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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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
BORIS JOHNSON won and Jeremy Corbyn lost. Labour will need to look hard at why.
Brexit was obviously a big part of it, but, Labour were not able to build on the 2017 campaign, which made progress by offering economic change.
The “insurgent” campaign of 2017, that was made on the hoof and out of sticky tape and spit, worked better than the more planned programme of 2019.
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