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 White Poppy is a challenge to government-backed remembrance, writes SYMON HILL
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
ON Remembrance Sunday, Theresa May will lay a wreath at the cenotaph in memory of people killed in war.
This is the same Prime Minister who is happily selling weapons to Saudi Arabia for use against civilians in Yemen.
May’s government is arming despots around the world and ploughing billions into military spending. The Tories’ savage cuts to the welfare state constitute mass violence against the British working class.
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