FREEDOM FIGHTER - Wales's Forgotten 'War', 1963 - 1993. By John Humphries.

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Have only just had my copy of this book, so have only had a quick scan through. Am pretty busy at moment but will read ASAP and do a review for posting in my blog: THE WELSH PATRIOT in due course. So this post really is just an advert as from all accounts I am getting, the Welsh Colonial Establishment are doing their very best to sabotage sales of this book, let alone maliciously hide an important chapter in Welsh History.
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That's the way it goes, it is mistaken to blame the English all the time from denying us our history the native Crachach - England's Client Tribe in Wales have been doing a good job of that from Glyndwr and Gwerin Owain to Edward Morgan and the Scotch Cattle. Just why is Dic Penderyn, the accidental martyr given more coverage in our history than Lewis Lewis the radical revolutionary, go on think about it? 40 odd years down the road from the great Adfywiad Gwladgarol 1962 - 1969, I can consider just one important quick message to get across to present day patriots, particularly of a younger generation of potential 'Adfywiadwyr Gwladgarol', it's this: ''NEITHER 'KING & COUNTRY' NOR 'CRACHACH & COUNTRY''. This is a subject I shall deal with more and more as I research the past and provide the present with more 'HIDDEN HISTORY' in this blog, but for time being go out and buy the below book and as far as possible help publicise it's existence by posts on your blogs and viral advertising on Your Tube etc? Whatever else may be useful to inform one and all that this book exists, do not let it be stuck away in a dusty cupboard or worse bueried in a pit of pathetic patriotism, that is Welsh Cultural Pacifist Nationalism.

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PUBLISHERS WORLD WIDE, EVEN LIBRARIES AND UNIVERSITY POLITICAL DEPARTMENTS THAT MIGHT HAVE AN INTEREST IN MATERIAL COVERING HISTORY OF THIS REVOLUTIONARY PERIOD IN WELSH HISTORY.
PLEASE NOTE:

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1: I have an extensive collection of News Cuttings covering the 60's in Wales, covering all and everything that is subject matter in this blog right up to and including the Investiture 1969. In 1989, the Daily Post brought out a souvenir issue to mark 20th anniversay of Investiture'69, I am thinking might it not be a good idea to have the patriotic opposite of that published next year to mark the 40th anniversary of Investiture'69. If there is any publisher out there interested in such a project do contact me, I am not after paying although if you want me to photo copy the cuttings some cost payment would be welcome or alternatively I can loan you the cuttings. Further note that my cuttings collection also goes on to cover Cofiwn to Sul y Blodau'80 to Sarhad'83 to Cofiwn's eventual demise, but this might more fit another ''Souvenir'' Scrapbook publication. Whatever, all may be discussed sometime?
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2: The idea for this blog was prompted by an American Book 'BAMN!' about radical ephemera of the 60's, my archive has a stack of material here from literature to fotos etc. All just getting too much for me to research, archive and produce posts for this blog. I kind of want to start doing other things in my 'Grey Beard' years, as take up rambling and going on holidays and given the state of Welsh Nationalism today, the enthusiasm is declining to continue this work. But I know at very least I got to archive this material and deposit it all in Libraries before I head off for any ''afterlife?'' However, would it not be great to produce and publish a ''Welsh Bamn!'' but I just ain't got the energy or time to do this myself. So again any publisher interested, this time around I would have to volunteer closer attention to production, as the devil will be in the detail. Anyway, if interested get it touch plus anyone else got any ideas on how to advance these projects forward also note, someone has already contacted me with idea of a film initiative regards above. I am leaving this matter with this person to further and they will in due course be posting information else where regards a ''Welsh Bamn!'' documentary.
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Gethin ap Gruffydd. Adfywiadwr and Welsh Remembrancer.
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AWNM&S Archivist.

ABERGELE COMMEMORATION 1989: PROPOSED BALCHDER CYMRU ABERGELE COMMEMORATION 2009?

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Abergele 1989 20th Anniversary Commemoration witnessed the appearence of a White Shirted group of patriots calling themselves the Meibion Glyndwr Colour Party. The consequences of which were none too healthy for that groups membership and there were reservations regards it being in the best interest of the commemoration. Whatever, shortly after the annual Abergele Commemoration concluded at behest of relatives of the Abergele Martyrs, in between there had been threats made by the National Fronts ''Political Soldiers'' regards they joining in or disrupting, I am none too sure. The first foto shows a film being made of this commemoration in which I had an involvment and thus I can asure patriots no film was ever handed over to the authorities. However, I hope to see this Cofiwn filming work produced in near future as a DVD available to patriots and general public alike. In this connection you have our guarentees, just make sure if in case of any Abergele Commemoration held this year that you have similar guarentees regards any filming and photos being taken. I have more fotos in my archive regards Abergele Commemorations which I will publish on this blog in due course.

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Some near enough twenty years on, and ''White Shirts'' are back on the scene, this time in form of a BALCHDER CYMRU Colour Party. Fotos below are of they at funeral of their leader former FWA Deputy Commandant in Chief Dennis Coslett. Hopefully they do not plan to hold a similar Para Military display at their 2009 Abergele 40th Anniversary Commemoration, as in these times I do not think that such will serve any good patriotic purpose. Such Welsh Patriotic Para Military displays are on the whole rather pathetic when those involved have yet to walk the walk and do less of the talk! talk! talk! Whatever, I remind again I call upon Patriots to boycott any commemoration that the ''Balchderiaid'' chose to pull off at Abergele for reasons I explain fully on, in my other blogs which you may access via blog profile.
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