As Colombia approaches presidential elections next year, the US decision to decertify the country in the war on drugs plays into the hands of its allies on the political right, writes NICK MacWILLIAM
A free Wales must be free from capitalism
We are wracked by inequality, poverty, exclusion from housing, joblessness and more — we must put the working class in power to change the course of our nation, writes DAVID MORGAN
WHOSE SIDE ARE YOU ON? Labour leader Keir Starmer (centre) during a visit to Tata Steel’s Port Talbot steelworks in south Wales on October 23, 2023
The move against alleged PKK members that sparked outrage as a community centre in north London was raided last year has now come to trial, writes TONY BURKE, but in the meantime, the peace process abroad has changed the situation almost entirely
A new report points a way to overcome complacent framing of climate issues, ‘by sparking a wider public reckoning with climate realities,’ and reconnecting with working-class people. IAN SINCLAIR reports
We cannot understand today’s world without understanding the rise of China – and we cannot understand China without understanding how it was shaped by the second world war, writes JENNY CLEGG
NICK WRIGHT reports from Italy, where 80 cities saw Gaza strikes as unions paralysed transport and massive crowds clashed with police in Milan — but France is also kicking off, and Westminster, in a very different way, is facing a crisis of legitimacy too
Escalating anti-China rhetoric from the West has a clear purpose – to manufacture consent for the new cold war, and potentially a hot one, argues CARLOS MARTINEZ
CAPITALIST society is a class society where the relationship between workers and capitalists is based on the exploitation of labour power. In Wales today, this continues to generate huge inequality: poverty for many, alongside enormous wealth for a few.
This divided society fosters discrimination and provides a breeding ground for bigotry and xenophobia.
Wales faces a severe economic crisis once again. The cost-of-living crisis is the latest example of the impact of capitalism, with millions of working-class people facing hardship as gas and electricity bills rocket and petrol prices rise along with food, mortgages, rents and rail fares.
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