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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Labour can only be relevant to people if it gives them the power
The party needs a strategy to win back working people before it starts focusing on who should be leader, writes LUCY WOOD
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
ONLY three months ago it was Labour conference and confident Labour MPs strutted around Brighton, knowing that even though they were in opposition they were the ones who had control of Parliament.
Boris Johnson’s Tory minority was flailing like a turtle on its back, unable to win a majority, Labour was winning, they could do no wrong.
Except on a Sunday afternoon a fringe event called Winning Back the Labour Heartlands unwittingly predicted why Labour was not just walking but sprinting down the path to Loserville.
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