Over the last several months some new individuals have come to the fore focusing on anti-migrant activity. They are filming people living or residing in emergency accommodation settings or in tents, those involved in solidarity work, site security, construction...
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10 takeaways from the events surrounding Coolock.
H&CC analysis and talking points of the event surrounding Coolock. Documented 18 July 2024. This is an evolving situation and our observations may change as more information comes to light 1. Communities know what keeps them safe. Communities pride themselves in...
Dozens of Incidents of Political Violence, Intimidation and Threats Detected During Irish Election Campaign
By Aoife Gallagher and Niamh McDonald A joint analysis by the Institute for Strategic Dialogue (ISD) and the Hope and Courage Collective (H&CC) has uncovered 36 incidents of politically motivated violence, intimidation, harassment or threats since campaigning for...
Exposing the tactics of the Far Right in the run up to EU and Local Elections 2024
PUBLISHED 04/06/24 READING TIME 5 The Hope and Courage Collective (H&CC) blog shares our analysis and data of how hate and extremism are manifesting and outlines some of the tactics currently being used. Niamh McDonald, Director of Advocacy and Community...
Media Bridging Guide
Media Bridging Guide H&CC and Parable Communications have developed a short Media Bridging Guide from H&CC recent 'Something to Fight For' research. This guide is to support community leaders to stay in thier frame and on message. ...
Navigating One-to-One Conversations
Contents: Section 1: Base Building Section 2: There is a formula for creating a response Section 3: Dancing not fighting Section 4: Weaponisation Section 5: Sample conversations We want to meet people where they are but not leave them there. We have an...
Current Far Right Tactics
PUBLISHED 18.01.2024 READING TIME 5 Over the last several months, we have seen a resurgence of anti-migrant mobilisations in different parts of the country. What follows is an analysis of current tactics as they compare with tactics used in 2023. 2023 began with...
Narrative Guidance Following the Dublin Riots
Contents: Introduction Top line framing pointers Talking Points Responses to difficult questions What do you want the government to do? Resources Introduction: This is a guide to support us in how best to frame narratives that centre community safety and support...
Timeline and Brief Analysis of Dublin Riot
PUBLISHED 30.11.2023 READING TIME 8 minutes Within minutes of the initial reports of an incident on Parnell Square, prominent actors in the white supremacist movement in Ireland were trying to exploit news of the attack before the circumstances were known. From 14.16,...
The Dublin Riots Could Have Been Avoided
PUBLISHED 24.11.2023 READING TIME 4 This was predicted. The signals were there but ignored. Photo credit: AFP Last night's frenzy was avoidable, it was without doubt a failure of policing and a failure to rein in social media chiefs allowing their platforms to be used...
The Manosphere and its Harms
PUBLISHED 21.11.2023 READING TIME 8 It is an observable reality that the majority of people who are attracted to and sustain involvement with hate movements are men. In fact, for most of the last decade in Ireland, like elsewhere, content producers of hate movements...
Responding to mobilisations against people seeking asylum
Contents: Section 1: Don't repeat or amplify fear-based narratives Section 2: Avoid mythbusting Section 3: Avoid saying ‘the far-right’ Section 4: Be clear who you are talking to/about Section 5: Talk about communities needing to be resourced Section 6: Acknowledge...