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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Scotland’s chance to break with austerity
JEREMY CORBYN talks to Zoe Streatfield about Trident, the future of steel and Labour’s anti-cuts commitment
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
LABOUR leader Jeremy Corbyn visited Scotland recently to bolster socialist Elaine Smith’s campaign for re-election to the Scottish Parliament for Coatbridge and Chryston in May.
Addressing hundreds of trade unionists and party activists, Corbyn defended Smith’s record on standing up for her community, and Scottish Labour’s policies to take action against the worst Tory assaults.
He said that “all over the world people are rallying against austerity” and that in Scotland there was a clear choice between using the Scottish government’s new powers to “break with austerity” or accept the cuts as the SNP intend to do.
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