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The spirit of May Day is alive and well in Wales
It’s people power that wins progressive change – and we can win when we get organised and campaign, says BETH WINTER MP
Welsh Labour was re-elected in 2021 on Mark Drakeford’s radical programme, which is reflected in the Co-operation Agreement with Plaid Cymru

ON May Day we celebrate International Workers’ Day and the achievements of the labour movement.

The 1904 Conference of the Second International called on “all Social Democratic Party organisations and trade unions of all countries to demonstrate energetically on the First of May for the legal establishment of the eight-hour day, for the class demands of the proletariat, and for universal peace.”

In 2022, May Day demonstrations continue, and socialists continue to campaign for working-class demands and for universal peace, not least here in Wales.

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