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RUSSELL BRAND was forced to cancel part of his book launch at the last minute yesterday after claims surfaced that one of the speakers holds racist sympathies.
The comedian’s new book Revolution was released this month amid rumours that one of Mr Brand’s associates Laurence Easeman had connections to far-right organisations.
Yesterday’s panel discussion had Mr Brand and Mr Easeman billed to speak, as well as socialist comedian Francesca Martinez and long-term LGBT rights activist Peter Tatchell.
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JOHN GREEN argues that the spreading practice of closing bank account without proof of criminality is an infringement of an elementary human right
RON JACOBS welcomes a book that tells the story of the far right in Greece from the perspective of migrants