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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Homeless charities must not collude with the Home Office
The government has been deporting homeless EU citizens with the help of Thames Reach and St Mungo’s, writes DAVID JONES
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
IN MARCH 2016 the Home Office introduced a new policy characterising rough sleeping as an “abuse” (later qualified as “misuse”) of EU citizens’ right to the freedom of movement.
The policy essentially means that rough sleepers can be detained by the Home Office and “removed” from Britain for no other reason than that they are homeless.
Over the last eight months, North East London Migrant Action (Nelma), a campaigning and solidarity group, has been fighting rough sleeper removals.
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