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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For solidarity, struggle and unity
MATT WILLGRESS, from Arise – A Festival of Left Ideas, calls for greater co-ordination on the left
It is time for the left to come together and get our act together — let’s make the run-up to next year’s general election a year of mass waves of resistance, where we put our socialist values of solidarity, struggle and unity into practice
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
A GREAT Italian socialist once said: “I hate the indifferent. I believe that living means taking sides. Those who really live cannot help being a citizen and a partisan. Indifference and apathy are parasitism, not life. Indifference is the deadweight of history.”
These words from Antonio Gramsci in a very different context sum up the situation socialists face in Britain today as Labour conference meets.
Now is the time for everyone in the labour movement to take sides.
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