COMMUNISTS SEEK LOCAL ELECTION CANDIDATES
Friday 20. January 2012
The Welsh Communist Party is seeking volunteers to stand as communist candidates in the forthcoming council elections.
Party branches need to provide details of those comrades who intend to stand and in which wards (comrades can also volunteer directly by e-mailing the Party at office@welshcommunists.org ), so comrades applications can be processed ASAP. See key dates below:
Welsh devolution: 13 years on
Friday 20. January 2012
Politicians daily pronounce on the hard times, but First Minister Carwyn Jones, his Cabinet and the rank and file AMs of all parties who assemble in the Senedd in Cardiff Bay are a bit more rough and ready than their London counterparts who spout the party line with a glibness taken to new heights.
The Welsh Assembly government boasts nothing like the millionaires' front row of Westminster.
NEW WELSH COMMUNIST EXECUTIVE HOLDS FIRST MEETING
Monday 02. January 2012
The newly elected executive committee of the Welsh Communist Party will hold its first meeting this Wednesday (4.1.12) in Pontypridd.
The meeting will elect officers for the next two years and set out its plan of work for 2012. Full details of agenda below.
Communists pledge Wales fightback
Monday 12. December 2011
Welsh communists called for a people's resistance to the "bankers' autocracy" at their bi-ennial congress in Pontypridd over the weekend.
During the congress a special award was presented to Monmouth comrade Sheila Williams (see photo) for "outstanding service to the party." Ms Williams joined the party in 1942 and is now entering her 70th year of membership. (Full report below)
The delusions of home rule
Wednesday 07. December 2011
Until then "Cool Hand" Jones had been muddling by on the half the 60 assembly seats possessed by Labour since, in a fit of bravado, he opted to go it alone after two periods of coalition rule.
The Lib Dems were too busy not mentioning Nick Clegg. The Tories meanwhile were trying - and failing - to introduce a new, dynamic leader. They ended up with Andrew RT Davies. And Plaid Cymru AMs, the heaviest losers in May, were occupied hoping to appear statesmanlike.
Leanne Wood sets sights on Plaid top spot
Wednesday 07. December 2011
NEWS that South Wales Central AM Leanne Wood, pictured, may throw her hat in the ring for the Plaid Cymru leadership race is an interesting development.
Wood said she was considering becoming the third contender for the role after being urged to do so by "younger members" of the party.
WELSH COMMUNISTS CONGRESS WEEKEND
Wednesday 07. December 2011
This coming weekend is an important one for Welsh communists with the 10th Annual Gwyn Alf Williams memorial lecture this Friday (9.12.11) followed by the bi-ennial Welsh Communist Party Congress on Saturday (10.12.11).
Welsh communists will be gathering from across Wales to hear Bill Greenshields (former NUT president & CPB chairperson) deliver the lecture on 'The People's Charter - developing a movement of resistance' and, the next day, to discuss revisions to the Welsh Communist Party programme 'Real Power for the people of Wales'. (Full details below):
NOV 30 MARCHES & RALLIES IN WALES
Monday 28. November 2011
In an unprecedented show of trade union unity, in the face of the Westminster Government's attacks on public sector workers, 10 marches and rallies have been organised across the length & breadth of Wales.
Upwards of 200,000 Welsh public sector workers are expected to withdraw their labour in defence of their pensions and against further cuts to public services. Be a part of the fight back, check out the details of the event nearest you (see below) and join the resistance.
EVE OF STRIKE INTERNET PARTY
Wednesday 23. November 2011
On 29th November, the eve of the TUC day of action, Clint Iguana, activist with Rhondda Cynon Taff UNISON and co-host of the Peppermint Iguana Radio Show, will be playing a selection of rebel rousing tunes to get us in the mood for the biggest strike in living memory.
Through the wonders of the interweb, listeners from all over the world can tune into the show to hear the likes of The Chi-lites, The Redskins, David Rovics, Captain Ska, Billy Bragg, The Workers, Chumbawumba and Johnny Cash providing an appropriate people power / trade unions / strike-back theme to the show.
Unite union offers sanctuary to 'harassed' Occupy Cardiff
Monday 21. November 2011
Occupy movement activists looking to set up camp in Cardiff have been given sanctuary by the Unite union after a series of attempts in the city centre were sabotaged by police.
Occupy Cardiff campaigners started pitching their tents on the lawn of Unite's Wales HQ on Saturday after what the union called "days of harassment" by the police simply for engaging in a peaceful protest.
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