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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Foreign students framed by May’s ‘hostile environment’
Thousands of students stand wrongly accused of cheating on an English language test — many were deported and others have spent the last five years in a desperate bid to clear their names, writes ANN DOUGLAS
Organising with Migrant Voice, the students have started to have their cause heard
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
WHEN Roni Mandal came from India to study in London in 2011, it was a dream come true.
His cousin, his father and a friend based in London had waxed lyrical about the reputation of the British education system.
He settled in swiftly, completing a course at Guildhall College, and then taking the compulsory English language test for foreign students, before moving on to a more advanced course.
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