A CELEBRATION OF THE LIFE OF HILDA HAY PRICE
Sunday 13. July 2008
Hilda Price died on Friday 4th July and her funeral took place on Friday 11th July at Margam crematorium.
Hilda was a life long member of the Communist Party, "an inspirational comrade and fighter for socialism from her early days as a wartime AEU activist in St Athan's up to her more recent involvement in the pensioners' movmeent. Her son in law, Hwyel Francis, gave the funeral oration:
NO HOLIDAY FOR WELSH COMMUNISTS
Tuesday 08. July 2008
The Welsh Communist Party and Young Communist League rather than winding down during the summer months will instead be going on the offensive with street activities, a summer school, a fundraising Bar B Q as well as putting on public meetings and events and staffing the Morning Star stall at this year's Eisteddfod.
The Communist Party with its increased membership is now able to sustain its political activity though out the year. Come along and get involved! Note this article will be up dated as more activities and events are arranged.
COMMUNIST AUTHOR SCOOPES WELSH BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD
Monday 07. July 2008
Welsh Communist Party member Gareth Miles, playwright and author, recieved the coveted Welsh Book of the Year Award 2008 for his book Y Proffwyd a’i Ddwy Jesebel.
Read the full story from the academi website article.
INSPIRED BY THE PAST
Thursday 26. June 2008
Amid promises of capitalist pain in the years ahead, Roy Jones in today's (27.06.08) Morning Star Wales Diary feature, seeks inspiration from the past.
THE Labour-Plaid Cymru coalition was formed 12 months ago having agreed a 150-point Plan for Wales. As with nature, the policies are gestating and will bloom in the appropriate season - something, judging by their silence, that the opposition Tories and Lib Dems are happy to sit and wait for.
WELSH COMMUNISTS JOIN LONDON MARCH AGAINST RACISM & FASCISM
Sunday 22. June 2008
The Welsh Young Communist League went out on tour this weekend, with their Communist flags flying high, to join the thousands marching through London to protest against the rising tide of Racism and Fascism in Britain.
Check out the full report of the demo here.
WELSH COMMUNISTS SUPPORT DAFYDD ELLIS THOMAS' STAND ON ISRAEL
Saturday 14. June 2008
Rick Newnham, Welsh Communist Party secretary supports Dafydd Ellis Thomas' principled stance against the racist Zionist government of Israel, in his letter to the Western Mail.
Dear Editor, Dafydd Ellis Thomas is quite right to take a stand on the issue of Israel. Israel’s complete denial of Palestinian human rights is an international outrage.
RISING TIDE OF MILITANCY
Thursday 05. June 2008
ROY JONES, in his regular Morning Star feature, urges trade unionists to follow the example set by their brothers and sisters in north Wales.
ARBITRATION service ACAS is the harbinger of good news from north Wales this week, with its reports on a fightback that is being waged by workers who are faced with outlandish increases in their household budgets.
CARDIFF HOSTS AGM OF THE WORLD'S ONLY DAILY ENGLISH LANGUAGE SOCIALIST NEWSPAPER
Monday 02. June 2008
The People's Press Printing Society, the co-operative that produces the Morning Star newspaper, is holding its 63rd Annual General Meeting in 4 cities across Britain this weekend.
The Wales leg of the AGM is being held on Sunday June 8th 2 pm (doors open 1.30pm) in The Cayo Arms, Cathedral Road, Cardiff.
CARE CRISIS MADE WORSE BY EMOTIONAL BURDENS
Friday 30. May 2008
Glyn Davies, the Welsh Communist Party's Industrial organiser, calls for a campaign against this care "Cinderella" service, which has been under-funded and overlooked for years, in the letters page of north Wales' Evening Leader
The crisis in social care is compounded by additional emotional and financial burdens being placed on families.
COMMUNISTS AT THE HAY ON WYE FESTIVAL
Saturday 24. May 2008
Welsh Communists joined the Socialist Labour Party, Cor Cochion Caerdydd, CND Cymru, Nicaragua Solidarity Campaign and other campaigning organisations at the Hay on Wye Literary Festival this weekend ensuring that the political alternative to New Labour and the Tories is discussed amongst the chattering classes.
The photo accompanying this news article demonstrates that communist ideals cross the generations with Sheila (over 60 years in the Communist Party) next to one of the newer comrades to the Welsh Young Communist League.
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