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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TONY CONWAY explains why the Communist Party will hold a series of events to mark ‘One Day,’ as part of its campaign to combat anti-semitism, Holocaust denial and historical revisionism
Suitcases belonging to victims of the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp
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
ANTI-SEMITISM has been around for centuries. The Edict of Expulsion, a royal decree issued by Edward I on 18 July 1290 sought the expulsion of all Jews from England, by no later than November 1 of that same year.
This edict remained in place throughout the Middle Ages and was a culmination of over 200 years of anti-semitism.
Medieval England was particularly anti-Jewish, with many images and tropes which exist today arising from that period.
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