''[[Searchlight (magazine)|Searchlight]]'' magazine. Hope not Hate's Deputy Director is Jemma Levene,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://charity.hopenothate.org.uk/team|title=Meet the team|access-date=5 August 2019|work=Hope not Hate}}</ref> who previously worked as Head of Campaigns at Jewish cultural education charity SEED, and at the Jewish Orthodox Union in New York.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/author/jemma-levene/|title=Jemma Levene|access-date=5 August 2019|work=Jewish News}}</ref> The Political Organiser is Liron Velleman, Policy Officer for the Jewish Labour Movement.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/author/liron-velleman/|title=Liron Velleman|access-date=16 May 2020|work=Jewish News}}</ref> 

Hope not Hate functioned as part of the ''searchlight'' organisation until 2011, when the two groups split.<ref>{{cite web|last=Lowles|first=Nick|title=The Future of HOPE not hate|url=http://www.socialistunity.com/the-future-of-hope-not-hate/|publisher=Socialist Unity}}</ref> As a standalone organisation, HnH took with it two of the three units of ''Searchlight'': Searchlight Educational Trust (SET), a charity; and Searchlight Information Services (SIS), its research and investigative function. The organisation now consists of HOPE not hate Educational Ltd (a charitable wing) and HOPE not hate Ltd (focused on campaigning and investigative work).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hopenothate.org.uk/who-we-are/organisation/|work=Hope not Hate|title=Hope not hate structure}}}</ref>

[[Nigel Farage]] stated in 2014 that [[Unite Against Fascism]] members had made violent attempts to silence him and that there had been repeated attempts by political opponents to disrupt his public meetings which had forced him to hire bodyguards. His personal security had been threatened by supporters of UAF and another campaign group, Hope Not Hate. “They are violent in intent,” he said. “Their intention is to stop me speaking.” Both groups officially denied any involvement in violence, insisting they are peaceful and democratic organisations.<ref>Doreen Lawrence denies link to group accused of Farage threats http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/10823770/Doreen-Lawrence-denies-link-to-group-accused-of-Farage-threats.html</ref>

HnH and [[Unite Against Fascism]] (UAF) have been stated to have had or have a hostile relationship with one another, despite both being "anti-racist" organisations. This may reflect their origin in and ongoing influence from non-Trotskyist [[Communism]] (HnH) and [[Trotskyism]] (UAF). UAF has been described as being more extreme, such as by not criticizing Islamist extremism, possibly reflecting the origin in the more extremist Trotskyist ideology.<ref>HOPE not hate. Unite Against Fascism. The Shocking Truth Revealed. https://thedailybale.wordpress.com/2015/04/28/hope-not-hate-unite-against-fascism-the-shocking-truth-revealed/</ref>

See also the [[Searchlight]] article on criticisms of this organisation from which Hope not Hate originates.

==Sources==
<references/>
* Hann, Dave, & Tilzey, Steve, ''No Retreat'': The Secret War between Britain's Anti-fascists and the Far Right, Milo Books, Lytham, Lancashire, U.K., Nov 2003, ISBN: 1-903854-22-9
* Birchall, Sean, ''Beating the Fascists'', Freedom Press, London,  2010, ISBN: 978-1-904491-12-5

==External links==
*[https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2020/12/10/uk-labour-set-up-parliamentary-group-with-far-left-hope-not-hate/ UK Labour Set Up Parliamentary Group With Far-Left Hope Not Hate]
*[http://www.gilad.co.uk/writings/hope-not-hate-truth-not-lies-more-likely.html#entry13799402 Hope not Hate? Truth not Lies More Likely!] by [[Gilad Atzmon]]
*[http://robintilbrook.blogspot.co.uk/2012/10/hateful-and-hopeless-hope-not-hates.html Hateful and Hopeless – "Hope Not Hate’s" Labourite cranks get it wrong again]
*[https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2017/02/03/soros-backed-hope-not-hate-trump-mainstreaming-islamophobia/ Soros-Backed Hope Not Hate: Trump Is ‘Mainstreaming’ Islamophobia]
*[https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2018/05/24/hope-not-hate-identified-in-swedish-military-report-on-left-wing-extremist-violence/ HOPE Not Hate Identified in Swedish Military Report on Left Wing Extremist Violence]


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