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The occupation of Cardiff begins
Friday 11th November was the beginning of Occupy Cardiff. Taking its inspiration from the worldwide movement with numerous recent occupations, including one outside Saint Paul’s cathedral in London and...
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Aggressive policing breaks up peaceful protest
There has been a spontaneous outpouring of energy in Cardiff from activists both experienced and new, as we work together to build an occupation in the centre of the city. Along with Marxists,...
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Open letter to Rodney Berman, leader of Cardiff Council
Dear Rodney Berman, It is not often that the tide of world history ebbs around the moat of Cardiff Castle, but on Friday of last week a group of protesters set up camp just there as part of the...
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White poppies make history in Newport
The outbreak of red poppy fascism across the British media is alarming. The red poppy has morphed into some kind of corporate uniform to the point that it seems improbable that anyone attempting to...
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An open letter to Leanne Wood AM
Dear Leanne, I'm writing because I know you'll listen. Thank you so much for your message of solidarity to Occupy Cardiff the morning of our attempt to set up camp. Thank you for coming out to support...
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When worlds collide: Occupy and the 99 percent
"Occupy a job" was the terse direct tweet sent to me after I had blogged about my day at Occupy Cardiff. At first, I was furious as I have been in continuous employment since 1965, but once I calmed...
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New squatted social centre in Cardiff
The Tredegar Hotel on Clifton Street has been squatted for a month now, by the Red and Black Umbrella Collective. We've had the cops and landlord break in illegally, and visit from fire fighters, arson...
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Evade? Avoid? Invade!
Last week a group of like-minded anti-capitalists from the Occupy movement walked through an open window into a massive, neglected space on Westgate Street in Cardiff. Originally built as the High...
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No justice for the Cardiff 3
Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) incompetence or collusion allows corrupt cops to walk free. After five months of a trial costing ‘tens of millions of pounds’, eight police officers accused of...
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Bradley Manning Needs You
Accused whistle-blower Bradley Manning was born in the US on 17 December 1987 to a Welsh mother and American father. He lived in Wales for three years as a teenager and his Mum and other relatives...
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Boycott Workfare at Tesco
Workfare is a government scheme that forces people on benefits to work long hours for big corporations in order to maintain the pittance they depend on so as not to starve or end up on the streets.Its...
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Community squatting comes to Swansea
In the space of a month, Swansea saw three subsequent squats taken by a community squatting group. With a generally supportive public, surprised authorities and an angry local press, the project has...
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Where next for Occupy? Reclaim the land!
The emergence of the Occupy movement in Swansea and Cardiff has brought Wales into the global Occupy movement and activists are to be commended for their actions of highlighting the deep social...
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The case for wind turbines
Anything other than a 100% renewably powered future is a mirage. Nothing else can happen because other sources of fuel will run out. And the sooner we get there the better. Because in the meantime:...
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Richard Bertin, Independent Socialist
Interview with Richard Bertin, Independent Socialist sitting candiate for Barry (Court ward) in the Vale of Glamorgan local elections on 3rd May. They used to say in parts of Wales a donkey could get...
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Opposing anti-abortionists in Cardiff
The Society for the Protection of Unborn Children (SPUC) held UK wide kerbside vigils on Saturday 28th April to mark the 44th Anniversary of the Abortion Act - a law allowing women to opt for legal,...
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WISE Up for Bradley Manning - Three weeks in Wales
WISE Up for Bradley Manning is a loose network of groups and individuals in Wales, Ireland, Scotland and England (WISE) taking action for Bradley Manning, the young US military intel. analyst with...
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Flamin' madness
I did not go and see the Olympic torch that was run through Machynlleth (where I live ) on it's way North. Don't get me wrong, I like the idea of the Olympics, internationalism and coming together as a...
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Radical Wales at the Green Gathering 2012
Two hardy Radical Wales editors braved lashing rain, thunderstorms, and hippies brandishing crystals, in a field outside Chepstow one weekend in August to bring our readers some postcards from the...
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Wales's Guantanamo Bay and a drowned community
Two miles from the historic North Wales town of Bala is the tiny hamlet of Fron Goch. Blink and you'll miss it as you travel westwards on the A4212, past the beautiful Llyn Celyn. However, in the...
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