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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CND stepping up to resist Starmer’s dirty, deadly war drive
SOPHIE BOLT explains why Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament is organising a national protest tour at nuclear bases, starting with a demo at BAE shipyard in Barrow, where Starmer and Healey have been banging the drum for war
SABLE RATTLING: Keir Starmer visits to a military base in south east England to meet with military planners mapping out next steps in the Coalition of the Willing on Thursday
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
KEIR STARMER and John Healey’s reckless nuclear sabre-rattling is increasing nuclear tensions — all to justify huge military spending.
Starmer’s visit to Barrow-in-Furness this week was all pomp and ceremony, trying to elevate the dirty, deadly war drive he is trying to drag the country into.
Laying the keel to one of the new nuclear “Dreadnought” submarines being built at the shipyard, he also announced the town will be given a “royal” title in recognition of the town’s “unique and critical contribution to national security.”
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