The new Prime Minister must abandon decades of automatic support for US foreign policy, which makes us all less safe, argues DIANE ABBOTT MP
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Edward Carpenter was a progressive visionary who was well-ahead of his time, writes PETER LAZENBY
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A champion motorcyclist, trade union organiser and communist, Clem Beckett went from Britain’s speedway tracks to the battlefields of Spain, where he gave his life resisting Franco’s forces at Jarama. GEOFF BOTTOMS pays tribute to this remarkable anti-fascist
Edward Carpenter (1844 -1929) was a cultural and political activist who for over 40 years formed a strong bond with the people of Sheffield — he lived in Millthorpe, Derbyshire, only a few miles away.
A man ahead of his time, Carpenter campaigned and wrote throughout his life on many issues of social concern.
Mainly remembered as a pioneer of gay rights campaigning, he also advocated socialism, environmentalism, feminism, vegetarianism, trade unions and workers’ education.
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