YANA PETTICREW explains what’s behind the strike and how the entire sector rests on super-exploiting an unorganised workforce
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
BILL KIDD MSP says increasing Britain’s nuclear arsenal at this time is dangerous and expensive folly
ROGER McKENZIE asks whether the US’s shift to targeting everyone at once will instil greater co-operation among rising powers
ANSELM ELDERGILL examines the government’s proposals to further limit the right of citizens to trial by jury
As we mark the anniversaries of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings, JOHN WIGHT reflects on the enormity of the US decision to drop the atom bombs
DIANE ABBOTT explodes the anti-migrant myths perpetrated by cynical politicians and an irresponsible mass media
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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