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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C-19 crisis – the Tories are keen to regulate people but not property
Under emergency powers, Johnson is seeking the right to arrest humans, but wants to leave assets to run free, writes SOLOMON HUGHES
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
IN HIS statement to the nation on the coronavirus crisis, Boris Johnson said: “We must act like any wartime government and do whatever it takes to support our economy.”
But what kind of war does Johnson want to fight?
One way of working out his battle plan is comparing his proposed coronavirus Emergency Bill with the Emergency Bills the government used to seize powers during World War II.
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