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‘Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free.’ Emma Lazarus’ sonnet The new Collosus, written in 1883, is emblazoned in bronze at the base of the Statue of Liberty (the piece was actually auctioned to raise money for the construction of the pedestal). The statue was a gift from France to the US – and if Lazarus were living today she may well be shocked at the reversal of fortunes. Now it is la République beckoning to those in the Land of the Free: a call to arms following US President Donald Trump’s decision to pull out of the Paris climate change agreement on 1 June.