Gordon Brown, prime-minster of the UK from 2008-2010, has described Nick Lowles' book as 'Brilliant and challenging'. I agree. Within its pages, Lowles outlines the history of the rise of the far right in Britain. This is such a useful reminder of the key events that have happened in our own lifetime. We all risk being swamped by the sweep of news that hits the headlines and then fades from memory. Our capacity to manage the future depends on our understanding the patterns that can be traced in the past. Lowles is a good historian and provides that outline - and of course he is also an activist who has been campaigning against the far right for three and a half decades. We need the knowledge that Lowles' book provides - and we also need the spirit of hope that has shaped Nick Lowles' activism.
The Hope Not Hate movement began life in 2004. Here is part of the Wikipedia entry:
Hope not Hate was founded in 2004 by Nick Lowles, former editor of the anti-
