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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The EU is very anti-European
Many people view the EU as the ultimate defender of our rights – when in fact these rights were hard won by Chartists, Suffragettes and trade unionists, writes DAVID MORGAN
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
WASHINGTON is eagerly awaiting the result of the British referendum on the European Union and is openly seeking to influence the vote.
US President Obama is to fly into London towards the end of April when he is expected to urge people to vote to stay in the EU. The issue is that big.
“Europe” cannot be limited to or defined by the entity known as the European Union or conceptually confined within its borders.
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