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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Fund our public services – campaign for peace
For the sake of our futures, trade unionists must make the link between austerity at home and never-ending war abroad, writes MICAELA TRACEY-RAMOS
YOUTH PRIORITY: School and university students takes part in a School Strike for Palestine walkout in George Square, Glasgow
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
AS A young person in Britain, the future may seem bleak. The job market is more and more precarious, there is an ongoing housing crisis and the cost of living is still on the rise and it is young people who bear the brunt of this.
At the same time, our public services are being completely decimated. As a representative of all young workers in Unison, Britain’s largest public services union, our members are overworked, their workplaces understaffed and they are underpaid.
Under the current system, young people are offered nothing more than a world that is embroiled in open war which is leading to further deaths, destruction, displacement and the danger of increased conflict. The ongoing Israeli assault on Gaza has seen thousands of children and young people killed.
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