A woman holds a homemade placard at a Stand Up For Palestine protest in Newport on Saturday 5th June. Photo: Tom Davies
MUSLIM YOUTH, AND PARTICULARLY WOMEN, ARE AT THE HEART OF A BUOYANT NEW MOVEMENT IN WALES AND ELSEWHERE AGAINST THE ISRAELI OPPRESSION OF PALESTINIANS. THEY HAVE BEEN ORGANISING…
NEW FIGURES SHOW THE SHOCKING EXTENT OF THE HOUSING CRISIS IN WALES
AROUND 819,000 PEOPLE HAVE DAMP OR MOULD ISSUES IN THEIR HOMES
1 IN 10 ALSO TOLD RESEARCHERS THAT THEIR HOUSING SITUATION WAS AFFECTING THEIR MENTAL HEALTH.
Mark S Redfern & SC Cook
Around 819,000 people in Wales are…
The large Palestine solidarity protest tin Cardiff last weekend. But smaller towns across Wales have also seen a wave of action over the issue. Photo: Tom Davies
THE SERIES OF ACTIONS ACROSS WALES MARKS GROWING OPPOSITION TO ISRAEL AND A NEW PHASE OF THE PALESTINE SOLIDARITY MOVEMENT.
SC Cook
In…
THESE ARE THE INCREDIBLE IMAGES OF CARDIFF’S PROTEST IN SOLIDARITY WITH PALESTINE, TAKEN BY PHOTOGRAPHER TOM DAVIES.
Photos by Tom Davies
Yesterday in Cardiff, over 1,000 people took to the streets in protest against the Israeli bombing of Gaza and the ethnic cleansing of Palestinians. After gathering at the Nye…
SC Cook
Several protests are planned across Wales this weekend against the Israeli bombing of Gaza and the ethnic cleansing of Palestinians.
The events in Cardiff, Abergavenny, Wrexham, Presteigne, Swansea and Machynlleth (full details below) come as Israel intensifies its bombardment of Gaza, an area densely packed with over 2million…
Editorial comment
The rejection of the right in The Senedd elections should be welcomed, but there can be no celebration of the continuation of the status quo.
voice wales has spent two years exposing the true extent of poverty, racism, exploitation and oppression in Wales. What we've uncovered has often…
NIZAR, PICTURED, IS A HUMANITARIAN AID WORKER AND ACTIVIST FROM SWANSEA. HE HAS LONG BEEN INVOLVED IN THE PALESTINE SOLIDARITY MOVEMENT IN SOUTH WALES, BUT NOW WORKS WITH REFUGEES ACROSS THE WORLD. UP UNTIL TUESDAY HE WAS IN LEBANON, NEAR THE BORDER WITH PALESTINE, HELPING DISPLACED PALESTINIAN FAMILIES.
MANY OF THOSE…
Leanne Wood campaigning in Treherbet. Photo, Andrew Dowling
CAMPAIGN PUT THE ISSUE OF INDEPENDENCE TO ONE SIDE, AND INSTEAD FOCUSSED ON A SERIES OF PLEDGES WHICH FAILED TO MOBILISE VOTERS IN KEY RHONDDA SEAT.
SC Cook
Leanne Wood, former leader of Plaid Cymru and one of Wales' most prominent left…
YEARS OF ECONOMIC DECLINE HAVE LEFT MANY SMALL VALLEYS TOWNS IN DIRE STRAITS, WITH NEGLECTED TOWN CENTRES & FEW DECENT JOBS LOCALLY. WITH LITTLE FAITH IN ESTABLISHED POLITICS, THE FAR RIGHT HAVE TRIED TO GAIN A FOOTHOLD IN RECENT YEARS, BUT THE LEFT AND INDEPENDENCE MOVEMENT CAN ALSO STAND TO…
Faith Clarke
Nine out of every ten people in Wales say care workers need a pay rise after fighting the pandemic, a new poll by the trade union UNISON has shown.
The survey of 1,021 people in Wales also found that 72% of people would support the creation of a…