Thursday, 16 September 2010

A NEW WELSH HISTORY: ABOUT TIME WE HAD A WELSH SOCIALIST HISTORY, YES!


Not the Western Mail is to launch a New Welsh History Month this coming Saturday, see link below:

  • The Western Mail's New History of Wales‎ - 3 hours ago
    IN just a couple of days' time, the Western Mail will launch the New History of Wales ...“The new history of Wales re-examines Welsh history in a fresh and ...
    WalesOnline - 2 related articles »

    • This is some time after the call made for such by Embassy Glyndwr in 2006, see link below:

    Owain Glyndwr Communicates.

    - 12 visits - 06:34
    Owain Glyndwr Communicates. Promoting an interest in the history of Owain ... OWAIN GLYNDŴR COMMUNICATES A news &Information Service – please inform us of ...
    owain-glyndwr-embassyllysgenhadaeth.blogspot.com/ - Cached - Similar

    My contribution on this day which is regarded by Welsh Nationalists as 16 Medi 'Dydd Glyndwr' may be seen in Red Remembrancer, see link below:

    RED REMEMBRANCER

    - 13 visits - 14 Sep
    6 Sep 2010 ... RED REMEMBRANCER. A Welsh Radical PLatform: containing information on history of peoples popular and radical political struggles in Wales, ...
    redremembrancer.blogspot.com/ - Cached - Similar

    This has all brought to mind the need for a Socialist History of Wales, it is well known amongs Socialists that James Connelly wrote much on many areas of Irish History. I am not aware of similar Socialist attention to our Welsh History as an whole rather than just the Llafur Interest in Labour/Peoples history as good as their work is, I still feel there is place for a more complete Socialist working on all of our history. Below are examples of what's going on in Ireland:

    1. Irish Left Open History Project: 'Miscellaneous Notes On ...

      9 Jun 2010 ... Is it any wonder why Irish Socialist Republicans began to take an ..... It's very much a bourgeois view of Irish history that Ireland's ...
      cedarlounge.wordpress.com/.../irish-left-open-history-project-miscellaneous-notes-on-republicanism-and-socialism-in-cork-city-1954–69-by-jim... - Cached

    2. Socialism and the long struggle for Irish freedom

      26 Feb 2010 ... Dealing with the history of the centuries old struggle for freedom ..... But we must not have an idealised view. The trade unions do not exist in ..... An Essay on theHistory of The Irish Republican Socialist Movement ...
      www.marxist.com/socialism-and-long-struggle-for-irish-freedom.htm - Cached - Similar

    3. Dublin Opinion » Blog Archive » IRISH LABOUR HISTORY AND IRISH ...

      20 Dec 2007 ... Labour in Irish History was followed by a dozen or so pamphlets on ... had won academic and socialist acceptance in Britain in the 1960s. ...
      dublinopinion.com/.../irish-labour-history-and-irish-historiography-a-summary/ -Cached - Similar

    4. Irish Democrat : Book reviews : Roddy Connolly And The Struggle ...

      Adrian Grant reviews Roddy Connolly And The Struggle For Socialism in Ireland ... For anyone interested in an alternative view of Irish history, this book ...
      www.irishdemocrat.co.uk/...reviews/roddy-connolly-and-the-struggle-for-socialism/ -Cached - Similar

    5. Irish history Live

      To unsympathetic observers, Connolly had consigned Irish socialism to ... The IRB leaders held a pessimistic view of state of Irish opinion at time. ...
      www.qub.ac.uk/.../irishhistorylive/IrishHistoryResources/.../TheEasterRising/ -Cached - Similar

      Ideas as to way forward, maybe suggestions/ proposals:

      1: Llafur with Bevan Foundation take up this initiative.

      2: A more organised body than I, as maybe Radical Wales sponsors
      a 'On Line Project' similar to the Irish examples above.

      3: Socialist Schools and Weekend Workshops are held based on
      themes with objective of publishing papers and pamphlets.

      4: This idea becomes a feature of my proposed Red College to be
      held in association with annual Merthyr Rising 1831 Commemoration.

      5:
      1. Other, suggestions welcome.

      Other Information:

      1. Llafur Welsh People's History Society

        Llafur brings together people from all walks of life with a common interest in Welsh people's history. We organise a wide range of events looking at aspects ...
        www.llafur.org/indexe.htm - Cached - Similar

        1. Home - The Bevan Foundation Website

          The Bevan Foundation is the social justice think tank for Wales. It carries out research, publishes reports and articles, and organises discussions and ...
          www.bevanfoundation.org/ - Cached - Similar

        2. Publications - The Bevan Foundation Website

          26 Jan 2010 ... The Bevan Foundation publishes a wide range of reports, articles and papers to disseminate ideas and encourage debate. ...
          www.bevanfoundation.org/17.html - Cached
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          PS:
          What happened to the Huw Lewis idea re a
          Welsh Peoples History Museum?

          Gethin Gruffydd





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