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 must be pressed to deliver for working people
From a progressive transport agenda, to public spending, investment and sectoral collective bargaining, our union wants to see the long-overdue improvements that workers need and deserve, says MICK LYNCH
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
AHEAD of TUC Congress, our movement stands at a crucial crossroads.
The election of a Labour government was a significant step forward on the road to improving the lives of working-class people in this country.
Fourteen years of Tory rule had ruined the country, and we needed to see the back of them.
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