Video Reports of Messages of Support from Ireland and Venezuela to Welsh Socialist Republican Movement at Merthyr Rising

Yr Aflonyddwch Mawr at the Merthyr Rising 2017

Irish Socialist Republicans extend fraternal greetings to Yr Aflonynddwch Mawr and the Welsh Socialist Republican Congress on the occasion of the anniversary of the Merthyr Rising.

Yr Aflonyddwch Mawr deeply appreciates support from our Socialist Republican brothers and sisters in Ireland - class solidarity strengthens our struggle.


Irish Socialist Republicans extend fraternal greetings to Yr Aflonynddwch Mawr and the Welsh Socialist Republican Congress on the occasion of the anniversary of the Merthyr Rising.

186 years ago the working class in Merthyr rose up against explotation and oppression, hoisted the Glorious Red Flag, possibly for the first time in history, and seized control of their town, holding it for the workers.

Today, the example of the Merthyr Rising continues to be a shining example to the international working class and oppressed peoples with the Red Flag having been adopted as the international flag of Communism and we salute Welsh Socialist Republicans for carrying high the banner and spirit of the Merthyr Rising today.

In this time of great crisis of capitalism and imperialism, international bonds of solidarity amongst the working class and revolutionaries are of the utmost importance. The working class and oppressed peoples of Ireland and Wales face the same enemies and must stand together to strengthen our common struggle against imperialism.

Let us hold high the Red Flag and the spirit of the Merthyr Rising as we March forward together!

Onwards to national liberation and socialism in Ireland and Wales!

Solidarity with Welsh Socialist Republicans from the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela

Yr Aflonyddwch Mawr - The Welsh Socialist Republicans have received a communication from our Venezuelan comrades - we salute their momentus struggle in Venezuela and deeply appreciate their message of solidarity with us timed to co-incide with the Merthyr Rising Weekend .

Our Social Movements of the Alba and The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela  show their support to Welsh Socialist Republican Movement  in the struggle for the unity of the peoples against capitalism and the neoliberal policies that exclude and generate poverty.

We Show our solidarity  together with the Venezuelan people which opened a new era for people who dream and fight for a just and worthy world to be lived by all and all.

These are times of crisis, transitions, explicit uncertainty and sustainability of the world capitalist system, times where in some central countries xenophobic messages are raised and it is intended to blame the peoples who have paid throughout history the way of life exorbitant And unmeasured by those minorities who believe they are the owners of the planet earth.

For all of this  it is important to be united  and our present fightings and longed for future freedom are possible thanks to our history as a people,  the Welsh Socialist Republican Movement has to stand as a beacon that illuminates the emancipatory possibilities of humanity. 

Strengthening the socialist flame, not only for the Welsh Republic but for the whole world.


Long live the Welsh Socialist Republican Movement.. 
Long live the Venezuelan people! 
Long live Fidel! 
long live Chavez  the fighting continues!

Sean Doyle speech to the Court in Bray - Ireland on the 16th May 2016 - We must make a stand for our water. : Yr Aflonyddwch Mawr says Wales must Defend its Water - emulate Irish Comrades

"First and for most we reject being addressed as protesters, we are protectors.

The people of Ireland are the owners of the wealth and resources as defined in the 1919 declaration and paid for with the blood of our freedom fighters and the tears of their mothers.

Or as Mellows said, the wealth and resources belongs to the people and must not be for the enrichment of any individual or class.

We as members of Citizens against Privatisation, stand proudly in defence of that right.

We have witnessed the robbery of so much that belongs to the people, our gas, our oil, our fisheries, our minerals.

We must make a stand for our water.

Every meter in the ground is a step closer to privatisation.

I must also address this question of an individual who wishes to have a meter.

While we fully support the right of the individual up the point, that it adversely effects the rest of society.

The right of the individual is then secondary to the public right and welfare.

And finally I wish to state we will continue to stop the metering as we will not allow our water to be added to the long list of theft."

Yr Aflonydddwch Mawr Salute Republican Socialist comrades in Ireland for making a stand against robbery of Irish Natural Resources.

In October 2016 Yr Aflonyddwch Mawr joined the Welsh Socialist Republican Congress and put the question of Welsh Water as a key part of our new national struggle.

Here is the Speech to the Congress on Welsh Water as part of the Welsh Socialist Republican Strategy for the National and Social Liberation of Wales

http://greatunrest2012.blogspot.co.uk/2016/10/the-welsh-water-question-by-david-shinn.html

Merthyr Rising 1831 Song : Cheese and Bread by David Rovics - English and Welsh

1831, the age of industry begun

For the working folk of Wales, life was short

With wages cut again it was only sensible that then

Folks took over and shut down the debtors' court

The gentry pulled the wire, told their men to open fire

And restore the rule of their estate

But as the night descended and the battle ended

The soldiers had all fled behind a gate

They chanted “cheese and bread”

And “our children must be fed”

In the days when Wales rose against the crown

They chanted “cheese and bread”

With a bloody loaf above their heads

When the red flag flew in Merthyr Town

The message went out east and west to put the gentry to the test

The cavalry was ambushed and turned back

After so long playing defense, the time had come now whence

The workers were the ones on the attack

The crown sent soldiers by the score until order was restored

Then came Dic Penderyn's execution

Another martyr for the cause, meant to give us pause

The next time the people call for revolution

Gwrthryfel Merthyr, Cymru, 1831. Y tro cyntaf yn y byd y chwifiodd y faner goch fel symbol chwyldro.

Cyfieithiad Steve Blundell o’r gân “Cheese and Bread”, gan David Rovics o Efrog Newydd, canwr/cyfansoddwr ac anarchwr.

1831, yr oes diwidiannol ar waith,
Bywyd byr oedd tynged gweithwyr gwerin Cymru
Wedi rhagor o doriadau tal, penderfyniad call a wnaed
i gymryd drosodd a chau lawr y llys dyledwyr

Rhoddodd y bonedd gair, a tanio’u harfau drwg a wnaeth…
eu filwyr, er mwyn adfer grym eu ‘stâd, (hystâd)
Disgynnodd nos ymlaen, ac ar ddiwedd y brwydr aeth
y milwyr i gyd i ffoi tu ôl i giât.

  Y cor-gan oedd “bara chaws”
  a “rhaid ni bwydo’n plant”
  Yn y dyddiau cododd Cymru wrth y goron
  Y cor-gan oedd “bara chaws”
  Gyda torth gwaedlyd uwch eu bennau
  Pan chwifiodd y faner goch yn Nhref Merthyr

I’r gorllewin ac i’r de, aeth neges rhoi’r bonedd i’r her
ymosodwyd y farchoglu a’u wrthyrru,
Ar ôl amddiffyn hir erioed, daeth amser y cyffroed,
y gweithwyr oedd y rhai oedd yn ymosod


  (cytgan)


Halodd y goron milwyr llu, tan daeth y drefn yn ôl i hwy,
Yna daeth dienyddiad Dic Penderyn,
Un merthyr fwy i’r fudaid, er mwyn darbwyllo cymryd pwyll
Y tro nesaf daw y werin am eu chwyldro


  (cytgan)

Llandegley in Mid Wales shows the way for Mynydd y Gwair in West Wales - we can defend Welsh Common Land

Plans to build a wind farm at a Powys beauty spot have been rejected by councillors.

Hendy Wind Farm Ltd said its proposal to build seven turbines at Llandegley near Llandrindod Wells had the support of land owners.

The planning committee was recommended to approve it on Thursday, but voted to refuse permission.

Campaigners had said the plans could deter tourists visiting the area.

Four of the turbines would have been built on a protected public right of way, according to preservation body the Open Spaces Society.

This would make it common land, according to the group set up in 1865 to protect such areas.

Ahead of the meeting Kate Ashbrook, general secretary of the Open Spaces Society, called the development damaging.