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 …
Statement demanding that no more babies die in prison
End the imprisonment of pregnant people and the avoidable deaths of babies in prison We are prisoners, ex-prisoners, academics, health workers, local councillors and social justice groups who were outraged …
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Steps towards sustainable transportation in Cymru
Barriers to inevitable and urgent change The cancellation of the new M4 relief road in 2019 marked an opportunity for Cymru to break with the unsustainable transportation policies of the …
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Westminster’s plans will devastate our rural communities – we must oppose them
Note: This speech at the XR Cardiff Rising Tide event was delivered on 2nd September 2020 before the publication of the Internal Market Bill, which only underscores everything said below, …
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A tribute to David Graeber
David Graeber, one of the most influential leftist intellectuals of recent times, sadly passed away on the 2nd of September. I won’t be alone in feeling a deep sense of …
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 …
Climate justice is social justice
The following sets the case for a radical approach to tackling the climate crisis in Wales and invites contributions from Undod members to explore related topics in further detail. The …
Hiroshima-Nagasaki 75: working towards a nuclear-free Wales
75 years have passed since the Americans, with British agreement, dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. This is the first time, and so far the only time nuclear weapons …
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Mental health in Wales: the gap between rhetoric and reality
Content warning: this article discusses suicide and neglect within mental inpatient settings. Introduction Late in the afternoon of Friday January 24th 2020, the Welsh Government published the third and final …
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The arithmetic of populism
Some months ago Angharad Dafis wrote about the closure of Ysgol Felindre. Here she reflects on subsequent events, and how the story of a village school in Wales exposes the …
Solving the housing crisis in Wales
As long as capitalism prevails, housing will always be a commodity or investment for some whilst others live in misery Engels, The Housing Question The coronavirus crisis has been defined …
Solving the spectre of food poverty in Wales through Universal Basic Income
Food banks have stepped up to the plate in the austerity years, and throughout the corona-crisis they are proving to be more necessary than ever with queues for emergency food parcels …
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Cofiwch Epynt… Is it not high time that the army left the area?
This is the slogan on the side of a bus stop shelter on the road from Cwm y Glo to Llanrug, four miles outside Caernarfon. One is used to seeing …
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Why a truly radical movement must engage with children’s rights – lecture by Prof Elspeth Webb
Professor Elspeth Webb is a retired community paediatrician and Professor in Child Health at Cardiff University who has worked for decades in children’s rights, child protection, health inequalities, and building …
Solidarity with Kongreya Star and the women of Northeast Syria
A few days ago, we lost three friends in an attack on a gathering of women activists in Northeast Syria. Though we had never met them, and they lived in …
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The land of Wales
Introduction The agricultural industry has always been deeply embedded in Wales’ land. As one of the series Wales’ next step this article aims to introduce some of the background to …
Why the flooding in the Rhondda is a political failure
We stand in solidarity with people in the Rhondda whose homes have been flooded for the third time this year, and we support Leanne Wood’s call for an independent inquiry …
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“Who owns the history and who benefits?” – Interview with Keith Murrell, Cardiff
Over the last week the discussion about the proposals by Cardiff Council for a Military Medicine Museum on Britannia Park in Cardiff Bay have led to a great deal of …
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The British Virus
Images by youtookthatwell 1. The Capitalist Virus When the full scale of the Coronavirus crisis first became apparent in the UK, one could have been forgiven for presuming that it signalled …
Flushed away? Penygroes factory workers need an alternative
Originally published by Dolan Northwood Hygiene’s threatened closure of the paper products factory in Penygroes should surprise no-one. The facilities have been under threat before, but have survived. But it …
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Undod urgent appeal: 24 hours to save Tramshed
“We want Cardiff Council to feel the outrage that its people feel over the idea of another Gwdihŵ and over the umpteenth time their interests have been steamrolled in favour …
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The military museum is an insult. Let’s work together to stop it.
Plans for the building of a Museum of Military Medicine at Britannia Park, down Cardiff Bay, have met fierce criticism over the past week. There is a widespread feeling that, …
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The end of Welsh farming?
As the world faces a global pandemic that originated with unsafe food production, you might think that food safety would be high on the political agenda. Similarly, as many countries …
No going back to normal – the left must seize the moment and dominate the crisis
Originally published by the author on 26 Ebrill 2020 The Italian Marxist revolutionary Antonio Gramsci dedicated much of his thought to the concept of crises. This was the result of him coming …
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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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Buying local: sustainable communities, the Caernarfon way
Part of the series Wales’ next step A year ago, everyone took great delight in the colourful umbrellas on Stryd y Plas, not because it was raining cats and dogs, …
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A national movement for political change is possible – and it is necessary.
Part of the series Wales’ next step You may be among those that have asked, so what’s the story? Or reflected on a question that is asked fairly often, namely: …
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Wales’ next step: Solving street homelessness
Part of the series Wales’ next step “The previous homelessness system was not appropriate or fair, and the bold actions taken during this crisis demonstrate this clearly. There must be …
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