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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Sickening US hypocrisy
Washington's self-appointed right to kidnap and kill across the world shows double standards, says JOHN HAYLETT
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
Thursday's seizure by one militia group and subsequent release by another of Libya's stooge Prime Minister Ali Zidan shed light on the situation in the country.
The fact that the Libyan leader had taken up residence in Tripoli's Corinthia Hotel - favoured by oil executives and other corporate representatives - for reasons of personal safety speaks volumes for the chaos still reigning after Libya's "liberation" by Western military force two years ago.
It illustrates that the prime minister's writ runs less extensively than that of even Afghan puppet President Hamid Karzai, whose sovereignty is limited to Kabul's Green Zone.
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