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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Biden’s huge stimulus package sets a new standard
Progressive political parties worldwide should be taking notes from the Democrats’ remarkable trillion-dollar boost to US infrastructure — and asking why we cannot be as ambitious, argues JAMES MEADWAY
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
JOE BIDEN’S administration has launched itself with striking purpose and drive, pushing through an initial $1.9 trillion stimulus package heavily targeted towards the poorest workers in the US. He is now following up with a planned $2 trillion “American Jobs Plan.”
$621bn is earmarked to overhaul America’s creaking road and rail infrastructure, $300bn is planned for manufacturing, $221bn for affordable housing, $100bn for superfast broadband across the whole country and billions for research and development.
In terms of scale, nothing like this has been attempted by a US government since President Franklin Roosevelt’s “New Deal” of the 1930s.
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