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IAN LAVERY MP warns that decades of neoliberal policies have left former industrial communities behind — but a renewed Labour commitment to working people could change the political landscape
Wales’s receding ‘clear red water’ – why we are launching a hunger strike
Welsh-speaking communities are under grave threat as the government kowtows to developers. Drastic action is needed, writes Jamie Bevan
PAOLO SANTALUCIA reports on how an Italian region defies US pressure to end a Cuban doctors programme
HENRY FOWLER outlines the GFTU’s new 2026-27 education programme and argues that investing in trade union education is essential to building worker power, developing leaders and strengthening collective action
We need a government that invests in saving lives not destroying them, argues SOPHIE BOLT
More expensive by weight than gold, saffron is surprisingly simple to grow. MAT COWARD explains
The public inquiry is the result of more than a decade of determined campaigning. Now, those who fought for justice want the full story of government involvement and police conduct to be told, says KATE FLANNERY
The Durham Miners’ Gala is a celebration of working-class culture, but also a call to action — to rebuild workers’ collective strength, says KIM JOHNSON MP
ED MILIBAND recently made a powerful case against a housing system which serves big corporations, saying: “It’s not working, because large developers have a stranglehold on the market” and promising that “the next Labour government will get to grips with it.”
During the election campaign, it’s possible no-one will notice that the Welsh government, under Labour Party control, is acting at odds with his words.
In 2002, then first minister of Wales Rhodri Morgan outlined a more left-wing tack for his devolved government in his “clear red water” speech. But that tide of “red water” now seems to be receding.
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