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Is it recyclable? - There is often too much packaging on the things we buy, wasting resources - and in many cases it isn't even recyclable. It is bananas. One way to improve t...
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Desert: A new play about Bradley Manning, June 21-23, Exeter - Read the Press Release here. The MolinoGroup presents desert Photo by Katherine Leedale at The Bike Shed Theatre, Exeter, 21-23 June 2012 (7.30pm, with 2pm...6 hours ago
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Coming up this week - Coming up in Cardiff this week. As always, let me know if there’s anything you think should be on there Monday 4 June Language lessons. Arabic at 5pm. Span...
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'Democracy in Action' Photo Competition - The National Assembly for Wales has launched a photo competition called 'Democracy in Action', the details of how to enter can be found here. It will be int...
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The Queen makes me Sick - With local elections and exams now cleared and the four-month summer holiday beginning to be embraced into my life, I thought it time to spread my dusty wi...1 day ago
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Great Unrest Group 2012 & Partisans Cymru Red Republicans Remember the Merthyr Massacre of June 3rd 1831 - http://redremembrancer.blogspot.co.uk/
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Avarice is a vice, the exaction of usury is a misdemeanour, and the love of money is detestable. - John Maynard Keynes - Poised on the brink of economic meltdown as we are, governments all over the world are baying frantically for growth. But growth is not the answer to our ...
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Cymorth cyntaf i'n cymunedau Cymraeg? Cymdeithas ar daith - Datgelwyd lluniau "ambiwlans" arbennig heddiw a fydd yn cludo ymgyrchwyr iaith o gwmpas y wlad fel rhan o ddathliadau hanner canmlwyddiant Cymdeithas yr Ia...3 days ago
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The Last Jubilee and its Cosy C/O Address - I don’t know an awful lot about directorships and the like. I’m a simple sole trader kind of girl. But I know when I smell rats. The last minute cancellati...3 days ago
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“Go Green” sham – letter to Glamorgan Gazette - Dear Glamorgan Gazette, Until now I have been simply unimpressed by the feeble attempts at covering environmental issues in your supposed “Go Green” campai...3 days ago
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A call to FITWATCH at Smash EDO demo, Monday 4th June - The high court has decided that it is perfectly ok for the cops to gather as much intel about anyone they like who is in any way connected to the Smash EDO...4 days ago
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‘Cysyniadau Cyfalafol’ gan Caradog Jones - Amhosib yw di-ystyri effaith anferthol cyfalafiaeth ar ein bywydau. Gerllaw ein newynau a’n rhyfeloedd, gerllaw ein hecsploetio a’n hymraniad o’n gyd-ddyn,...5 days ago
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Papergirl Cardiff returns! - https://vimeo.com/42285542 Papergirl 2012 is on the way, spreading free art through the streets of Cardiff this bank holiday Monday. The art work is curre...5 days ago
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Police can enter homes to seize anti Olympic Posters - Police have been handed 'Chinese-style' powers to enter private homes and seize political posters during the London 2012 Olympics.Little-noticed measures p...6 days ago
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Aberystwyth racing towards bottom of Green League - Aberystwyth University has been awarded a fail and has ranked 133rd out of 145 universities in the People & Planet Green League 2012. The league table unve...6 days ago
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In the Observer today - An article I worked on with Denis Campbell while on placement at the Guardian earlier this month was in the Observer today, which is exciting; my first joi...1 week ago
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Yaya Toure, Creeping Sharia & Tabloid Dishonesty - I haven’t blogged for a short while now for one reason or another, but felt compelled to put together something brief having seen two textbook examples of ...1 week ago
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MORNING STAR AGM COMES TO CARDIFF - The 67th Annual General Meeting of People's Press Printing Society LTD (co-operative that owns and publishes the Morning Star) will be in Cardiff on Sunday...1 week ago
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Refugee Week Open Day 23rd June - To download a PDF of our flyer please click here Also click here to find out more about Refugee Week activities in Wales. Filed under: Uncategorized1 week ago
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It's all one railway line - In saying that there must be a ‘business case’ for extending electrification to Swansea this week, the Secretary of State has not really said anything new....1 week ago
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Hundreds lobby Senedd to defend Prince Philip's hospital - Thousands demand A+E stays in Llanelli1 week ago
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Cabinet System for Swansea Council - (Letter to the South Wales Evening Post) Most of what Swansea Labour Leader David Phillips says in his interview is to be welcomed (Swansea Council leader:...2 weeks ago
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Who Wants Human Rights & Equality? Not UK’s Conservatives or Liberals - The EHRC suffered from some complacent mismanagement, but that does not negate the importance of human rights and equality. However a regime of neoliberal ...2 weeks ago
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Green Party Leader Hits Out at M4 Tunnels Scheme - *Pippa Bartolotti*, Leader of the Green Party in Wales hit out today at the spendthrift ideas behind the M4 corridor enhancement scheme. She said: ‘As u...2 weeks ago
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CRISIS ACROSS EUROPE – THE NECESSITY FOR A LEFT POLITICS - Two things are quite noticeable looking back over the past year or so: first, that the global nature of the unrest is beginning to have a power...
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All You Need is Love - When President Obama yesterday announced his support for gay marriage he made an important and symbolic gesture, not merely of his own 'evolution' on th...
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Greece: Our Present Is Your Future - Free/Donations. Vegan meal provided.Greece is a place where the growing resistance to austerity in the UK and beyond looks for inspiration. In response to ...3 weeks ago
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Agrarian class structure and economic development in pre-industrial Europe - Robert Brenner - [image: image/jpeg icon]Kett.jpg Robert Brenner's influential essay on the origins of capitalism, arguing that the balance of class forces in the coun...3 weeks ago
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Cardiff Council rubbish lorry blocks kids path - Not a safe route to school parking on the pavement on the route to Cwrt yr Ala school Cyntwell Crescent Caerau Cardiff by a Cardiff council employee who ha...
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New SWA Web Portal Launched - This is our new web portal, the A-Hole. Come and have a look round! http://theahole.org.uk/4 weeks ago
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Busy in May…… - I’m about to head off to the Cosmic Puffin festival in Essex! Lots of festies this month, check the website for full details. Here’s a photo of me playing...4 weeks ago
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Republican Protest. Merthyr Tudful - The day started off with a few excellent speeches outside Merthyr Library. The speakers were Bethan Williams, Bethan Jenkins, Tim Richards and Gethin ap Gr...
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First as Protest, Then as Marketing Campaign - A postulation: ‘First as Protest, Then as Marketing Campaign’ is the new ‘First as Tragedy, Then as Farce’. Smelly high-street cosmetics chain ‘Lush’ pulle...5 weeks ago
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Blog closed due to Internet being Compromised - This Blog will now be closed until further notice as my internet and my telephone has been seriously compromised on a local basis.I am aware of who it is a...5 weeks ago
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WALES RED REPUBLICAN ADVANCE TOWARDS RED ACTION ON THE ENGLISH CROWN ESTATES ACROSS CYMRU DURING FIRST WEEK OF 1 - 7 JUNE 2012 - OCCUPY MYNYDD Y BETWS 8 - 10 JUNE 2012 - SURE YOU CAN YOU CAN OCCUPY THE TOWN CENTRES NOW JOIN THE PARTISANS IN THE HILLS! - * Democracy and Class Struggle: Resurgent Republican Action ... 14 Apr 2012 ... Resurgent Republican Action - English Queen Not wanted in Wales ... See Als...
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Gareth Williams: Public Fascination and National Interest - Next week an inquest will open in London to answer questions about one of the most baffling of all modern spy stories. Gareth Williams was a well-liked and...1 month ago
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Calls for Spanish King to abdicate in elephant scandal - After appealing to the Spanish people to accept austerity measures King Juan Carlos flew secretly to Botswana for a week’s elephant hunting. He tripped at ...1 month ago
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Pippa Bartolotti in Penarth - Pippa Bartolotti, the leader of the Wales Green Party, will be visiting Penarth on Tuesday 17th April to support local Green Party candidate Anthony Slau...1 month ago
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Anti drone petition launched by Cymdeithas y Cymod - A petition against the Welsh Assembly Government's support and promotion of military Drones in Wales has been launched.1 month ago
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Green Party announces vision for fairer Cardiff - *Green Party announces vision for fairer Cardiff* The Green Party in Cardiff has today published it's manifesto for the city, outlining plans to improv...1 month ago
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The death of British politics 1707-2012 - The Act of Union 1707 created Great Britain and in my view the political scene is at its lowest ebb since. As I was considering the ducking and diving of U...2 months ago
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“END:CIV-Resist or Die” Movie Screening - Come to the Red and Black Umbrella from 4pm on 14th April for our screening of the new film “END:CIV-Resist or Die”. The film examines our culture’s addict...2 months ago
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TAT Closure - Quick links: Annual Report 2010 Annual Report 2009 January 2012 Dear Friend, Since the establishment of the Travellers Aid Trust 24 years ago, its revival ...2 months ago
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New Blog - This is my old blog. Please click here to visit https://xerocrypt.wordpress.com for all posts made after January 2012. Filed under: Uncategorized2 months ago
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IWD Week – Unveiled Views Film Night - REEL OUTLOOKS – Documentary film nights presents… UNVEILED VIEWS – Muslim Women Artists Speak Out Monday 19th March, 8 pm – at Gwdihŵ Café Bar To celebrate...2 months ago
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CAFCC backs Jon Antoniazzi for NUSW President - Labour Students currently control all key positions in NUS Wales. Socialists in Wales will be supporting the campaign of Jon Antoniazzi, an experienced wor...3 months ago
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Rodney Berman lies exposed - *The FoI request obtained by Kevin Brennan on our behalf * *(All available further down this page) **shows* - the Council delaying response far beyond th...
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Exploiting the unemployed to line the pockets of big business - The following is take from the socialist issue 704 The introduction of the government's flagship welfare service the Work Programme has been criticised re...
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Better than disorganized dependents - In the wake of an NCAFC conference which I can firsthand tell you passed good policy but drained the batteries of its attendees, Edd Bauer, a sabb at Birmi...4 months ago
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Trident – not in Scotland, not Milford Haven, not anywhere! - If Scotland becomes independent in 2014, Trident will have nowhere to go. This is the verdict from within the Ministry of Defence (MoD). It is also the con...4 months ago
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Blackout - Click here to save our free internet! KEEP OUR FREEDOM STOP THIS SHIT - Blackout - Click here to save our free internet! KEEP OUR FREEDOM STOP THIS SHIT: [image: Blackout%20--%20Save%20the%20Internet%20Today] Today we could sa...4 months ago
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Incineration Policy - by Pippa Bartolotti It looks as though the Wales Government are letting a software package decide incineration policy. They are not interested in the weight...5 months ago
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Podcast 1 - Live interviews from the Inland Revenue - The Great Tax Invasion - Podcast 1 by TheGreatTaxInvasion6 months ago
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Newport Campaigner Could Become Green Party Leader in Wales - http://www.southwalesargus.co.uk/news/gwentnews/9380833.Newport_campaigner_could_Green_Party_leader_in_Wales/6 months ago
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New radical Cardiff newsletter - A rainy and damp greeting to all. This is the blog of a new radical newsletter in the South Wales area, Cardiff in particular. Please check out our pages t...6 months ago
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Incinerating the truth - Interesting letter in today’s WM from Cllr. Graham Simmonds...... Incinerating the truth On the subject of the incineration debate taking place in your newsp...6 months ago
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Support Census Resister in Court 11/11/11 - Judith Sambrook refused to complete her census form in protest at the involvement of weapons manufacturer Lockheed Martin in processing census data. She ha...7 months ago
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Linux User magazine features Puppy Linux - The latest issue (106) of Linux User & Developer magazine has an enthusiastic four page feature on Puppy Linux. The cover DVD includes Lucid Puppy 5.2.8. T...7 months ago
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Preparing for Winter - Winter is fast approaching the the members of Fox are rapidly getting to grips with all the work that needs doing to ensure that this year there is water t...7 months ago
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All Wales Education Demonstration and Assembly - On the day the Welsh Government published its draft budget, including a 12.2% cut to education, Youth Fight For Jobs Wales has issued a press release annou...8 months ago
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Thoughts on the Manics - On hearing the Manics announce another 'indefinite hiatus' recently, I thought of one of the many reasons why Bono is a tosser. On the release of one of th...8 months ago
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No. 9! - The High Priest “The bastard son of Bob Dylan, Eminem and Bill Hicks.” (Mojo Magazine). A guitar-toting, rapping priest, hectoring his audience about capit...9 months ago
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A Model Maximum-Minimum Programme For The Transition To Socialism ?? : - PROGRAMME OF THE RUSSIAN SOCIAL-DEMOCRATIC LABOUR PARTY : (Summer 1917 : Between the Bourgeois Revolution & the October Socialist Revolution) : The develop...9 months ago
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Ysgol Gymraeg Bro Ogwr show support for victims of forced evictions in Nigeria - Years 5 and 6 from Ysgol Gymraeg Bro Ogwr have taken part in Amnesty's Junior Urgent Action, Stop Forced Evictions, by making cards to express solidarity w...10 months ago
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11th July - and still in prison - <img src="data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAARUAAAC2CAIAAAB4c45BAAAgAElEQVR4nKTcd3RcZ50/fgFJXCVbbeqd2/ud3tudPqNRdbeKi2RJlmzHiRNCEljasl9YWFiWhGU...10 months ago
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Group 4 housing consultation disrupted - At 11.00am on Tuesday 5th of July activists attended and disrupted a Group 4 (G4S) consultation in Cardiff. G4S are bidding to run a service called COMPASS...10 months ago
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Wrexham Socialists ….. Still Here ! - Yes ….. We are still here, despite a few set-backs and tech-probs, we are back and stronger than ever ! We still meet weekly, at the usualtime/place and ...11 months ago
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This is Welsh Antifa - Welsh Antifa is a direct action group whose aim is to tackle the rise of the far right in and around Wales. This group is here to unite Anti-fascists and t...
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We want a say on the New Bus Station - The new bus station construction is due to start in Jan next year reports Cardiff Council newspaper Capital Times as part of the 'new central business deve...1 year ago
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Political Landscaping has Moved - After a long break from blogging Political Landscaping has moved here to http://politicallandscaping.blogspot.com/ We really hope to see you there…1 year ago
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Libyan intervention: Venal leaders exploit good intentions and prop-up bloody regimes - [image: LIBYA] *Image Courtesy of B.R.Q* The humanitarian case for intervening in Libya is well-stated – Libyan rebels faced an inevitable massacre. Yet, ...
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Welsh Assembly Candidates Question Time - On Wednesday, 20th April, North Wales Against Cuts in conjunction with the PCS Make Your Vote Count campaign will be hosting a Welsh Assembly Candidates Qu...1 year ago
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BNP flop in Wrexham - The BNP launched their Welsh Assembly election campaign in Wrexham yesterday morning, with five of their candidates, a security team, a handful of their su...1 year ago
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Hundreds march against cuts in Bangor - From North Wales Against Cuts: Hundreds of trade unionists, workers, students and service users attended a demonstration in Bangor today where a march an...1 year ago
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There is an alternative – London, March 26th 2011. - More than quarter of a million people marched in London yesterday, in protest against the ConDem government’s cuts. The BBC are focusing on expressing the ...1 year ago
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TUC March for an alternative - I am looking forward to a pleasant day – with many old, and some new, friends tomorrow. I intend to peacefully exercise MY democratic right, to participate...1 year ago
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Reasons for Supporting the UCU - *Aber Students Against Cuts* *Statement in support of the UCU strike* Lecturers make up the main component of our education. We support their fight for ad...1 year ago
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Outrage at the council revelations - Originally written for the Socialism in RCT blog SP member of the ponty anti-cuts demoOn March 17th an article appeared on the WalesOnline website explainin...
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Youth Fight for Jobs to recreate Jarrow March - Youth recreate Jarrow March for Jobs on 75th anniversary “No return to the 1930s!” This October will mark the 75th anniversary of the Jarrow March ...1 year ago
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How I learned to stop worrying and love the Welsh referendum - We have nothing to fear but fear itself. Well, fear and a large inflatable pig that is. Read the full article here...1 year ago
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Elections are coming... - We are currently actively working to getting our first AM elected in the Welsh elections: http://wales.greenparty.org.uk/index.php?id=3325 If you can of...1 year ago
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Egypt solidarity demo this Friday - Cardiff Stop the War Coalition has called a demo in solidarity with the Egyptian uprising this Friday, 4 Feb, from 5.30pm at Nye Bevan statue, Queen St: br...1 year ago
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Batty Ieuan Wyn Jones - One year after the £5million St Athan Public Inquiry, the groups critical of the plans are demanding Ieuan Wyn Jones - the Minister responsible for the dev...1 year ago
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City Car Club Launches in Cardiff - There’s a new, greener way to travel in Cardiff and it still involves the car. It’s called the City Car Club. Based in Leeds, the City Car Club lets you hi...1 year ago
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After the Student Protests – What next in the Battle against Cuts - After the Student Protests – What next in the Battle against Cuts (Cardiff) Monday, December 13 · 7:30pm – 9 pm Shandon Lecture Theatre, Main Building, Car...1 year ago
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S4C/anti-cuts demo Caernarfon tomorrow - Demonstration tomorrow in Caernarfon in Gwynedd, organised by Cymdeithas. Assemble at eleven. Below is Wrexham Socialist’s english-language leaflet for the...1 year ago
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Empire by Accident - We live at the end of Britain's imperial period. Since you see more of recent history than any other period of history, we are surrounded by a lot of Imper...1 year ago
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LDP: Will the Council ignore residents again ? - I just came across the news that Cardiff Council is to hold lots of public meetings between now and the end of the process of creating the new Local Deve...1 year ago
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LDP: Will the Council ignore residents again ? - I just came across the news that Cardiff Council is to hold lots of public meetings between now and the end of the process of creating the new Local Develo...1 year ago
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Climate Camp Cymru activists occupy Nant Helen open-cast coal mine - Activists from Climate Camp Cymru invaded Nant Helen open cast coal mine in south Wales earlier today. Despite disproportionate policing at the 2010 camp, ...1 year ago
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Red Russian Army Choir & Leningrad Cowboys- - To understand other cultures, music and art, play a good part.1 year ago
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Welcome to the Newport Green Party - [image: Caroline Lucas and Pippa Bartolotti]The Green Party of England and Wales is a growing political movement promoting social and environmental justi...1 year ago
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EDL Run Out of Town - The English Defence League “Double Demo” turned out to be a double failure today. Their boasts about having enough support in Wales to hold two demonstra...
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20 years ago: the Strangeways prison riot - *from this weeks issue of the Socialist* On 1 April it was 20 years since the start of the Strangeways prison 'riot'. The riot was a protest by prisoners ...2 years ago
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Popular Culture No Longer Applies To Me. - "MTV makes me want to smoke crack" -Beck It's not that I hate music. It's not that all, I'm just extremely specific about what music I like. I'm specific ...2 years ago
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First Casualty of the Year - After only a short period of existence, I regretfully inform people that I won't be updating this blog anymore. I have just moved house and changed by job...2 years ago
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Uganda Homophobia Must Be Stopped - I wish to express my moral outrage at the piece of proposed legislation under consideration in Uganda. It was proposed on 13 October 2009 by Member of Parl...2 years ago
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Yesterday's News (lost in the wind) - This multimedia piece was performed at RWCMD in September 2009. We live in a time of complete media saturation, of instant and constant news coverage. There...2 years ago
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Demarchy - can the people rule? - *This article was first published on 23rd November 2009 in openDemocracy* In a small nation on the Western margin of the British Isles, amidst sheep and ro...2 years ago
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Armed But Not In The Old Way: Arguments for Welsh Syndicalism – Past and Future - by Ted Parry 1999 Introduction. It has become fashionable for ‘socialist’ and social-democratic elites, representatives and thinkers to deride emphatically...2 years ago
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Setbacks and Campaign Building - Over the summer a motion for an ethical investment policy was rejected by the University Council on the grounds that it was 'impractical', and our good fri...2 years ago
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Upcoming national event: Fighting For Marxism On Campus - Saturday October 17 2009 Manchester Details TBC. Capitalism is in its deepest crisis since the 1930s. The world is at an historic turning point. The crisis...2 years ago
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What can we do to help Afghan women? - Quite a lot actually! Support RAWA (Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan) RAWA – How you can help2 years ago
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Metrix sham Public consultation - Letter from Phil published in the Penarth Times and the Gem. I guess it may be in the Barry and District News as well. 4th April 2009 Dear Editor, I t...3 years ago
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Cymuned in Llangefni town centre as ‘second step’ in Jobs For Locals campaign CyngorNi.com - Members of the community and language pressure group Cymuned will be running an exhibition stand in the centre of Llangefni from 2pm this Saturday (28/03/0...3 years ago
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Benefit Gig For Edo Decommissioners and Greek Prisoner - On April 11th we will be hosting a gig to benefit the EDO/ITT decommissioners and Greek prisoners involved in the riots in December. Bands include AXIS OF ...3 years ago
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MARCH ON THE ISRAELI EMBASSY ON SATURDAY - *MARCH ON THE ISRAELI EMBASSY STOP THE WAR ON GAZA STOP THE MASSACRE * *Saturday 10 January, Central London Coaches leave at 8 am, Museum Steps Cardiff and 8...3 years ago
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Welsh Campaigners Welcome St Athan Standstill - Those working to halt the building of the proposed Military Academy at St Athan have welcomed this week’s announcement by defence minister Bob Ainsworth th...3 years ago
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Babi Badalov Campaign Video - Video of a Demonstration in solidarity with Babi, 17 Sept from No Borders South Wales on Vimeo. A demonstration took place outside the UK Border Agency ...3 years ago
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Another break for the residents - Since the demise of the old guard in Merthyr Tydfil Council, things have, on the whole, been quite different for the residents living near the mine. The ...3 years ago
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Forthcomin Attractions September - November 2008 - A selection of titles being distributed in the UK by Turnaround, due to be published between September - November 2008 plus a couple of other recent re...3 years ago
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Location for Calan Mai 2009 - The original call out for a marking of International Workers Day in Wales centered on a large event in Cardiff, there was a number of obvious reasons for t...4 years ago
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PAD- looking for a new home - The PAD at 118 Clifton Street is no more after having to move out last Sunday 10th February. So what happens next? The search is on for another suitable ve...4 years ago
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The real cost of the cruise industry - One of the main sources of jobs for people on the Caribbean Coast of Nicaragua is the cruise line industry. Many families are dependent on the remittances ...4 years ago
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SOUTH WALES ANARCHISTS: Who the f@ck are they then? - South Wales Anarchists is not really a group, organisation or club of any sort, it is an umbrella under which lots of anarchists from South Wales come to...
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