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Awema Scandal and a question on scrutiny - More on the Awema scandal from the Inside Out Blog. I missed Dragons Eye last night for an update.I forgot all about it sorry.I havent watched the repea...
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The reality is obvious - There are one ortwo well-used phrases which trip from politicians’ lips when they want to avoidproviding any evidence in support of their views. One of my...2 hours ago
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TEOTWAWKI movie - making a drama out of a crisis - My new trailer for my movie which we hope to start production on soon Undercurrents is an award winning alternative news service producing videos of peop...
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Smash EDO Info night – Tuesday28th, 6.00pm! - Tuesday 28th, 6.00pm Come along and learn about Smash EDO and the Summer of Resistance. Stick around for a Peoples Kitchen Vegan meal! Since 2001, EDO/ITT’...13 hours ago
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Alain Badiou - Save Greeks from their Saviours ! - Alain Badiou, Jean-Christophe Bailly, Étienne Balibar, Claire Denis, Jean-Luc Nancy, Jacques Ranciere, Avital Ronell. Save the Greeks from their Saviors! Feb...
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Aber Guild Executive vote to hold referendum on Assembly structure - Tonight, at a meeting of the Guild’s Executive Officers (minutes available here ), Officers have voted in favour of holding a referendum over changing from...18 hours ago
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Ombudsman warns councils over legal costs - Interesting article today from BBC Wales Online. The Ombudsman's comments were triggered by a case in Flintshire Council where the legal costs are predict...1 day ago
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David Cameron Thinks You Are This Stupid - The prime minister will go further in defence of the government’s work experience schemes on Thursday. “We see this in the debate on education, put a young...1 day ago
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UK: 24 hours to stop tar sands - In 24 hours, Europe could introduce pollution controls that could stop the flow of Canada’s deadly tar sands oil into the EU. But the UK is moving to block...1 day ago
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Boycott Workfare – Boycott Tesco PDF Flyers - Demo flyers in PDF – English and Welsh Click on links BELOW pics to download. Boycott Workfare – Boycott Tesco flyer PDF Boicotiwch Workfare – Boicotiwch T...3 days ago
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23 Feb: Solidarity Vigil at US Embassy in London as Bradley Manning is Arraigned in US - Thursday 23 February, 5pm – 6pm Stand in solidarity with Bradley Manning in London as he is arraigned for Court Martial in the US. The Vigil will take plac...4 days ago
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Vale of Glamorgan Green Party announce local candidate - The Vale Green Party are pleased to announce that local resident Anthony Slaughter will be standing as the Green Party candidate in the St Augustine’s wa...4 days ago
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Coming up this week - Events coming up in Cardiff this week. As always, let me know if there’s anything you think should be added. Monday 20 February Work Day at The Red and Bla...
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Questioning the tactic of “questioning the tactic” of wearing masks at demos - The following article, originally posted on the Vancouver Media Co-op website, has been reproduced here by FITwatch as we believe it is of relevance in the...5 days ago
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Snowdonia Celebrated - Last year marked the 60th anniversary of the creation of Snowdonia National Park. This first Welsh National Park was about conserving the past. But, six de...5 days ago
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Hundreds march to save Prince Philip's A+E - Around 300 trade unionists, health workers, medical professionals and community campaigners marched through Llanelli6 days ago
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Cardiff's Waste Recycling Slowed ...flatlined to feed the Incinerator - *Cardiff's Waste Recycling to be slowed to feed the Incinerator* At the same time as Cardiff is claiming over-achievement in recycling – 53% this year and 5...6 days ago
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Belleruche // Stormbird // 05.03.12 // Tru Thoughts - First appeared on Never Enough Notes on February 16 2012 Belleruche have seemingly joined the campaign to bring 1980s style electro back once and for all. ...6 days ago
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Over to you - Some people may be aware of some of the regeneration plans that are proposed, or taking place, in Aberystwyth. According to one of their leaflets, Aberystw...
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Greens announce candidates for local elections - Swansea Green Party has begun the process of selecting candidates to stand in the local council elections in May. Following their AGM last week they have ...1 week ago
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Coats sale all over the world.Greater part of us know what is all about. The problem - Coats sale all over the world.Greater part of us know what is all about. The problem arises why folks opt for rave clothing even if there are so many ...1 week ago
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FEBRUARY DAYS IN HISTORY also News of Cwtch Occupation in Swansea with Details of Court Case on Tuesday. - *ADFYWIAD GOCH* CYMRU *We follow on from Cymru Goch I in an International Welsh Socialist Libertarian ... CWTCH OCCUPATION DOLPHIN HOTEL - YOUR HELP FOR TH...
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Anger, kindness and hiraeth – a raft of emotions - Anger, kindness and hiraeth – a raft of emotions Yesterday’s provocative blog on Christians whining about the High Court ruling on prayer on Council Meetin...1 week ago
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Canu acwstig gwrth-gyfalafol, gratis! - Caneuon Efa Supertramp Am ddim i lawrlwytho ar soundcloud.1 week ago
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Redefining Prosperity - 50 years of incessant advertising and lies has made us thinkthat prosperity means having more money to buy more ‘things’. Yet each of usknows that beyond ...1 week ago
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Only 6 of 45 employees at ParcAberporth not working on military projects - About 35 work on the Watchkeeper military drone project, 4 work for arms company QinetiQ and 6 work for West Wales Airport2 weeks ago
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Jubilee Events. - Plenty of Events etc planned for the jubilee. Inevitably a load more will be announced over the coming months. Any protests planned? What about the 26th an...2 weeks ago
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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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Prince has no role – Official - The International Standards Organisation (ISO) has confrimed that it is incorrect to call Wales a ‘principlity‘. Geneva based ISO is the organisation that ...2 weeks ago
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Reclaim the Fields Spring Gathering 2012 - The first Reclaim the Fields Gathering of the year will be taking place this March at the Wilderness Centre in the Forest of Dean. The provisional timeta...2 weeks ago
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WELSH COMMUNISTS' SUBMISSION TO THE SILK COMMISSION - In line with the devolution motion carried at the Welsh Communist Party's congress, held in December 2011, for the incoming Executive Committee to contribu...2 weeks ago
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Gaspar Tamas on the Failure of Liberal Democracy - Hungarian philosopher Gaspar Tamas gave a talk at the Munk Institute last September entitled, ‘The Failure of Liberal Democracy’. Thankfully, this was one ...3 weeks ago
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No Welsh in nuclear waste consultation may breach international convention - No Welsh in nuclear waste consultation may breach convention3 weeks ago
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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...3 weeks 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...3 weeks ago
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Report shows students in Cardiff are cold at home – Greens pledge action - Cathays Green Party has today responded to a Cardiff Council report which details the dire state of student housing in the city. Since July 2010, *76% of...4 weeks ago
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These Chains Won’t Ever Hold Me - These Chains Won’t Ever Hold Me by CosmoInnit Oh, these chains They won’t ever hold me Cos I sing, yes I do Till the break of the day Oh, these walls Oh, t...4 weeks ago
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DO YOU WANT SOME? - With the Welfare Reform Bill, aimed at slashing the numbers on disability benefits, on its way through parliament, I thought I’d post this poem, based on...
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TAT Closure - January 2012 Dear Friend, Since the establishment of the Travellers Aid Trust 24 years ago, its revival in 2001 and after 9 years of supporting the Travell...5 weeks 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...5 weeks ago
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Wales needs debate on "devo-max" powers - The Green Party in Wales has responded to the ongoing public debate over Scottish independence by calling for a discussion of further extending self...1 month ago
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The Purpose of Torture is Torture: A Decade of Guantanamo Bay. - In the South-Eastern periphery of Cuba lies the province of Bahía de Guantánamo. Unlike the rest of the Caribbean island its vegetation does not grow gree...
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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...1 month ago
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Embracing 2012 - At the end of almost every year I tend to write a blog, outlining the highs and lows of the former 12 months and assessing where the future may take me. Al...1 month ago
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Virtual ATMs – Complexity for the Sake of It? - For some reason this story was under my radar until I heard about it on the Tenable Security podcast. Last summer, Diebold and VMware demonstrated a protot...1 month ago
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Welcome! - Our next meeting will be on February 25th Meetings are open to all women Children are also welcome Filed under: News2 months ago
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Podcast 1 - Live interviews from the Inland Revenue - The Great Tax Invasion - Podcast 1 by TheGreatTaxInvasion2 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/2 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...3 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...3 months ago
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Pob Allan Ar N30 | All out on N30 - On November 30th, millions of workers across dozens of trade unions will be taking action over proposed pension reforms which will see public sector worker...3 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...3 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...3 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...4 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...4 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...4 months ago
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Why Anarchy? - We have an event coming up called Why Anarchy? It will be a brief introduction to the politics of anarchism, looking at media misrepresentation and history...4 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...6 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...6 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...7 months ago
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11th July - and still in prison - <img src="data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAARUAAAC2CAIAAAB4c45BAAAgAElEQVR4nKTcd3RcZ50/fgFJXCVbbeqd2/ud3tudPqNRdbeKi2RJlmzHiRNCEljasl9YWFiWhGU...7 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...7 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 ...7 months ago
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Have your say on Bute Park - Have your say in this survey on the future of Cardiff's Bute Park.8 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...9 months 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…9 months 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...10 months 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...10 months ago
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Selective Hearing, Collective Guilt & the Big Lie - Why do we (white or non-Muslim Britons) feel the need to hold our Muslim compatriots responsible for the crimes committed by men who happen to share the sa...10 months 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...10 months 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 ...10 months 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...10 months 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...11 months 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 ...1 year 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 ...1 year 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...2 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...2 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 ...2 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...3 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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