The organised labour movement has played a substantial role in Welsh industrial, social, cultural and political life for more than a century. But its greatest challenges and opportunities still lie ahead.
The Communist Party will continue to act as a force for unity and mobilisation across a wide range of popular and democratic movements in Wales.
As the Marxist party of the labour movement, it formulates and projects a strategy for progress in Wales and for socialist revolution. This strategy is based on the following principles:
The people of Wales should fight to maximise the powers and resources devolved to the Senedd and transform it into a genuine people’s parliament.
The Welsh labour movement must seek and win the leading role in this process, with a stronger TUC Cymru at its core and acting as a force for unity across labour, left and progressive parties and movements.
The left and the labour movement must formulate and project an integrated economic and political strategy for Wales which challenges exploitation and all forms of oppression, rebuilds our industrial base, enhances public services, enriches our culture and expands democracy.
Our key priority is in winning support for progressive policies which challenge the domination of monopoly-capital in Wales and throughout Britain. This is the only way to defeat the threat of Reform UK.
What is required now is a synthesis. The Senedd needs to be transformed into a powerful parliament which involves and mobilises – and not only represents -the people of Wales. TUC Cymru, the Labour Party, Plaid Cymru and other progressive movements need to develop and integrate their policies into an alternative economic and political strategy for Wales.
Across the political left in Wales, Morning Star Readers and Supporters Groups can act as a forum for political discussion, as a force for left unity and as vehicles for promoting Morning Star sales and fund- raising initiatives such as collections at trade union meetings. The Morning Star, based on the labour movement, plays a valuable role in publishing articles and organising broad- based conferences on key issues.
The Communist Party and its members will also continue to make a distinctive contribution on many fronts to political, trade union and cultural life in Wales.
The Welsh Communist Party will utilise the opportunity provided by elections to project our distinctive principles and strategy among the mass of the people. We also work to elect progressive Labour and progressive Plaid Cymru candidates.
Young people are the future of our movement. The Communist Party will, therefore, continue to support the building of the Young Communist League in Wales.
As communists, we remain steadfast in our view that communism is the hope of Wales and the world. That’s why we say:
UNITE THE PEOPLE OF WALES FOR POWER, SOCIAL JUSTICE AND PEACE!
