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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How can we keep up this anti-fascist momentum?
Mass protests may have put fascists on the back foot for now, but Nigel Farage and Reform UK are fanning the flames of a dangerous new racist offensive, warns WEYMAN BENNETT, announcing Stand Up to Racism’s new campaign
TROUBLE AHEAD: (Left to right) Tommy Robinson, Donald Trump and Nigel Farage present a new, serious challenge from the right
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 last few weeks have changed British politics. We face a new, urgent far-right threat. But we have also seen how anti-racists can turn the tide.
The protests that took place on Wednesday August 7 and Saturday August 10 show what a mass movement against racism looks like.
In response to far-right riots, pogroms against migrants in hotels and attacks on mosques, the anti-racist movement roared back. Because people organised, mobilised and took to the streets we pushed the far right back — and shaped a crucial juncture in British politics.
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May elections will soon be upon us and SABBY DHALU calls for a maximum mobilisation, across Britain, to defeat Reform UK and the right at the ballot box
As extremist hate spreads and disillusion deepens, the labour movement must offer more than resistance — it must offer a future, writes MATT WRACK, general secretary of NASUWT – The Teachers’ Union
