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Carmarthenshire Council Unison branch has again called on councillors in the Plaid-led council to set a legal no-cuts budget for 2020-21 and slammed the “sham consultation” which has given Carmarthenshire people the choice of cuts or more cuts. The union points out that the devastating effects of the cuts in the county – “The impact of the council … implementing ...

By Alex Wedlake   Just before the Christmas the BBC issued a stark warning for the people of Wales. The NHS winter crisis had begun. In 2019 the Welsh Ambulance service has failed to meet its response time targets despite monumental number fudging that oversaw the degrading of stroke call outs from Red to Amber; this is in spite of ...

By Gareth Bromhall Members of the Socialist Party attended the January 9th cabinet meeting of Swansea City council last week in what has become an annual event in Swansea as the only organised force in the city that have consistently challenged to council on cuts by putting forward a legal no cuts budget solution to the imposition of Tory austerity. ...

Editorial in The Socialist 08/01/2019 The nomination process for the Labour Party’s leadership and deputy leadership contests has begun, with the ballot to take place from 21 February to 2 April. After doing its best over years to denigrate Jeremy Corbyn as leader, the capitalist media is now striving to influence the voting process, giving credence to candidates who will ...

By Robert Bechert on the CWI website  Shockwaves went around the world, and outrage spread in the Middle East, as news broke of Trump’s unilateral decision to assassinate Qassem Suleimani, commander of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards’ Quds Force and a key Iranian leader. Suleimani had a legendary status, particularly amongst Shias, throughout the Middle East. He was a labourer’s son ...

By a Carmarthenshire Council Unison member Plaid led Carmarthenshire County has backed down in the face of two days of determined industrial action. One of the placards produced by Carmarthenshire County Unison branch for the picket  lines summed it up when it said: “Dashing through the snow, With a 1,000k to go, Don’t you think it fitting, We are paid ...

By Dave Reid The 2019 general election marks a significant but temporary defeat for working people in Wales. The Johnson government looks set to implement a series of reactionary measures against working people and the cuts to NHS and other public services will continue. Inevitably the right-wing capitalist media are baying for blood to not just force Corbyn out but ...

Gan Dave Reid Mae etholiad cyffredin 2019 yn drechiad sylweddol ond dros dro i weithwyr yng Nghymru. Mae’n debyg bydd llywodraeth Johnson yn gweithredu cyfres o fesurau  yn erbyn gweithwyr a bydd toriadau i’r GIG a gwasanaethau cyhoeddus eraill yn parhau. Yn anochel mae’r cyfryngau cyfalafol asgell dde yn udo am waed nid yn unig i geisio gorfodi Corbyn i ...

Socialist Party Scotland Unions must organise for action to defend the NHS, public services, the environment, benefits and workers’ rights Build a new mass working class party Fight for an independent socialist Scotland Boris Johnson and the Tories’ election victory will have angered and disappointed many workers and young people. He may have been elected promising ‘an end to austerity’ ...

Socialist Party statement on the general election Trade unions must organise now to plan action to mobilise workers and young people to defend the NHS, public services, the environment, benefits and workers’ rights against Johnson’s attacks Blame the Blairites. Kick out the pro-capitalist saboteurs. Refound Labour as a mass democratic workers’ party with socialist policies Join the fightback! Join the ...