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Y Seren Goch @yserengoch.cymru · Nov 29

Helô - we are Y Seren Goch, the Socialist-Republican outlet for Wales!

We write and publish about Welsh politics, our working class history and culture, and in and about our language.

Here’s a thread of all we’ve done so far, starting with our introduction!

communists.wales/2024/08/09/y...

21st August 2024

Y Seren Goch - An
Introduction

Y SEREN COCH
DROS WERINIAETH SOSIALAIDD I GYMRU

We welcome all voices [...] Change will be made by those who most need it! This
oppressed writers

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Y Seren Goch @yserengoch.cymru · 20d

Linc i ddarllen yma: yserengoch.cymru/2024/09/22/2...

266 – Gresford: a Disaster that Scarred a Community

By Morfil Mawr Gresford It’s a name almost synonymous with tragedy, while not quite as known perhaps as the likes of Aberfan or Tryweryn, it has had a surge of interest recently due to an epi…

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Y Seren Goch @yserengoch.cymru · 20d

Cofiwch Gresford, one of the worst mining disasters Wales has faced, one which has impacted a whole generation in Wrecsam but is in danger of fading from our minds

YSG branded social media square with the title: 266 - Gresford a disaster that scarred a generation. The thumbnail is a photo of the colliery wheel in a memorial garden, the pull quote is: The feeling of injustice and wasted life lingers in these communities. We have toiled long and hard for the whims of capitalism and yet what have we to show for it?

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Y Seren Goch @yserengoch.cymru · Aug 27

If you want to watch programme find it @welshundergroundnetwork.cymru ‘s website here: welshundergroundnetwork.cymru/the-dragon-h...

The Dragon has Two Tongues

Subject of copyright strikes, legal threats, and much discussion, we are extremely proud to host every episode of ‘The Dragon has Two Tongues’, the classic series featuring Gwyn Alf Wil…

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Y Seren Goch @yserengoch.cymru · Aug 27

Thinking about the history of Wales today…
Check out our erthygl from last year about the fight to keep The Dragon Has Two Tongues accessible to all

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‘The Dragon Has Two Tongues’ – a gift from the Valleys to you

Valleys Underground took the opportunity to make something happen and uploaded the entirety of ‘The Dragon Has Two Tongues’ onto their website; a groundbreaking show from 1985 that pits the formida…

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Y Seren Goch @yserengoch.cymru · Aug 17

Darllenwch yma: yserengoch.cymru/2025/08/17/m...

‘My Voice Cannot Be Bombed’ – A New Book Of Poetry From Gazan Poet Yahya al-Hamarna

At a rooftop cafe in Cardiff, Yahya joined a birthday celebration and launch party for his new book of poetry, ‘My Voice Cannot Be Bombed’. The crowd sang happy birthday in Arabic, Welsh and Englis…

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Y Seren Goch @yserengoch.cymru · Aug 17

Ein erthygl newydd, adroddiad gan Hedd Goch

A report from a moving birthday fundraiser for a Yahya Al Hamarna, a political science student and poet in Gaza. His poetry compilation has recently been published by @iskrabooks.bsky.social

YSG branded social media tile
Title: My Voice Cannot Be Bombed
Image: a photograph of a crowd on a rooftop bar, they are looking at a projector screen with a video call ongoing
Quote: At a rooftop cafe in Cardiff, Yahya joined a birthday celebration and launch party for his new book of poetry, 'My Voice Cannot Be Bombed'.
Byline: Hedd Goch

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Y Seren Goch @yserengoch.cymru · Aug 14

Ein erthygl newydd: yserengoch.cymru/2025/08/13/m...

An important and timely examination of what it looks like to be trans in Wales at the moment. Plus a message for socialists of all stripes…

YSG branded social media tile
Title: Meet Chloe: Life as a Welsh Trans Person in 2025
Image: Photo of a large crowd at trans rights protest, there are trans flags in the air.
Quote:
Whenever the discrimination we face enters conversations, a chorus of voices responds to tell everyone that "the left" needs to "prioritise working class issues" and not be "distracted" from "genuine material concerns"
By Nora Rhiannon

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TheWitches @thewitches.bsky.social · Jul 30

www.acorntheunion.org.uk/join

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Y Seren Goch @yserengoch.cymru · Jul 29

ORGANISE, FIGHT, WIN!

ACORN tenants’ union is a rare success story for the left in Wales. Why don’t we hear more about it though?

Now’s your chance. Darllenwch yr erthygl yma 👇
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YSG branded social media tile. Title: Organise, fight, win - why acorn is the future of organising in Wales. Photo is of 30 ACORN activists outside a block of flats, they have raised fists and a red ACORN flag.
Pull quote: this is a story about ordinary people: ordinary people who got organised linked arms and told the bailiffs to fuck off

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Welsh Underground Network @welshundergroundnetwork.cymru · Jul 18

🚩 TOMORROW IN CARDIFF!

The yearly commemoration of the Welsh volunteers in the International Brigades will be taking place at the Spanish Civil War Memorial in Alexandra Park, in Cathays, Cardiff.

Join us and others as we say ¡nae pasaran!

A poster with a cream background, with black text. In the middle are three stripes, red, yellow and then purple - the colours of the Spanish Republican flag. In the bottom right and top left is a red three pointed star.

Text reads: INTERNATIONAL BRIGADES CYMRU
19th July 11:30
Spanish Civil War Memorial
Alexandra Park Cardiff
1937 - Volunteers from Wales went to defend democracy in the Spanish Civil War
2025 - the danger from far-right extremism and intolerance rises
Organised by
IB Cymru & Solidarity Park
Cash donations will be taken for Medical Aid For Palestine & IB Cymru

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Y Seren Goch @yserengoch.cymru · Jul 4

Proscription Medication …

An actionist writes about Glastonbury last weekend, the overwhelming support for Palestine, his action four years ago.

“So am I to be labelled a terrorist?”

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YSG branded social media tile. Title: Proscription Medication. Image: a photo of a person in a red boiler suit in front of a Glastonbury stage, they are wearing a keffiyeh to conceal their face.
Quote: “I couldn’t stand to see my home be complicit in this occupation. I’m sure you wouldn’t want your home to be either”

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Y Seren Goch @yserengoch.cymru · Jul 2

See Summer Jasmin’s article before it’s illegal…

Y Seren Goch @yserengoch.cymru · Jun 30

We are all Palestine Action ✊🇵🇸

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YSG branded social media square, title “in defence of direct action”, thumbnail is a photo of a direct action by Palestine Action, two people in red jumpsuits can be seen on the roof of a factory.
The quote reads “we have an opportunity on our hands to seize power from those that would line their pockets with blood money, we have an opportunity to reform the world”

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Y Seren Goch @yserengoch.cymru · Jun 30

Croeso!

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Y Seren Goch @yserengoch.cymru · Jun 30

We are all Palestine Action ✊🇵🇸

yserengoch.cymru/2025/06/30/i...

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Y Seren Goch @yserengoch.cymru · Jun 23

Noswaith dda, ni’n BACK!

Visit our new website now: yserengoch.Cymru

Announcement post with text reading: “we’ve been quiet for a while because we’ve been working on a website! We’re proud to launch it today with two articles, one about the Senedd elections and one long read about nationalism. Enjoy!”

Y Seren Goch branded social media tile, the title is “the Marxist case for linguistic nationalism”
The thumbnail is a photo of a speak Welsh badge on a pinstriped background
The description is Darlleniadau hir am the case for defining nationalism using language as the defining trait, a Marxist argument submitted by a reader of Y Seren Goch

Y Seren Goch branded social media tile, the title is “Welsh Labour, the perfect dictatorship”
The thumbnail is a photo of a grey haired labour campaigner wearing a red coat branded “Welsh labour”
The pull quote is “just like the PRI, Welsh Labour is camouflaged, subtle and sadistic in its control over wales, it is the perfect dictatorship”

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Y Seren Goch @yserengoch.cymru · May 11

Read our report here - communists.wales/2025/05/11/s...

Socialist Unity Conference in Merthyr Tydfil Votes To Form New Broad-Base Organisation

Report, Hedd Goch, Y Seren Goch Yesterday, socialists from across the left in Wales gathered to debate and vote on the progress made by the ‘Cymru Radical Left Dialogue’ – an open network of …

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Y Seren Goch @yserengoch.cymru · May 11

Yesterday, socialists from across Wales gathered in Merthyr Tydfil to discuss a unified approach to both the Senedd 2026 elections, and creating a grassroots movement to build the socialist movement up.

The motion to unite around core principles passed unanimously.

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Y Seren Goch @yserengoch.cymru · Mar 28

Ein erthygl ni nesaf: Dispatches from Occupied Ireland #1

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Dispatches From Occupied Ireland

Dispatch 1. An exercise in forgetting Gan Ciaran “The tradition of all dead generations weighs like a nightmare on the brains of the living. And just as they seem to be occupied with revolutionizin…

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Plaid Gomiwnyddol Cymru / The Communist Party of Wales @communists.cymru · Mar 17

Dydd Gwyl Padrig Hapus!

We stand firm in our solidarity with our Irish comrades fighting for a united, socialist Ireland ✊🚩

Plaid Gomiwnyddol Cymru / The Communist Party of Wales @communists.cymru · Feb 4

Bloody Sunday, 2025 🇮🇪

We were proud to join our comrades in the Connolly Youth Movement in marching for justice for the victims of imperialism - from the streets of Derry, to the people of Palestine.

A banner which reads ‘Plaid Gomiwnyddol Cymru’ with a red flag, a hammer and sickle, and a Welsh flag.

A banner with two hands clasped together, with a sunburst behind them. Words on a ribbon are on the top and bottom. Top: “mewn undeb mae nerth”. Bottom: “Ní neart go cur le chéile”.

A black flag with a red hammer and pickaxe flies in the sky.

A red badge with a hammer and sickle sits next to an Irish lily.

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Y Seren Goch @yserengoch.cymru · Mar 17

Happy St Patrick’s Day
Today we launch our Dispatches from Occupied Ireland, short reports from the Plaid Gomiwnyddol Cymru
and Welsh Underground Network delegation to the Bloody Sunday Commemoration March.

Diolch a go raibh math agat i @ConnollyYM for hosting

communists.wales/2025/03/17/i...

Dispatches From Occupied Ireland

Introduction Gan Owain Ab Owain At the end of January 2025, members of Plaid Gomiwnyddol Cymru travelled to Ireland to undertake political education and to represent the party at the Bloody Sunday …

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Y Seren Goch @yserengoch.cymru · Mar 16

Gyda diolch fawr i Gruff o Bring Out Your Dead Podcast ❤️

Y Seren Goch @yserengoch.cymru · Mar 16

🚨 Our second podcast episode is out! 🚨

Follow Paul Robeson in Hollywood, The Soviet Union, Wales and beyond

His solidarity echoes through the ages

We must remember him not just as an actor and singer but as a communist and friend of Wales
Rest in Power Paul

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Paul Robeson - Part 2

It's Not Unusual · Episode

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Y Seren Goch @yserengoch.cymru · Mar 8

Dathlu International Women’s Day 2025 am cofio Winifred Carney.

Celebrate International Women’s Day 2025 by remembering Winifred Carney.

The Typist with the Webley
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Diolch Connolly Youth Movement for hosting @welshundergroundnetwork.cymru and @communists.cymru

YSG branded social media tile. The title reads “cofiwch Winifred Carney”, the thumbnail is a photo of her grave, and the quote is “in life she stayed true to the cause she believed in, in death forgotten lest she embarrass lesser men”

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Plaid Gomiwnyddol Cymru / The Communist Party of Wales @communists.cymru · Mar 1

Dydd Gŵyl Dewi Hapus! 🕊️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

We wish all our members, friends and supporters a happy St David’s Day, and hope you enjoy it wherever you are in the world.

Image description: an image of a crowd with black text with a red outline over the top. The crowd are carrying daffodils, Welsh flags, and white doves fly over their heads. Two big banners fly above them, a red flag with a hammer and sickle on it, the sickle turns into a dragons tongue which is the emblem of Plaid Gomiwnyddol Cymru. The other is a Welsh flag.

The text reads: Dydd Gŵyl Dewi Sant

Text reads: DEWI SANT
Dewi Sant, or St David, is the Patron Saint of Wales, and today is the day we celebrate him.
Across Wales, people will celebrate today with music, art, food, and more. But we're lucky that it's on a Saturday today, because the British state refuses to make it a bank holiday!
The fight for making Dydd Dewi Sant a bank holiday isn't just a fight for Wales, it's a fight for the working class. Bank holidays should be a day when all people cannot be compelled to work, but the rise in zero-hour contracts mean that this right is held by fewer and fewer workers.
Not only should Dydd Dewi Sant be a bank holiday, we need to ensure that all workers are either given the day off or entitled to a far higher pay for working this and all bank holidays.

Text reads: A OES HEDDWCH?
Dewi Sant is often depicted with a white dove, the symbol of peace between people.
Wales has a proud history of fighting for peace, from protests against British military use of our land, like the Penyberth RAF Bomber School arson attack, to the Welsh women who marched from Cardiff to the Greenham Common Air Base in England in 1981 to protest nuclear weapons.
The legacy continues to today, organisations like Heddwch ar Waith are fighting for a peaceful Wales, and Welsh republicans, socialists and pacifists fight for justice and world peace.
TODAY WE DEMAND
HEDDWCH!

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Y Seren Goch @yserengoch.cymru · Feb 16

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Linc Spotify

Paul Robeson - Part 1

It's Not Unusual · Episode

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