In the last of our visits to meet Senedd candidates before Election day we return to the Valleys to greet Alun Cox. “I was born and brought up in a …
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“Beat the odds and snobs” – A Look at the Lists: Charlotte Husnjak
“We are often told there is no place for emotion or empathy in politics. I refute this claim entirely. To build a society devoid of compassion is humanity made moribund.” …
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“You have to prioritise in order to achieve” – A Look at the Lists: Beca Brown
On our whistlestop tour of Wales to speak to some of the Senedd candidates, this time we head back north to meet Beca Brown. “Working as a producer was a …
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“We must turn politics on its head” – A Look at the Lists: Beth Winter
As we traverse the length and breadth of Wales to meet some of our Senedd candidates we now turn to Pontypridd Cynon Merthyr to meet Community Independent Beth Winter. “Real …
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“Our People are Our Strength” – A Look at the Lists: Chris Evans
In our second short Q&A with Senedd Candidates this time we go from the North East to the South West to meet one of the Greens, Chris Evans. “Here in …
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“Small Groups Can Make History” – A Look at the Lists: Marc Jones
With the Election round the corner, and with the new list system meaning less focus on the candidates, Undod has been quizzing one or two in an effort to get …
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Abolish the prince of Wales. Let’s build a democratic republic.
In 1952 Britain was a largely deferential society that enforced a stifling conformity. When Elizabeth II reached the throne, neither Wales nor the Welsh language had any constitutional status. The …
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A pacifist’s perspective on the war in Ukraine
This is a speech that Rhun Dafydd, chair of Cymdeithas y Cymod (Fellowship of Reconciliation) delivered to the Undod’s Senedd giving his input as a pacifist about the war in …
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Professor Silvia Federici on socialism, feminism and care (video)
This discussion was recorded on Sunday 2nd May 2021. Here’s the original blurb for the event: Silvia Federici is a feminist writer, teacher and militant. In 1972 she was cofounder …
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Our campaigning fund
For the last two years, Undod has been building up its membership and expanding its activities. As we have said previously, our guiding principle is that the work needed to …
Criminal Legal Aid in Wales
Dan Newman and Roxanna Dehaghani The criminal justice system of England and Wales is broken, according to the best-selling Secret Barrister. Decades of underfunding, exacerbated by the UK government’s austerity …
Undod stands in solidarity with Gypsy Roma and Traveller communities
Undod stands in solidarity with Gypsy Roma and Traveller (GRT) communities, and with the protestors in Bristol who have this past week been brutalised by police whilst resisting the Crime, …
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Back to Thatcher for the National Library: Shredding our Heritage
Prospect Trade Union, National Library of Wales Thirty years ago, in the days of Margaret Thatcher, the Welsh Office conducted a review of the National Library of Wales and concluded …
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First, Do No Harm
Staging a post-pandemic ‘recovery narrative’ in Wales – by way of a celebratory event born of a ‘culture war’ – is a contradiction in terms, argues Frances Williams. Instead of …
Holiday homes and homelessness: Wales’ housing crisis (video)
This discussion was recorded on Wednesday 18th November 2020. (Please note that this is a verbatim recording which does not contain the evening’s simultaneous translation audio track of contributions in …
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We must Reclaim Cardiff
Those of you familiar with this blog will know that we’ve drawn previous attention to the slow but sure desecration of our capital city by the current Labour-run council. The …
Undod statement: The threat to security here has never been from migrants
Undod stands in solidarity with all people seeking passage to Britain’s shores, who are forced to face dangerous routes and exploitative brokers by the UK and the EU’s brutal immigration …
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Undod statement on exam results in Wales
Undod condemns the decision by the Welsh Government not to trust in our teachers and to assign grades instead on the basis of an algorithm endorsed by a Tory Government …
Remembering George Floyd: Undod stands in solidarity with anti-racist protesters
Undod stands in solidarity with those demanding justice for George Floyd, a Black man murdered by a white police officer in Minneapolis, and all those who fight against racism and …
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No going back to normal: Gramsci, capitalism, political crisis, and our response
By: Tad Davies, Ted Jackson, Garmon ab Ion “This is the Italian Marxist revolutionary Antonio Gramsci. He dedicated much time and thought to the concept of crisis. Through the …
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Wales’ next step: a new series
No more top-down politics: a one-way track to more poverty, more inequality, and a deepening of the ecological crisis. We need to take the initiative. Over the coming weeks we …
Building a better Wales: beyond incarceration
Today should have been a celebration of Welsh culture, identity and independence in one of Wales’ most iconic towns, Wrexham: home of Welsh football, excellent lager, Gŵyl Twm Sbaen, Saith …
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Vaughan Gething should go
The world will change utterly, even for those of us who make it through alive… But the people who led us into the disaster are still there. * In our …
Welsh Government has the powers to reduce crisis poverty – now
Attention has rightly turned to basic income as a way of ensuring financial security for everyone during the pandemic and resulting deep economic recession. Facing the prospect of shattered livelihoods …
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Welsh Government: always one step behind
More than two weeks into the COVID-19 crisis and the signs are not good in Wales. The NHS Health Board bearing the name of its founder is currently recording higher …
In a pandemic scenario, Welsh Government must offer decisive political leadership
Following last night’s announcement by the UK Government, echoed by the First Minister, Wales is now entering a soft version of the lock-downs that have been enacted in Italy, Spain …
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Responding to the coronavirus pandemic: our demands of Welsh Government
By initially following a strategy opposed to the guidance of the World Health Organisation and evidence of what has worked in other countries, the UK government has lost weeks in …
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Join Undod today
For the people of Wales, Thursday night served as final confirmation to an increasing number of us that there is no future for ourselves, and our children, within the structures …
Wales, the climate emergency, and the M4
Statement Undod is a movement established to secure independence for Wales. An independence worthy of the name follows several essential principles including, but not limited to: climate justice protecting our …
S.O. Davies and economic independence for Wales
Thanks to Nye Davies for a great discussion event in Merthyr in the context of the labour movement and an independent Wales, giving us a lot to reflect on in …
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