Greater Than Fear

Contents:

• Section 1: Acknowledgments
• Section 2: Forward
• Section 3: Introduction
• Section 4: Understanding the far right
• Section 5: Community Case Studies
• Section 6: Wisdom Hard Won – learnings shared
• Section 7: What communities and society need to flourish in the face of hate
• Section 8: Resources
• Section 9: References

Introduction:

This publication sets out to document the experience, reflections, and learnings in creating community responses and resilience in the face of far-right mobilisations for the first time. It focuses specifically on the experience of five communities and draws on our own analysis in the Hope and Courage Collective on what is good practice and what helps or hinders effective community responses.

We want this to be a resource for any community facing attempts to divide and polarise them. It is not a definitive guide but a valuable offering that we hope fosters confidence and inspiration, and provides guardrails and signposts in minimising harm and disrupting far-right efforts to spread hate and division.