Rural Wales is in trouble. Probably more trouble than in living memory, and from forces and trends that are unlikely to disappear any time soon. Economic dysfunction is old hat …
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Covid-19 in Wales: 18 months of social murder
Image by youtookthatwell This week, a major parliamentary report has heavily criticised the UK’s initial response to the Covid-19 outbreak, calling it one of the UK’s worst ever public health …
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“Freedom Day”: a very British self-deception
The new English Health Minister Sajid Javid has announced that on the 19th of July Boris Johnson will stand in front of the English people, barefaced, and proclaim “freedom”. England …
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Black Lives Matter – A Restatement
On the first of June last year, Undod issued the first version of this statement in solidarity with those demanding justice for George Floyd, and all those who fight against …
The Welsh Government is to blame for the second wave, not working class people: resist their tactic of divide and rule!
Over the last few weeks, as Wales has become the only part of the UK where COVID-19 cases continue to rise, there seems to have been a conscious decision made …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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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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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News round-up: Covid, furlough, and breaking up the UK
Winning radical independence for Wales requires a network of organisations to communicate our ideas, bring people together and agitate for the transformation we want to see. That’s why we’ll be …
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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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Gordon the Big Engine: a political appointment
In a recent series of blogs, Undod has been forthcoming in its criticism of Welsh Government for its handling of the Covid-19 crisis from the very beginning, when a rugby …
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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 …
Now is not the time to “get behind” the dear leaders.
October 21st, 1966 We are in a schoolroom; on the eve of the half-term holidays. In a few seconds the vast mound of dirt and coal waste and mud on …
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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 …
The politics of mutual aid during the COVID-19 crisis
Crisis and community There has been endless talk about the politics surrounding the COVID-19 crisis—including important critiques of the disastrous response by the UK and the Welsh governments. This is …
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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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Light shining out of darkness
The darkest hour comes before the dawn. These are words we would do well to remember, as we are plunged into the depths of the COVID-19 crisis. After the excruciating …
A lethal case of one-partyism
This weekend has seen Wales embarrassed on a global scale, as the Welsh Government stood by whilst the WRU attempted to hold the dead rubber Wales v Scotland rugby game. …