Wed 05, November 2008 @ 12:58
As US electors were going to the polls last night, economist
Keith Harvey was reminding the Cardiff Radical Socialist Forum that
the course of the election campaign turned on the collapse of
Lehman Brothers, the signal that the US banking system was in
crisis.
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Tue 09, September 2008 @ 11:57
The fourth meeting of the Cardiff Radical Socialist Forum last
Wednesday attracted over twenty activists to discuss issues around
immigration. Teresa Hayter of No-one Is Illegal, introducing...
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Sun 13, July 2008 @ 11:11
Gwent crematorium was packed on Friday as friends, family, work
colleagues and comrades said farewell to South Wales activist
Cameron Richards.
The sheer number of mourners and the heartfelt trubutes to
Cameron bore witness to the love and respect inspired by this
throroughly decent and committed teacher and revolutionary
socialist.
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Thu 10, July 2008 @ 17:40
It’s a general rule of thumb in politics that anyone who
includes the word ‘freedom’ in their name is an enemy of it. The
Freedom Association, a capitalist organisation with strong links to
the Conservative party, care only about their freedom to exploit;
when they defend civil liberties, it is their own right to conduct
their own affairs in secrecy with which they are concerned.
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Thu 03, July 2008 @ 16:31
The Cardiff Radical Socialist Forum met for the second time last
night to discuss the united front tactic, specifically as it
relates to the fight against fascism. Numbers were up from the
first meeting, with activists coming from Swansea and Newport to
join a variety of Cardiff socialists and anarchists in a
constructive and informative discussion entirely free of wooden
sectarian posturing.
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Wed 25, June 2008 @ 15:13
There was a distinct whiff of occupied Palestine in
Cardiff Bay yesterday as police declared an exclusion zone around
the back entrance to the Senedd - then dealt violently with
activists who entered it. The occasion was the visit of Israeli
ambassador Ron Prosor, fervent apologist for Zionism and scourge of
any normal sentient human being who takes exception to the racist
state which employs him.
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Sat 07, June 2008 @ 13:21
It’s been a busy year for Henry Charles Albert David Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg. Firmly ensconced as British imperialism’s favourite poster-boy, ‘Prince Harry’ has been shunted around the world in search of photo-opportunities and this week wound up in Cardiff, capital city of the nation whose name he presumes as his own.
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Fri 06, June 2008 @ 17:32
The
Cardiff Radical Socialist Forum got off to a promising start yesterday as a range of activists from Cardiff and Newport discussed the many initiatives to create a left of Labour party over the past fifteen years.
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Fri 11, April 2008 @ 19:53
While the campaign against the privatised military academy at St Athan has been steadily growing, it has yet to register on the radar of the mass media. That will hopefully change after the demo in Cardiff on April 26th, which now features on the
Stop The War homepage and looks set to pull in a big crowd. With increased media scrutiny, however, it is vital that campaigners get their facts right and are prepared for the arguments which our enemies will undoubtedly raise.
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Fri 29, February 2008 @ 15:36
Those considering taking a course with the Open University might like to think again following remarks by the OU’s Wales director this week. In response to a demo against the OU’s involvement in the proposed St Athan military academy, Rob Humphries made the following statement:
“The University recognises that Britain’s armed services play a vital part in peacekeeping activities all over the world”
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Wed 27, February 2008 @ 12:06
If someone made a film called “Ann Widdecombe - Passion for Life” you’d no doubt assume it was a comedy. But there is nothing funny about the Passion for Life roadshow which is heading for Cardiff on March 4th. Widdecombe and her cronies from an unholy alliance of anti-abortion groups aim to set the clock back to the time when women had no rights over their own bodies.
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Sat 19, January 2008 @ 11:37
For a man supposedly fluent in both Welsh and English, Wales First Minister Rhodri Morgan sometimes struggles to make any sense at all. His
comment on the anti-St Athan protest at the Senedd on Jan 17 was a prime example, writes a Welsh PR activist. . .
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Wed 05, December 2007 @ 17:55
This Saturday (8 December) will mark the start of the EU-Africa Summit in Lisbon; Robert Mugabe will be hoping to clinch a deal there, brokered by South Africa’s Thabo Mbeki, involving a compromise with the (neo-liberal) opposition MDC which will ensure his own survival as president and the end of international sanctions against Zimbabwe.
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Sun 18, November 2007 @ 12:27
The next meeting of the No2StAthans campaign is this Sunday (18 Nov), 2pm, Temple of Peace, Cardiff. Now that the Stop the War Coalition have decided to support the campaign, including a commitment to a UK national demo against the murder academy, this will be an important meeting for planning the route ahead.
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Fri 09, November 2007 @ 15:43
After the torrent of pro-St Athan propaganda in the Welsh media when the privatised murder academy was first announced, today’s Western Mail has finally given a few words to the opposition....writes Jon Blake...
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Fri 26, October 2007 @ 18:29
The MoD announced this week that building on the “Defence Training Academy” at St Athan in the Vale of Glamorgan should start in 2009.
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Sat 28, April 2007 @ 14:03
South Wales Anarchist Network and UKIP may seem strange bedfellows, but they are united in one belief: Wales does not need a National Assembly. Whereas UKIP is seeking election in order to dissolve the assembly, however, the anarchists are encouraging the electorate to 'Vote Nobody'. JON BLAKE takes issue with their stunt.
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Sat 20, January 2007 @ 12:36
In a recent appearance on BBC's Question Time, Wales' First Minister Rhodri Morgan endured public humiliation as he refused to utter a word on the subject of Iraq. Now, with the award of a potential £14bn government contract to RAF St Athan in the Vale of Glamorgan, perhaps we know the reason for his silence.
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Wed 29, November 2006 @ 18:58
The curtain has opened on the annual Beyond infernational Video Festival. The packed audience in the Swansea cinema watched films about Oil from Cuba, Amazon, Ireland and Nigeria.
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Tue 24, October 2006 @ 22:26
About 60 people from across South Wales listened to John McDonnell, together with other Welsh politicians (Paul Flynn MP Newport, Carwyn Jones, AM for Bridgend, and Jane Davidson, AM for Pontypridd) addressed the AGM of Welsh Labour Grassroots last weekend. Briefing, Socialist Appeal and Campaign group were there together with the Fabian Society.
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