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Author archives: Robat Idris

Strike! Our collective future depends on this moment

Introduction “Public sector workers are not on strike because they want to break the system. They’re on strike because the system is broken.” – Mick Lynch, RMT leader, Aberdare, 21-01-2023 …

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Posted byRobat Idris30 January 202330 January 2023Posted inArticlesTags: Welsh Government, Llywodraeth San Steffan, streiciau, Torïaid, undebau llafur

Jubilee 2022 – what next?

Symbols are important. They shape our perception of who we are. The in-your-face symbol of our subjugation is the monarchy. But it’s more than that. At a time when the …

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Posted byRobat Idris20 May 202220 May 2022Posted inArticlesTags: monarchy, republic

The Rhondda’s Next Step by Leanne Wood – a review

Y Rhondda uchod

“The Welsh make and remake Wales day by day and year after year. If they want to. ” – Gwyn Alf Williams Where stands socialism in turbulent present-day Wales? A …

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Posted byRobat Idris18 April 202125 April 2021Posted inArticlesTags: cymoedd y de, Leanne Wood, Plaid Cymru, south Wales valleys

Militarism in Wales

An article that first appeared in Welsh on the Cymdeithas y Cymod website in January 2021 to note that the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons has come into …

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Posted byRobat Idris22 February 202122 February 2021Posted inArticles1 Comment on Militarism in Wales

Hiroshima-Nagasaki 75: working towards a nuclear-free Wales

75 years have passed since the Americans, with British agreement, dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. This is the first time, and so far the only time nuclear weapons …

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Posted byRobat Idris5 August 20205 August 2020Posted inArticles2 Comments on Hiroshima-Nagasaki 75: working towards a nuclear-free Wales

The land of Wales

Introduction The agricultural industry has always been deeply embedded in Wales’ land. As one of the series Wales’ next step this article aims to introduce some of the background to …

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Posted byRobat Idris25 June 202028 June 2020Posted inArticles, VideosTags: agriculture, Wales' next step

VE Day – and the other realities of war

May 1st was International Workers ‘ day. A Bank Holiday, as usual, but back in 2019 the Westminster government announced that it would be moved to May 8th in 2020, …

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Posted byRobat Idris7 May 20207 May 2020Posted inArticlesTags: rhyfel1 Comment on VE Day – and the other realities of war

Gordon the Big Engine: a political appointment

In a recent series of blogs, Undod has been forthcoming in its criticism of Welsh Government for its handling of the Covid-19 crisis from the very beginning, when a rugby …

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Posted byRobat Idris30 April 202030 April 2020Posted inArticlesTags: coronavirus, COVID-19, Gordon Brown, Jeremy Miles1 Comment on Gordon the Big Engine: a political appointment

Healthy communities are the basis of our lives

Healthy communities are the basis of our lives. That’s the belief of a group of people from Gwynedd and Anglesey who are developing an alternative strategy for community development. They …

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Posted byRobat Idris6 February 20206 February 2020Posted inArticlesTags: economy, Gwynedd, nuclear, energy, Ynys Môn

Plaid Cymru and nukes – meltdown mentality

Plaid Cymru meets for its annual conference at Swansea over the weekend, and no doubt we’ll hear all sorts of promises about the independent Wales which seems to be closer …

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Posted byRobat Idris3 October 20193 October 2019Posted inArticlesTags: Gwynedd, Hinkley C, militarism, nuclear, Plaid Cymru, energy2 Comments on Plaid Cymru and nukes – meltdown mentality

Arms licences for Saudi Arabia illegal says the Court of Appeal – what’s this got to do with Wales?

What’s the story? Undod welcomes the news that the Court of Appeal has ruled that the licensing of arms exports to Saudi Arabia is illegal. The judges said it was …

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Posted byRobat Idris28 June 201928 June 2019Posted inArticlesTags: Welsh Government, Saudi Arabia

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