Paternalism and rural protest: the Rebecca riots - Lowri Ann Rees
Submitted by Steven. on Sep 10 2016 17:05
A detailed analysis and account of the Rebecca riots in south-west Wales, 1839-1843, examining the interests of different classes at the time.
The Rebecca riots, 1839-43 - Jon Bauckham
Submitted by Steven. on Sep 10 2016 16:45
A short account of the successful protest movement in Wales against excessive road tolls, when locals would wear dresses and blacken their faces in disguise and destroy toll gates.
Spaniards in the valleys - Martin Selby
Submitted by Steven. on Oct 29 2015 22:50
Interesting book written by Nicolas Dueñas, writing as Martin Selby, with recollections of the coalmining communities in the Welsh valleys at the beginning of the 20th century at a time of an influx of miners from Spain.
The Mold riots: The summer of ‘69
Submitted by wojtek on Jun 25 2015 01:17
The story of the 1869 riots in Mold, Wales. Following a trial in which miners were convicted of assaulting their manager, soldiers fired on angry protesters, killing four and injuring dozens.
The mysterious death of Alwyn Skinner(1912-1938)
Submitted by Battlescarred on May 27 2015 15:25
A short account of the life and mysterious death of Alwyn Skinner, International Brigade volunteer
Dewi Bowln: Merthyr Rising
Submitted by Reddebrek on Mar 31 2015 15:04
A collection of images by Dewi Bowlen about the Merthyr rising.
1831: the Merthyr Rising and Dic Penderyn
Submitted by Reddebrek on Mar 31 2015 14:56
An account of an brief uprising in South Wales in 1831 and the fate of Richard Lewis, known as Dic Penderyn. The uprising was the largest outbreak of working class resistance in Britain during industrialisation and was the first time the Red Flag was used as a symbol of rebellion.
The NHS pay freeze and the end of Agenda for Change
Submitted by mcm_cmc on Mar 31 2014 19:51
This article looks at these changes and the ways in which successive years of 0% or 1% pay rises in the NHS have undermined the national Agenda for Change pay structure, paving the way for localised and potentially privatised pay agreements.
A voice from the aliens: about the anti-alien resolution of the Cardiff Trade Union Congress
No One Is Illegal's 2006 reprint of the first known leaflet against immigration controls, produced by Jewish textile workers in 1895.
Carbon Black - Ian Bone
An article by the lovely Ian Bone about residents of Port Tennant, Swansea organising against pollution in their neighbourhood. Taken from Solidarity: For Workers’ Power, Vol. 6, No. 10.
