Youth & Students

By Eira Ekenberg-Jones, Rhondda Cynon Taff Socialist Party Cardiff Trans Pride called an emergency demo in response to the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC)’s new guidance. Despite the extremely warm weather, the demo saw a great turnout of around 400 people. The organisers unfortunately declined to associate with any trade unions or parties. We agreed to attend regardless, making ...

By Eira Ekenberg-Jones The Socialist Party, alongside Caerphilly Trades Union Council and Unite the Union, hosted a benefit gig in Pontypridd, south Wales, for the striking Birmingham bin workers. Countless people, mainly young, flooded in from the street, completely filling our venue. The atmosphere was electric, lively, and unforgettable. Multiple local musicians performed. For a month prior, our RCT Socialist ...

This year, Green Party leader Zack Polanski was invited to address the conference of the National Education Union. In the press conference, Rob Williams, covering the conference for the Socialist newspaper, had the opportunity to ask him a question: Rob: I think you’ve had a great response today Zack, because you have come to a conference of teachers who have ...

Petition calls on Polanski to make no-cuts stand The Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition (TUSC) all-Britain steering committee has welcomed a new petition launched by leading trade unionists calling on the Green Party leader Zack Polanski to mobilise his party in the struggle against local council austerity. The petition – launched by 20 current and former members of trade union ...

By James Scott, Cardiff University Socialist Students In December, I helped to get a motion passed into Cardiff University Students Union policy, mandating it to lobby the university to ‘open the books’ to its finances, stop academic cuts by using its hundreds of millions of pounds of reserves, and campaign against cuts. Cardiff University announced 400 job cuts in 2025 ...

By John Williams, Cardiff Unite hospitality member The McDonald’s sexual harassment scandal is back in the news again. Investigations two years ago revealed widespread sexual abuse and harassment of many teenage workers. A group of five trade union bodies, including the bakers’ union (BFAWU) and the TUC (Trades Union Congress) have said that McDonald’s had violated international labour standards and ...

By Frankie Coultas Since the recent supreme court ruling on the legal definition of ‘woman’ in the Equality Act, fear among trans people in the workplace and public has ramped up. The Labour government has shown that it cannot be relied on to protect our rights. Under cover of the Cass Review, it is denying trans children access to necessary ...

By Michael Johnson The pace of attacks can feel overwhelming. Donald Trump’s second term began in January with cruel attacks on LGBTQ+ rights in the US on a much bigger scale than in his first term.  Just this month, the US Department of Health and Human Services confirmed that the federal government has proposed to cut all funding for the ...

Gareth Bromhall, Swansea and West Wales Socialist Party Swansea Pride is usually one of the earliest Pride events of the season. It took place this year on 17 May, weeks after the Supreme Court ruling being used to attack trans rights. Socialist Party members involved in Swansea Trades Council led a trade union bloc, while groups of queer, trans and pro-Palestinian ...

By Jacob Lloyd, Cardiff graduate tutor and UCU member (personal capacity) Cardiff University and College Union (UCU) has resisted 400 cruel job cuts. Now, in a massive U-turn, the uni executive board has ruled out all compulsory redundancies for 2025. This significant short-term victory is the result of hard-fought efforts and the threat of industrial action from union members. In ...