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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Today, the annual Windrush Day will offer an opportunity to take stock, critically debate and even celebrate the symbolic anniversary. ROGER McKENZIE, a descendant of that generation, believes it’s also time to step up the resistance against prevailing racism
TRUTH BE TOLD: Andria Marsh holding a photo of her parents, who arrived on the Windrush and (left to right) Winston Whyte, John Richards and Allan Wilmot joined the effort to rebuild post-war Britain and (bottom)
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
I’M the middle of three children of immigrants from Jamaica. My dad arrived first in 1960 to start what was to be 30 years of work on British Rail.
He was followed a year later by my mom who raised us kids while holding down part-time mainly cleaning jobs.
I will never need anyone to explain to me what hard work and dedication to your family looks like. We saw it every day.
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