We need spending on welfare not warfare Make the super-rich pay not disabled people Since taking office, Keir Starmer’s Labour government have kept the Tory two-child benefit cap and reduced eligibility for the winter fuel allowance. WASPI women were denied pension compensation. Starmer says he wants to “redesign the state”, this means massive cuts to public spending with the worst ...

Statement from the Committee For A Workers International (CWI) on International Women’s Day Looking around the world on International Women’s Day 2025 it would seem that women’s rights are under attack in almost every part of the globe. Poverty, inequality, war and environmental destruction are the multiple consequences of a global capitalist system in profound crisis. These crises affect all ...

Editorial of the Socialist issue 1312 Under Donald Trump’s brutish ‘America First’ presidency, US imperialism’s ruthless determination to defend its own interests is no longer disguised by diplomatic fig leaves. Instead, naked self-interest is the order of the day. That was demonstrated to the world at the jaw-dropping Oval Office press conference where Trump and vice-president JD Vance gave Ukrainian president ...

By Helen Pattison, Socialist Party Executive Committee There has been a litany of incidents of horrific violence against women and girls in Britain in recent years. The scale of misogyny in London’s Metropolitan Police is on full view following the jailing of two police officers, one for murder and one for multiple rapes. In six months there were 268 new ...

By Mark Evans, Swansea and West Wales Socialist Party My family’s recent experience of the NHS was an example of what most people know – the NHS in Wales is on the critical list. My wife’s mother suffered a fall and, after waiting for five-and-a-half hours for an ambulance, then spent over five days on a trolley in A&E with ...

By Alec Thraves Swansea Unite retired members branch, probably one of the largest and most active trade union branches in Wales, invited our new Swansea West Labour MP and recently promoted Pensions Minister, Torsten Bell, to address our meeting on the performance of first seven months of the Starmer government. Around 30 Unite members, ex- shop stewards, conveners and activists, ...

By Aris Prevost, Cardiff Socialist Students Since the news of 400 jobs cuts at Cardiff University, there has been a flourish of activity to fight back against the cuts. The University and College Union (UCU) held a rally outside of the Senedd (Welsh Government) building to show their members’ outrage on 4 February. Over 400 people were present. There was ...

By Aris Prevost (Cardiff University Socialist Students) Cardiff University has announced a massive slate of cuts, with up to 400 jobs at risk, along with entire courses facing closure. The School of Music, Nursing, Modern Languages, and the School of Religion and Theology are set to be completely cut. And other courses are being combined into new schools, a cover ...

By Amy Sage Socialist Party members met for a fantastic meeting of women and non-binary members. We opened with a discussion on the question – ‘How far can right-wing populism go?’. Taking place less than a week after the inauguration of Donald Trump, this was understandably one of the main features of the discussion. We pointed out the real driving ...

By Mark Evans, Retired Members Branch Secretary Carmarthenshire County Unison (personal capacity) Members gave blood,sweat and years to the council pay their pension For approximately the first ten years I was branch secretary of Carmarthenshire County Unison local government branch with around 4,000 members I cannot recall the branch dealing with a case of a member being refused ill-health retirement ...