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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‘Sex work’ a normal job? REALLY?
Why would trade unionists wish to create a world where jobcentres send young women down the brothel, asks ANNA FISHER of campaign group Nordic Model Now!
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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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IT’S fashionable in left-wing circles to claim that “sex work is real work” and that anyone who dares to suggest otherwise is right wing, fascist even.
If “sex work” is a real job, the trope goes, then full decriminalisation of the sex industry is the answer.
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