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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Voters want local working-class campaigners – let's have an all-local candidate list in Batley & Spen
The electorate respects candidates who live like them, among them, making positive changes in their communities, write the No Holding Back team LAURA SMITH, IAN LAVERY MP and JON TRICKETT MP
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
FOLLOWING the deeply concerning and disappointing result in the Hartlepool by-election for Labour last week it is of paramount importance that the party learns from its mistakes and swift and widespread changes are made to halt the rapidly occurring Pasokification threatening to wipe out the Labour Party altogether.
At No Holding Back we believe these mistakes are largely twofold — the imposition of an outsider candidate with no consultation or engagement with the local party members in Hartlepool — and a fundamental lack of a vision for the future that can inspire and enthuse voters to support Labour.
The Labour Party has lost a basic connection with its roots over the past few decades as a party that will give the working people of this country a voice and a radical alternative to the neoliberal tide that offers real meaningful change to empower them and their communities.
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