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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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
Just when you think their moral waterline had been holed so frequently that they could not submerge any further they go and add another few tonnes of cargo to ensure the process of plumbing the depths continues unabated.
Cue the Tories’ latest election wheeze, which has to be one of the most cynical, deplorable and spectacularly ill-judged in recent times.
Thus we were presented in eye-watering technicolour with a picture of David Cameron choking a baby sheep to death for its milk bottle on the front page of every rag in the country.
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