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We must unite against the new wave of political policing
All shades of red must stand in total solidarity with any person or group, from the CPGBM-L to Socialist Appeal, that is facing the unprecedented attack on left-wing speech that began over the Gaza protests, demands ANDREW MURRAY
SPEAKING OUT: A file photo of protesters calling for an end to the war on Gaza

FROGS apparently boil in water without noticing anything amiss until they are done for.

Or, as Ernest Hemingway put it, you go bankrupt “gradually, then suddenly.”

Democratic rights go the same way. We are being boiled and bankrupted right now.

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