RALI CILMERI COMMEMORATION - THE PARTISAN CYMRU POSITION - COMMENTS OF CONCERN AND CONTRIBUTION TOWARDS RADICAL NATIONALIST STRUGGLE OF A TRUE LEFT LEANING KIND!
11 December 1282
When the Day Turned To Night.
However, during the following century we witness the beginnings of popular revolt and outright rebellion as upon Stryveland 1282 - 1334, 1294 first National Anti - Colonial Revolt, 1315 - 16 Llywelyn Bren Revolt and also Revolts at Harlech 'St Valentines Day Massacre' 1345 as well as at Rhuddlun and Beaumaris. Where else, that was not recorded? but for sure Outlaw Resistance was on the rise with 'Adar y Greim' of the woodlands of Wales making life tough for English Traders and Borough settlers. All building up for the big one that is boiling up amongst as much a Colonial Underclass as is what is left of the native Welsh Aristocracy, Lords and Chiefs. The Lords might have sparked it on 16 Medi 1400 and with their retinues gathered their Raiding Party on Caerdrewyn on 18 Medi 1400 but at Ruthin the first 'English Town' to be attacked in the 'Great Raid', quick to join up and provide Glyndwr with the foundations of his largely peasant Army were Workers, Artisans and Y Clerwyr - 'Tafarn Balladeers; as Ieuan ap Bleddyn Workman of Ruthin, Gruffydd 'Pannor' of Colleigion a Fuller and another Fuller Maldwyn of Lyndyfrwdwy, Gwillym le Corvisor of Llanelidan a Shoe Maker, Ken 'Tudur Thill' Tailor and Morgan also a Tailor, Ieuan ap Judde a 'Flesshewer' also Llywelyn Cayo (Surely not Julian time travelling?) an Harper. I dare say, if more reserch was done we would see the names of more of these 'Common Folk', later many to become post War Y Gwerin Owain' Outlaw Rebel Resistance our Maquis or maybe we should call them 'Eithinwyr' (men of the Gorse, I thought that one up when on Gelliwastad above Abertawe and having to walk thru huge Gorse bushes. Not only would such hide Rebel Outlaws well but the thorns make enemy mounted soldiers get off their horses and thus easier to ambush and kill. Intend to stick that in a novel one day I keep promising myself to do).
NB: I have in mind raising funds for a Partisan Cymru Plaque at Ardd Arwyr Glyndwr, Cefn Caer naming these early 'People of the Pitchfork', see previous post as well. Anyone interested in contributing to such do get in touch.
NOW TO CILMERI 2011, 2012 and hence?
As one of the founders of Rali Cilmeri in the 'Sixties' and then in the 'Seventies' to the 'Eighties' with Cofiwn regualrly attending, since I have only attended occasionally for a particulur purpose. As to protest against the treachery of Plaid Cymru Dr John H. Davies and Labour Party Ray Davies using the Western Mail to attack Nationalists they considered 'Extremists' (interesting Dr John is repeating such again in a letter to Western Mail of late). Ironically, I had supported these two in their criticism of Radical Nationalist of unknown quantity taking over Rali Cilmeri but for the back stabbing via the Western Mail, as it turned out following this Brad Raly Cilmeri 2004, elements of that 'Unknown Quantity' in main Balchder Cymru made it's peace with the aforementioned Davies 1 & 2 and have been happy to cooperate in joint continuation of the Cilmeri Commemoration that is up to the recent WM attention concerning Jill Evans PC MEP 'Bizzare Babtism''. The reason for peace breaking out between what appeared to diversely opposing Nationalist elements was largely due to Band Cambria, a BC Initiative that proved a good addition to the annual Rali Cilmeri Commemoration and useful to Dr John as much as it was to the early days of Cambria Band.
Further 'Nationalist Unity' was achieved by an interest in Rali Cilmeri Commemoration being seen as useful to Cambria Magazine Editor Henry Jones Davies whom with fellow 'Knight of St David' Sculptor David Petersen taking an interest in the event. The latter as now taken to leading the Tafarn Cilmeri to Cenotaph march as he regularly does at the Dydd Dewi Parade in Cardiff annually. Henry Jones Davies, now as a member of 'Y Gorsedd' (that was quick?) and once prospective Plaid Cymru Candidate, not so sure if now as a Right Wing Nationalist if he as much supports 'Leanne Left' Plaid 'green' Cymru. Now a 'respectable rightist', I doubt if he would like to be reminded or the video being seen of Rali Cilmeri - The Cyfamodwyr Years which has been circulating in the Patriotic Fringe for some years. Showing he at Tafarn Llywelyn, translating a speech being made by former FWA Commandant Denis Coslet in 'Uniform' whilst an FWA 'Nostalgist' pulls on a Black hood. A wonderful piece of Patriotic Fringe 'Amatuer Nationalist Dramatics', nothing wrong with that as I have done it myself from time to time. Dressing up in FWA Uniform to visit the NLW and Margam Military Re-enactment fetival as well doing satirical foto feature for my Pwca Power blog:
4 May 2009 – Sorry but you will have to
make your own New FWA Uniforms
ok! In below fotos, I will ... May (2). PWCA AS RADICALS &
REVOLUTIONARIES?
There has been a purpose to this, in main to wind up
Plaid Cymru and Y Crachach Newydd and 'Welsh Establishment/Intelligentsia'
whom would like to bury a radical past which does not conform to their version
of contemporary History. Thus forget Lewis Lewis, Edward Morgan, Dai Cantwr,
Sioni Sgubor and Frances Evans, the Worker Radicals of later years down to Welsh
Radical Republicans and Nationalist 'Freedom Fighters' of the FWA, MAC and later
Meibion Glyndwr. My post Millenium connections at attendance with Rali Cilmeri
Commemortion has been to make tributes to former 'Old Comrades' Toni Lewis and
Glyn Rowlands also to go there to make speech in defence of Denis Coslett who
had been much maligned by Author John
Humphries in his book 'Wales Forgotten War', then I put on an my
'FWA Reenactment Society' (joking)- ''FWA Uniform'' to pay tribute to
Denis and again to wind up the 'Welsh establishment'. Such as these Crachach
Characters below, the first of who I last heard was working for the Electoral
Reform Society - Wales, possibly a case of Cultural 'Affirmative Action' taking
us towards a Crachach 'Zardoz' Cymru. This is where I diverge from any
'Nationalist Unity, I am not a mindless Crachach Camp
Follower'.
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They and the Quisling Collaborationist 'Welsh
Establishment' would as the Cymru Fydd crowd in the past, kick into the shadows
radicals. Today it is contemporary Nationalist/Republican radicals of the
'Sixties' in particular whilst they today 'Y Crachach' boast themselves up as
once being 'Radical'. Just go see St Fagan's so called National History Museum
representation of those times and also exhibition at National Museum on Wales
and Royalty in which it makes out that the only opposition to
English Royalty has been CyIG 'Crachlets'. That of course is a big lie as proof
that is much of Welsh History being 'Crachachcentric' and 'Gwyneddcentric' as
much as 'Anglocentric', an history that up holds middle class patriots of the
20th century as the 19th century betrayed Wales in their 'English Royal
Grovelling' Eisteddfods and worse of all in the 1911 Investiture, read
the writings of Hywel Teifi Edwards in
particular:
7 Jan 2010 ... Hywel Teifi
Edwards was Professor of Welsh at
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language. Hugh Owen came to the Eisteddfod
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FAM WEN FAWR: 1887 - VICTORIA - 1897
gan E. G. Millward Hywel Teifi Edwards Dwy
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The book Investiture: Royal Ceremony
and National Identity in Wales 1911-1969,
John S.Ellis is published by University of
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by JS Ellis - 1998 - Cited
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Now
Partisans Cymru are not of a Cambro - Brit Left nor are we of a Plaid Cymru
Rainbow Republican 'greenwasher - radical chic', we can politically question and
dispute much of the 'Sixties' Radical Nationalism which I was part of but now do
question politically. As I do the knee jerk Crachach Camp Following FWA
'Nostalgists' and others of the Patriotic Fringe still so stuck on Rali Cilmeri
Commemoration when myself consider it was a mistake in the first place
but recognize it is a fact to live with even though I consider it
to have reached it's 'Sell By Date' with
now indications of it possibly becoming a Right Wing Reactionary Nationalist
Political Platform hence? If, indeed now as result of the 'Jill Evans Cilmeri
Affair' the knee jerk response of 'Labour Bashing' continues particularly on fb
from some pretty awful Pathetic Fringe knee jerking non political thinking
Patriots of the sort which Welsh Republican Intellectual David Lawrence has seen
for what it is at this years Cardiff Bay Republican Day. An event which drew to
it as much reborn 'I Love Leanne' Rainbow Republican Keith Parry who along with
others present at this CBRD are regulars at the Cilmeri Commemoration with Keith
from time 'masked up'. Most of these old and new 'Patriotic Fringers' do fall
into the following catogary as David Lawrence referred to as
being;''that
the level of political education in a roomful of people whose " republicanism "
amounted to nothing more than anti-monarchism and that amounted to nothing more
than sniggering at savage poems'' .
Really is time to wake up and I mean
politically,
thus best by Patriots becoming partisans, it is no use
just repeating endlessly the mantras of Welsh Cultural Nationalism. It is not
that simple and any Patriot who considers it so, is really very badly in need of
a real Welsh History lesson. As far as what Gwynfor stated below, yes much truth
in it but keep in mind that it was the 'Lawyers of Free Gwynedd' pre 1282 who
really had us adopt the use of the name 'Welsh', I will let you research why as
the exercise might do you some good. Plus please keep firmly in mind that it has
been the post 'Richmond/Tudor' crowd to the Society of Ancient Britons 1715,
Cymrodorion 1745 to later post Cymry Fydd Crowd to 1911 Cambrians who have gone
on and on about we being 'BRYTHONS' aka 'BRITISH'.
a concept that like a virus continues to spread in
bodies as Welsh Socities, WRU and no doubt in certain Gorsedd Circles. Even
within those who might follow Leanne into the 'British Confederation', an idea
she had passed on within Plaid Cymru from Gwynfor Evans
himself.
See : Nickglais on the Cosmopolitan
Left and the National Question:
Democracy and Class Struggle says while
we had political differences with Gwynfor Evans we agree with the quote above to
some degree.
We also
believe that Gwynfor Evans would never have stood by and let his county of
Carmarthenshire be despoiled for corporate greed by Tan 8 terrorists. Those
attending Rali Cilmeri Commemoration what today with at least two Choirs
in attendance, I suggest all learn the song of
t
hose voices singing from Llanllwni
Mountain singing against Industrial Scale Windmilling of Wales would
also be the voice of Gwynfor
Evans.
Today,
even though having moved left, and turning down an invitation to attend Rali
Cilmeri 2012, I do not oppose others attending. I would just hope for three
developments to be taken aboard.
I urge now all patriots and not least,
those who attend Rali Cilmeri who I might criticize for being 'Camp Followers'
and 'Knee Jerkers', I will not condemn they or their ceremonies, if that is
their bag then so what! Nor will I criticize Balchder Cymru who I have been much
critical of in the past, as this year on three occasions it has been some of
their members who have supported the Anti - Windmill Campaigning not Plaid
Cymru, CyIG and not those of the Cambro - Brit left who are as much into long
playing so called ''Internationalist'' knee Jerking and Camp Followers too, as I
will deal with some time at a future date. Suffice to say and conclude in
Rali Cilmeri Commemoration
connection.
1: Please get into the history of
Nationalism, cultural and otherwise as well as the history of the People of the
Pitchfork and Pike:
5 Oct
2012 – CYMRWCH Y TIR YN
OL/TAKE BACK THE LAND. Campaigning Against an Old Conquest and a New
Conquest of Wales by Means of Cheque ...
3:
Forget the labour Bashing, despite the leadership many of their members are our
natural allies against the Tories whilst there are many in Plaid Cymru Cultural
Nationalist circles who would be quite happy to welcome the Tories as allies in
a future 'Cymru Rydd'. How do you think Plaid Cymru made such a big advance in
rural Cymru against Labour over the years , quite simply because a great many of
Tory mind and rural Conservative/Liberal Values voted with Plaid Cymru to get
rid of Labour Rule in rural Cymru. So a knee jerk response to WM articles and LP
comments is politically naive and to waste time slagging off the LP would only
suit a right wing reactionary radical Nationalist agenda. Such elements grow
stronger by the day, already there have been accusations of racism at Rali
Llanelli 2011 and Rali Cilmeri 2011. This might be BNP/EDL/WDL 'entryism' at
work, do remember that the NF 'Political Soldiers' tried that path into the
Patriotic Fringe 'Alternative Nationalism' not so long ago in the early
'Eighties'. Not that Welsh Nationalist 'Rightist Reactionaries' are as Anglo -
Welsh Fascists mentality but still out there in and around the Patriotic Fringe
are elements as 'The Knights of St David', Reclaim Cymru Alliance and 'main man'
on the Nationalist Right 'Swansea Jac' via his Jac O' The North blog. Whatever,
just found this on web and to bring balance to my criticisms thought it worth
your attention, not least because BC members are Football
fans:
6 May
2011 – The spectre of separatism still looms with the ideals of
nationalism, whether left or right
wing. Is the Welsh
nationalism of Plaid Cymru the same ...
To conclude: When we started Rali
Cilmeri in the 'Sixties' it was very much done for Patriotic Political reasons
to oppose the Investiture and it was only on my return from an Irish Exile in
early 'Seventies' that we founded Cofiwn and Rali Cilmeri got more into the
History associations but not without still using it for political campaign
reasons as Cofiwn V Sarhad'83 and Y Cyfamodwyr V Mewnlifiad. If there is still
to be a political use for Rali Cilmeri and I think there should as well as the
Historical stuff. Then hopefully it will be to a good purpose of calling for
campaigns as for Sovereignty and against Tory Cuts, Unemployment and
Depopulation these are more important issues for all Welsh Political Activists
to be concerned with than worrying what the Western Mail and Labour Party hacks
have to say.
Other than this fact it would be not only be a complete
waste of a Radical Nationalist Commemoration as is being planned and presented
by Balchder Cymru to make it a rally to promote a spurious so called
'Nationalist Unity, what with Tan 8 Treaty
Traitors? I remind one and all intending to
attend Rali Cilmeri and spend possibly two days in Canol Cymru that in December
of 1282 Llywelyn III took a Welsh Army into Canol Cymru to defend that land from
the English King, Robber Barons and yes Welsh Traitors too. Now take a look at the below, it is the same Canol Cymru
centuries later and in danger of being over run by 'New Conquistadores' of
Renewables Robber Barons of which a number are Welsh and Members of Plaid Cymru,
not least Llywelyn Rhys, Eryl
Vuaghan and a nulmer of the now dead
Dr Dafydd Huws 'Ceredigion
Crachia and their Crony Green Carpet Bagger
Collaborators as Cynog Davis as well a of
course English Lord Dafydd Elis
Thomas.
Welcome to 'Mid Wales Wind Farm Planning' a website providing
the essential details of all Mid Wales'
operational, consented and proposed wind
farms. In Mid ...
So, patriots (and Partisans too?) when
you go into Canol Cymru this December, to what purpose? Pointless or Positive
Patriotism? If pointless carry on Knee Jerking at Rali Cilmeri but if you
want it to be positive then do some Anti - Windmill Plantation Post Campaigning,
YES?
The Save
Stryveland Struggle Continues and it's about time some Socialists got
involved, YES?
Certainly. Partisans and other
Socialists should be to the fore in the coming struggle to defend Mynydd y Gwair
from further Exploitation by English Aristocrat of the 'Beaufort
Bunch'.
Gethin Gruffydd.
PS: Llywelyn III and his Body Guard were
slaughtered at Aberedw not Cilmeri, that was a Victorian Tourism Invention much
like 'Gelert's Grave' but no matter
the 'Sixties' reinvention made it important as a focus and platform for Radical
Nationalist Struggle. Well at least in times of Pobl Cofiwn and Cyfamodwyr,
not so sure about since and now in these times?
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