“A Defeat Manufactured in Downing Street”. Those were the words used by Mick Antoniw, former MS (Member of the Senedd), Counsel General in the Welsh Labour government and a senior member of the Labour Party in Cymru/Wales. He was describing the election on May 7 when Cymru underwent a change of historic proportions. The Labour Party, the party that has dominated every election in Cymru, both Westminster and Senedd, for the last 100 years, did not win either the most votes or the most (…)

The elections held in Cymru/Wales, England, Scotland were a mixed bag. Local elections in the United Kingdom were held on 7 May 2026 for roughly one third of the current incumbents: 5,066 English councillors for 136 English local authorities (all 32 London borough councils, 32 metropolitan boroughs, 18 unitary authorities, 6 county councils, 48 district councils) and six directly elected mayors in England. Most of these seats in England were last up for election in 2022. Some of these (…)

We publish here the transcript of the speech by Sarah Selami, an Iranian activist in Solidarité socialiste avec les travailleurs·euse d'Iran (Socialist Solidarity with the Workers of Iran (SSTI), in Rouen, France on 2 May 2026. In it, she explains the main reasons for the war unleashed on 28 February 28 by the United States and Israel against the Islamic Republic of Iran. The ceasefire currently in place remains fragile and its outcome is uncertain. In addition, a maritime blockade of (…)

Nous publions ici la transcription de l'intervention de Sarah Selami, militante iranienne de Solidarité socialiste avec les travailleurs·euse d'Iran (SSTI), à Rouen, le 2 mai 2026. Elle y explique les principales raisons de la guerre déclenchée, le 28 février dernier, par les États-Unis et Israël, contre la République islamique d'Iran, montrant aussi pourquoi elles ne sont pas identiques. Le cessez-le-feu actuellement en place reste fragile et son issue est incertaine. En plus, un blocus (…)

Demands by President Donald Trump, Supreme Court decisions, and state legislatures' votes are redrawing the election maps to increase the number of Republican representatives and decrease the Democratic ones. At the same time this process will reduce the number of Black and Latino congressional representatives, since 82 percent of Blacks and 61 percent of Latinos favor Democrats. Midterm elections usually result in gains for the party that is out of power, which this November, since (…)

“TARIFF” MAY BE Trump's the most delightful word in the English language, but for workers, it represents a danger. It's like accepting a two-tier wage structure to keep one's job. Been there, done that. Photo: Like autoworkers, Starbucks baristas work for the same corporation across borders. Why not organize across them as well? When Shawn Fain [president of the United Auto Workers (UAW)] supported Trump's auto tariffs, he made the mistake of thinking that a narcissistic businessman could (…)