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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The journalist as a peacemonger
ROGER McKENZIE wishes all reporting from wars carried a clarion call for peace from journalists placing themselves firmly on the side of its victims rather than being stenographers for those who champion war
Martha Gellhorn with Ernest Hemingway and Chinese General Yu Hanmou, Commander-in-Chief of the 12th Army Group from 1938–44, in Chongqing, China, 1941
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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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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
HOW long can we keep scrolling past the decapitated bodies constantly appearing on our telephone screens?
We have the options of closing our eyes, or moving on to something more edifying like the picture of a cat, or simply turning off our phones altogether.
I don’t hold the view that seeing the real impact of war on our screens somehow desensitises us or makes us less caring.
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