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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‘When Labour wins we all win’
LEN McCLUSKEY explains why his 1.2 million member-strong union will do all it can to secure a Corbyn victory
Len McCluskey
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
UNITE’S sector conferences meet this week at an extraordinary time in our politics. This is a once in a lifetime opportunity to elect a government that gives working people hope. We must fight for it with all we have.
Our union will do everything it can to win a Labour government with a programme that will give workers and their trade unions the strongest rights in the world and will transform the lives of our members, their families and their communities.
A government that will give our industries a fighting future, protect jobs, secure investment and start to heal our divided country.
That’s why ultimately this election is about trust. Who do we trust to charter our communities out of the troubled waters of our nations, to a better future?
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