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If They Bury Us, We Will Be SeedsAnne Enith Cooper

Anne Enith Cooper — Fri, 14 Mar 2025 16:57:52 +0000

The October sky blazed blue and the sun shone on a sea of canvas pagodas in a factory car park. Over 700 people sat between banners that read: stop speculation, stop the genocide and stop arming Israel. An exhibition of Palestinian art hung from the fences. A stall offering Working Class Beer stood opposite [...]

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Public figures speak up for protesters in prisonWriters Rebel

XR Writers Rebel — Fri, 06 Jan 2023 00:01:44 +0000

Brian Eno, David Gilmour, Nick Hornby, A L Kennedy, Robert Macfarlane, Ben Okri, Chris Packham, Helen Pankhurst, Miranda Richardson, Sir Simon Schama, Kamila Shamsie, Lemn Sissay, Ali Smith, Juliet Stevenson and Dame Emma Thompson are among those who have signed a letter which begins: ‘We are writing in solidarity with all those in the [...]

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Read: Where Are Their Cats? Jessica Townsend

Jessica Townsend — Thu, 02 Jul 2020 07:43:26 +0000

I remember the moment of panic on the tube as it clattered towards Waterloo. Was I really going to go through with this? I was in my mid-fifties, a grandmother to two, and I had agreed to be part of a topless protest on Waterloo Bridge. What was I thinking? Let’s begin with the easy [...]

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