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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Ken Livingstone must be reinstated into Labour
There is a world of difference between criticising Israeli government policies and anti-semitism, writes WALTER WOLFGANG
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
AS A Jewish member of the Labour Party, who escaped nazi Germany, I take the issue of antisemitism extremely seriously.
I am 93 years old. I was born in Germany in 1923. My family were persecuted by the nazis. So in 1937, at the age of 13, I left and came to live in Britain.
The nazis embraced anti-semitism and exterminated six million Jews. Their vile ideology must be fought and defeated.
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