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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A victory for Brexit would be a right-wing triumph
By exiting Europe, we run the risk of propelling Boris Johnson into No 10, says NICK MATTHEWS
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
I am not a romantic European but someone who looks at the practicalities of our relationship with our European neighbours.
I do not believe it is impossible to reform the EU. The EU has evolved and developed with every treaty change.
The problem has been that those evolutions and changes have not been in the direction we would want because the left across Europe is too weak.
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