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 repression we’re facing is the action of a bully who knows it’s weak’
TIM CROSLAND of Plan B and Defend Our Juries talks to Morning Star’s Ceren Sagir about the legal mechanisms behind Britain’s crackdown on protest rights
SPEAKING OUT: Tim and Ceren talk on the Morning Star’s YouTube channel
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
With what seems like a recent wave of crackdowns on protests and record-long sentences being imposed on peaceful activists, would you say that sentences are now harsher than they’ve ever been?
Yeah, in any of our living memories, that is definitely true. [There is a] reversal from supposedly [Britain] being a champion of human rights internationally, to now being, according to research, the global leader in the repression of peaceful people. It’s a stunning turnaround. And the scary thing is the lack of attention on it.
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