far right thug, but he changed sides, became an informer and after years in exile, returned to britain to become a prominent activist for the group hope not hate. what is the most effective antidote to hate fuelled neo nazi extremism 7 matthew collins, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. yourjob is rooting out, exposing, the most vile forms of racism, neo nazism. yep. the twist is that you, yourself, in your youth, were one of them. do you see traits of yourself in today s neo nazis? some. some traits. poacher turned gamekeeper. i see some traits. i see in some of them the uncertainty about what they believe, the doubts about what they believe, the sadness, deep sadness, and it s one of the things i look for. if i want to recruit someone, i don t recruit a happy fascist, i recruit someone who s unhappy, who s uncertain. and that s what i aim at and that s what i go for. sounds like you make a real effort to understand their pain. yeah, i think a lot of people think anti fascists
drones during the night. next it s hardtalk with stephen sackur. a warning this edition contains references to racist language that some viewers may find offensive. welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen sackur. eight decades after the world confronted the evil of nazism, significant numbers of people around the world are still drawn to extreme violent forms of race hatred and nationalism. in his youth, my guest was part of that culture. matthew collins was a violent far right thug, but he changed sides, became an informer and after years in exile, returned to britain to become a prominent activist for the group hope not hate. what is the most effective antidote to hate fuelled neo nazi extremism 7 matthew collins, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. yourjob is rooting out, exposing, the most vile forms of racism, neo nazism. yep. the twist is that you, yourself, in your youth, were one of them. do you see traits of yourself in today s neo nazis? some. some traits. poacher turned gam
leaders were women. one of them, my guest today, ericka huggins. she spent two years imprisoned and she became a symbol of the black panther struggle. looking around oakland today, has anything really changed? ericka huggins, welcome to hardtalk. well, thank you! it s an honour to be here. it is a great pleasure to have you on the show. i want to take you back to your years as a leader in the black panther party. when you reflect on those years now, does it feel to you like ancient history, or part of a struggle that continues till today? well, it certainly doesn t feel like ancient history because the life that i lived and that all of my friends lived at that time stays with me. it s a very pivotal part of my life. and i think that history sometimes. well, let me say, i have a particular view of history, that it doesn t happen in segments, that it flows like a river. so i m still in the river and, um, doing the best i can to uplift humanity, like i did then. let s take you b
and after years in exile, returned to britain to become a prominent activist for the group hope not hate. what is the most effective antidote to hate fuelled neo nazi extremism 7 matthew collins, welcome to hardtalk. yourjob is rooting out, exposing, the most vile forms of racism neo nazism. yep. the twist is that you, yourself, in your youth, were one of them. do you see traits of yourself in today s neo nazis? some. some traits. poacher turned gamekeeper. i see some traits. i see in some of them the uncertainty about what they believe, the doubts about what they believe, the sadness, deep sadness, and it s one of the things i look for. if i want to recruit someone, i don t recruit a happy fascist, i recruit someone who s unhappy, who s uncertain. and that s what i aim at and that s what i go for. sounds like you make a real effort to understand their pain. yeah, i think a lot of people think anti fascists just generally must hate all fascists, but my thing is ijust hate the
civilians continue to flee the ukrainian city of kherson as russia persists in claims kyiv is preparing to use a so called dirty bomb . air strikes in me and more, the military defends the attack in which 50 civilians were killed. and putting ties with the rapper calling his anti semitic postings on social media hateful and dangerous. it s seven in the morning in singapore, and midnight in london where rishi sunak is spending his first night as prime minister in downing street. earlier he was officially appointed by king charles. the 42 year old is the country s youngest leader in modern times and the first prime minister of colour. he spent much of the day appointing his government ministers and has already held phone calls with world leaders including president biden. our political editor chris mason looks back on an historic day. 11:50, this morning, downing street s security gates had swung open, the motorcade swept in, heralding another new arrival here. here he comes,