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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From the steel crisis to tax dodging, the Tories are wandering from crisis to crisis. Their era of failure has to be brought to an end, writes JOHN McDONNELL
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
TODAY’S demonstration is the latest in a long line of protests against the cruel and unnecessary policy of austerity. For six years we have marched against George Osborne and David Cameron’s spending cuts.
Now, slowly but surely, we are starting to turn the tide on this government. Just look at what has happened in the last month.
Osborne’s callous Budget has been torn to shreds. When he tried to take £3,000 off the disabled for a £3,000 tax break paid to just 0.3 per cent of taxpayers, including the very richest in the country, the public revulsion was immense.
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