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 right-wing media are doing the government’s bidding in deriding the teaching unions as a mix of sludgy backwardness — but their reference point is downright reactionary, reveals SOLOMON HUGHES
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
THE government is trying to sound consensual about the coronavirus crisis in public, while sending its outriders off to shout paranoid rants in an effort to rally the troops and pressure the opposition.
Boris Johnson and friends are clearly very nervous that they will get the blame for failure to control the epidemic, or for the financial fall that might follow.
They are treading softly in person, while putting their pals out for the angrier, crazier attacks on the side.
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