Welsh Republican Movement
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Welsh Republican Movement Mudiad Gweriniaethol Cymru | |
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| Founded | 1949 |
| Dissolved | 1966 |
| Split from | Plaid Cymru |
| Succeeded by | Plaid Cymru Welsh Labour |
| Newspaper | Y Gweriniaethwr |
| Ideology | Welsh nationalism Welsh republicanism Left-wing nationalism Socialism |
| Political position | Left-wing |
| Party flag | |
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The Welsh Republican Movement (Template:Langx) was a Welsh nationalist and republican political party.
The movement originated in a motion put forward by the Cardiff branch of Plaid Cymru at the 1949 party conference in Dyffryn Ardudwy. The motion proposed changing the party's objective from a "Dominion Status within the British Commonwealth" to "an Independent Republic", but it was defeated by a margin of 9 to 1.[1]
The group held its own conference in Neath on 24-25 September 1949, where it was decided to establish the Welsh Republican Movement and to adopt a tricolour flag of red, white and green as its symbol.[1] The movement aimed to build a base in industrial South East Wales by focusing on socialism and republicanism, in contrast to Plaid Cymru's emphasis on rural affairs, pacifism and the Welsh language.
In 1950, the group began publishing a newspaper, Y Gweriniaethwr (The Republican). It stood Ithel Davies in Ogmore at the 1950 general election, where he took 1.3% of the vote.
Some members of the party were arrested for burning the Union Jack, and it faced accusations of initiating violence.
By the mid-1950s, most members of the Movement had either returned to Plaid Cymru or joined the Labour Party, and its newspaper ceased publication in 1957. However, F. W. S. Craig believed that it remained active as late as 1966.[2]
References
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- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Gweriniaethwr (1996). The Young Republicans: A Record of the Welsh Republican Movement. Iard yr Orsaf,Llanrwst,Gwynedd, Wales: Gwasg Carreg Gwalch. p. 12. ISBN 0-86381-362-3.
- ^ F. W. S. Craig, Minor Parties at British Parliamentary Elections
- Peter Barberis, John McHugh and Mike Tyldesley, Encyclopedia of British and Irish Political Organizations
- Ymgyrchu! - The Welsh Republican Movement
- Welsh separatist and independentist flags
See also
- English republicanism
- Irish republicanism
- Scottish republicanism
- Welsh nationalism
- Republicanism in the United Kingdom
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