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 hunger strike that shook the British empire
From Catalonia, to New York, Bengal and Australia, the death of Irish revolutionary Terence MacSwiney in a British prison 100 years ago sent shock waves around the world, writes PAULINE MURPHY
Terence MacSwiney was on hunger strike for 74 days
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
ONE HUNDRED years ago Ireland was in the midst of a war for independence.
British rule over Ireland was being challenged constitutionally by the Sinn Fein political party and challenged physically by the Irish Republican Army (IRA).
Terence MacSwiney was a democratically elected representative of Sinn Fein and commandant of the Cork IRA Brigade.
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