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Campaigners slam RCT council for library closure By Dave Reid Community campaigners occupied Rhydyfelin Library near Pontypridd on May 31 in protest at its closure by Rhondda Cynon Taff council. Four of them chained themselves to the bookshelves. The library was due to close that afternoon but 100 local people thronged into it in a community show of support for ...

By Dave Reid Over 500 angry people protested against the destruction of the Chartist mural in Newport by the right wing Labour council and Queensberry property developers. There had been a rising tide of opposition to the plans to destroy the mural which was culminating in the protest on Saturday 5 October, but the council pre-empted the protest by sending ...

Health campaigners call for a united campaign against the downgrading of services By Dave Reid People in Rhondda Cynon Taff have reacted with anger and alarm at the threat from the Welsh government to close a fully functioning A&E at Royal Glamorgan hospital near Pontypridd. The cuts at the Royal Glamorgan is part of the South Wales Programme proposed by ...

By Dave Reid Many opponents of the idea of a new workers’ party have pointed to Welsh Labour as a model for the whole Labour Party. But just how ‘old Labour’ is it? Could it be used to advance the struggles of the working class? These questions are discussed in Clear Red Water, by Nick Davies and Darren Williams, chair ...