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Cost-of-living crisis: Women at the sharp end

By Bea Gardner How will we afford to keep the heating on? This is a question facing thousands of working-class households this winter, even after the government’s colossal energy bosses bailout. The poorer you are, the hardest you are hit by rising costs. Real inflation is far higher for the working class than it is for those with bigger incomes ...

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“We want it back”: Cardiff demands council restores slashed services

By Taryn Tarrant-Cornish The resounding mood of the speakers at the Cardiff People’s Budget echoed the opening words of the Trade’s Council’s Secretary, Dave Bartlett, who warned the city’s council; “We want it back.” Over 40 people participated in the Cardiff People’s Budget called by Cardiff Trade Union Council. Speaker after speaker spoke movingly about their personal experiences outlining the ...

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Obituary: Kate Jones – 1953-2021 A life of socialist struggle

By Gareth Bromhall, Swansea Socialist Party and Lynne, branch secretary, Swansea Unite Community branch We were saddened to hear of the loss of long-standing Socialist Party member Kate Jones on 20 December. Most recently a member in Swansea, Kate was previously a member in Brighton and Llanelli. A lifelong Marxist, Kate became politically active in her teens and joined Militant, ...

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Tory review won’t deliver justice for rape victims

By Sarah Sachs-Eldridge ‘Rape has been decriminalised’. This was a 2019 assessment of a situation where just 1.6% of rapes result in someone being charged. Each year around 128,000 people are victims of rape but only just over 2,000 charges are made. This was a factor in the outpouring of anger that followed the killing of Sarah Everard in March ...

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Cardiff protests violence against women

By Mia Hollsing (Socialist Party Wales) and other socialist women About 150 women and men turned up to the vigil to express their anger at the death of Sarah Everard on the steps of the Senedd in Cardiff on Saturday despite the police ban on the events and having to walk through the gauntlet of police surrounding the building. There ...

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Socialist Party Women’s meeting

By Heather Rawling Working-class fighters discuss a socialist programme for women Youthful enthusiasm, experience and ideas were in abundance at the Socialist Party England and Wales women’s meeting on 17 January. Over 100 women gave up their Sunday afternoon to discuss the economic, political and social impact of the pandemic. Chris Thomas gave an excellent introduction which laid the basis ...

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Cardiff Community Fights Nursery Closure

By Dani Smith On Wednesday, members of the St Mellons community and Socialist Party Wales members gathered outside the Church of the Resurrection St Mellons to protest the eviction and subsequent closure of Little Fishes Nursery School. The nursery has served the community from the church premises for 30 years and is widely recognised as one of the only affordable ...

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For an immediate 10% pay rise for health workers plus hazard pay

Nationalise production to guarantee supplies of PPE By Beth Webster, ICU nurse at University Hospital Wales, Cardiff Health workers don’t want medals, and care workers don’t want badges. We want the equipment we need to be safe while we do our jobs, and we want a decent pay rise that means worrying about paying the bills isn’t distracting us from ...

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