Welsh nationalism Welsh nationalism Cymru Annibynnol, the Independent Wales Party are a small political party operating in Wales. They were formed as a splinter from Plaid Cymru in January 2000, when that party's leader Ieuan Wyn Jones distanced Plaid from supporting Welsh independence. ...more on Wikipedia about "Cymru Annibynnol"
Cymru Goch (Red Wales) was a left wing nationalist organisation in Wales. It was founded in 1987 and fought for what it described as a Free Socialist Wales. ...more on Wikipedia about "Cymru Goch"
Cymuned (translated in English as "community") is a Welsh-language pressure group. Established in 2001, the group campaigns for the survival of the minority Welsh-speaking communities in Wales, perceived to be under threat because of demographic change and linguistic globalisation. ...more on Wikipedia about "Cymuned"
The Free Wales Army was a paramilitary Welsh nationalist organisation, formed out of Lampeter, West Wales by William Edward Julian Cayo-Evans in 1968 ...more on Wikipedia about "Free Wales Army"
Meibion Glyndwr or Sons of Glyndwr was a Welsh Nationalist movement responsible for setting fire to English-owned holiday home in Wales from 1979 to the mid 1990s. ...more on Wikipedia about "Meibion Glyndwr"
Mudiad Amddiffyn Cymru (Welsh Defence Movement), abbreviated as MAC was a Welsh republican movement, modelled to some degree on the Irish Republican Army, which was responsible for a number of bombing incidents between 1963 and 1969. ...more on Wikipedia about "Mudiad Amddiffyn Cymru"
Plaid Cymru (literally meaning "the Party of Wales") is the principal nationalist political party in Wales ** . It advocates the secession of Wales from the United Kingdom (an ideology known as independence or self government) and the Welsh language and its associated culture. Support for Plaid Cymru is historically concentrated in the rural Welsh speaking areas of north and west Wales. ...more on Wikipedia about "Plaid Cymru"
Cymdeithas yr Iaith Gymraeg (the Welsh Language Society) is a pressure group campaigning for the future of the Welsh language. The Society was established on 4 August 1962 in Pontardawe in South Wales. It was at least partly inspired by the Annual BBC Wales Radio Lecture given that year by Saunders Lewis and entitled Tynged yr iaith (=The fate of the language). Cymdeithas yr Iaith believes in non-violent direct action and in the course of their campaigns over a thousand people have appeared before the courts for their part in various campaigns, many receiving prison sentences. These campaigns have resulted in many gains for the language, including two Welsh language acts, bilingual road signs, and the establishing of S4C, the Welsh language television channel. ...more on Wikipedia about "Welsh Language Society"
Welsh nationalism is the Welsh expression of nationalism, a movement that became popular in nineteenth-century Europe and throughout the world in the twentieth century. It generally seeks independence for Wales within the United Kingdom or outside it. Around 1 in 10 people in Wales support the cause of Welsh independence, according to opinion poll evidence ** . ...more on Wikipedia about "Welsh nationalism"
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