The Working Class Needs Jobs, Not Therapy

By Lisa McKenzie for compacmagt.com When I saw Welsh Secretary Jo Stevens speaking in her soft voice about “mental health support” for the steelworkers in Port Talbot, I felt physically sick. Just six months ago, Tata Steel shut down Port Talbot’s last two blast furnaces as part of a so-called green transition, resulting in thousands of job losses and the effective end of traditional steelmaking in the town. In her video, Stevens explained that “wellbeing” is essential for “getting back to work.” It was pitched as a compassionate gesture, but to me and I suspect many others from communities like mine, it was obvious what it was: Nearly $4 million pledged to provide the educated middle class with respectable occupations aimed at containing the rabble. Read full story here…….