Fownhope’s Heart of Oak Society traces its roots to the age of friendly societies, when communities provided their own safety net. Its anniversary celebrations reveal a tradition still very much alive, says MARK SEDDON
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Week in Politics: As Gaza and Donetsk burn, BP whines about falling profits
PADDY McGUFFIN doesn't feel like the racketeers, spivs and hoodlums at the right hand of global capital see events in Palestine and Ukraine in quite the right light
ANGUS REID explains the significance of Cuba’s egalitarian in letter and spirit Family Code and the pertinent lessons it holds for democracies anywhere in the world
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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
Shame on you! You self-serving, lily-livered, spineless, selfish scum.
Correct me if I’m wrong, but you’ve been spending the last few weeks agonising over the suffering of innocent civilians in Gaza and elsewhere, haven’t you.
Peasant! While you’ve been wasting all that time over slaughtered kiddies in the Middle East and the ongoing situation in Ukraine, the real suffering has been going on behind closed (boardroom) doors.
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