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When I heard about Julian, this hero, I thought: ‘I have to do something’
VIVIENNE WESTWOOD talks to Miles Ellingham about why she’s fighting to defend Julian Assange, land taxes and anti-capitalism, subsidies to industrial fishing, how playing cards can save the world, high street fashion and William Wordsworth
Vivienne Westwood is suspended in a bird cage outside the Old Bailey in London to protest against the US extradition of Julian Assange
NICK WRIGHT considers how the isolation of Israel and a new film on the controversial Italian communist leader are creating new reference points for Italy’s left
CARLOS MARTINEZ says Cuba’s achievements in the face of a criminal blockade are startling, but the island’s future if the United States succeeds in crushing it looks bleak
AMNON BROWNFIELD STEIN reports that far-right MPs who mobbed the event organised by Hadash may have helped raise awareness of the brutality of the Israeli right
Born on this day in 1931, the heroic revolutionary faces a dangerous new wave of White House aggression. We must treat his birthday as a rallying cry to resist the illegal siege of Cuba, writes ROGER McKENZIE
RAMZY BAROUD decries the rats of Gaza, the rodent and human type. Both abound as profiteering from tragedy reaches obscene levels
JULIAN ASSANGE’S trial resumed earlier this month. The Wikileaks founder was rearrested in the court’s cells two weeks ago over 18 new charges and now faces a potential 175-year jail term if it is ruled that he can be extradited to the US.
The trial proceedings sparked significant protest on the streets outside the Old Bailey from an unswerving group of popular campaigners willing to stand up for the fourth estate.
Among the protesters was Dame Vivienne Westwood, who has shown long-term, determined support for Assange — even leading a protest back in July from a cage, dressed as a canary.
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