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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Donald Trump, Julian Assange, free speech and censorship: for a class perspective
Ben Chacko addresses some of vital points notably absent from the present media discourse on censorship
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
DONALD TRUMP’S Twitter and Facebook bans place issues of free speech and who regulates it back in the public eye.
Along with other humiliations — most obviously his second impeachment — Trump being silenced on the media platform dearest to him highlights his chaotic and ungracious departure from office.
Another end-days setback for the outgoing president relates to free speech from a different angle — a British court’s decision not to extradite Julian Assange to the US to face espionage charges.
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