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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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
NAJIB RAZAK was Malaysia’s prime minister from 2009 until May 2018, when Malaysian voters kicked him out in an election where allegations of his personal corruption were a big issue.
At the start of this month Razak was arrested and charged with corruption on a huge scale. He is charged with diverting billions of pounds out of Malaysian public funds into his own and his associates’ pockets.
There is a good chance the trial will uncover a huge, corrupt money trail that leads repeatedly to Britain, showing that the City of London is at the centre of the international movement of dirty money.
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