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 PM is hijacking the memory of the post-war settlement with talk of 'building back better' after the pandemic. What nonsense, writes SOLOMON HUGHES
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
KEIR STARMER’S main line of attack against Boris Johnson on Covid-19 has been “get a grip of the crisis.” But Johnson hasn’t pursued his disastrous, privatised approach to Covid-19 because a better one slipped through his fingers.
Johnson isn’t throwing money at Serco and Mitie and Randox because he couldn’t “get a grip” on the cash. It isn’t a mistake — it’s what the Tory government wants to do.
Johnson made this very clear in his main speech at the Tories “virtual” conference in October.
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