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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Don’t fall into Johnson’s trap
Those who support leaving the EU should resist any temptation to get behind the PM’s grubby little power grab, writes LAURA SMITH 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
SOME of the response to Boris Johnson’s latest gambit has been hysterical overreaction.
Framing recent events as the dawn of some kind of dictatorship risks us losing credibility with great swathes of people in the working-class communities we seek to represent.
Failing to react, however, would also be a mistake.
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