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 rebuild – and the left must lead the way
We must ensure that we never allow an entitled party bureaucracy to overrule democratic decisions with a sneering disdain for those who made them, says IAN LAVERY
Labour Party chairman Ian Lavery and the party's candidate in Walsall North, Gill Ogilvie, on the 2019 election campaign trail
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
IN DECEMBER the worst fears of many were realised as the Tories were granted a huge mandate from the British people.
Many factors were cited as having caused the disaster, but the fall of seats that had returned Labour MPs for a century was had been decades in the making.
Right across our party, but particularly on the left, the heartache of the loss was tough to bear.
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