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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‘It’s no coincidence the Tories are attacking unions now – it’s because we’re winning’
Unite general secretary SHARON GRAHAM speaks to Ben Chacko about winning on pay, challenging the bosses’ narrative on inflation and driving an agenda for change
“Of those 451 disputes we’ve won 81 per cent. You don’t win everything, that’s not life, but you’ve got to win more than you lose. We’ve won 81 per cent and put £200 million back into the pockets of workers. I’m waking up every morning, the reps are waking up every morning, the officers are waking up every morning thinking: ‘How can we win?’"
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
“WE’RE at a ‘which side are you on?’ moment for the labour movement. That’s not being bullish. That’s just reality.”
Unite leader Sharon Graham sees nothing new in Liz Truss’s attempts to attack public services to enrich the richest.
“It’s the policy they’ve been peddling, frankly, for at least the last 10,11 years. This trickle-down economics, rich get richer, poor get poorer — it’s not new. It’s just now on steroids.
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