Radical Wales

No one active in the radical movement in Wales will now be unaware of the scale of the cuts proposed and being implemented by the ConDem coalition government, which they maintain are unavoidable due to the recession. The cuts are already affecting public services from hospitals and schools to benefit and tax offices, public amenities from playgrounds to libraries. Wales as always will be particularly hit as a very large number of people are employed in the public sector, and also rely on

Ummah of Muhammad: putting the mental in fundamental

Published on 2010-08-17 01:10:28

Ummah of Muhammad (UoM) are a Wales-based Islamic organisation who claim to 'protect the symbols of Islam'. They called a demo on the 10th of July outside Cardiff City Hall, where under forty people demonstrated to 'protect the symbols of Islam'. After half an hour, the man leading the demonstration ran out of script and the crowd proceeded to shout various chants such as “UK, watch your back, Islam is coming back!' and 'Shariah law in the UK!' amongst others. In recent months Islam itself ha

South Wales Police pick a side

Published on 2010-08-17 01:09:29

I used to be naive. My first few encounters with South Wales Police, I thought, "they're not that bad, as police forces go". Over the course of my time in Cardiff, cautious optimism toward the local police has been replaced with disappointed anger; the police, I've learned, will protect us when it serves the state's interest, not the community's. My first dealing with South Wales Police was indirect, in 2006. I was on the executive of my local Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) branch, and Gwent Pol

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