Welsh Socialist Republican Movement
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The Welsh Socialist Republican Movement was a short-lived political movement which was born out of frustration with Plaid Cymru
's failure to oppose the first referendum on Welsh Devolution in 1979 in order to map out a specific policy of arguing for Independence. It was also an attempt to develop a Welsh Socialist alternative to Plaid Cymru and it produced pamphlets and a newspaper called Y Faner Goch (The Red Flag).
The WSRM was socialist and republican but there was a fundamental contradiction between those positions which was never resolved and was the basic reason why it fell apart the moment that the police arrested and prosecuted WSRM members for conspiracy to cause explosions.
After its collapse some members joined the Communist Party of Great Britain
and some returned to Plaid Cymru and others became active in issue orientated movements.
The socialist remnants published a couple more copies of Y Faner Goch and then reformed in the late 1980s to create Cymru Goch
(Red Wales), a small socialist political party that lasted another 20 years, publishing Y Faner Goch until 2003 and establishing The Red Poets' Society, an annual poetry magazine that is active today.
Plaid Cymru
' is a political party in Wales. It advocates the establishment of an independent Welsh state within the European Union. was formed in 1925 and won its first seat in 1966...
's failure to oppose the first referendum on Welsh Devolution in 1979 in order to map out a specific policy of arguing for Independence. It was also an attempt to develop a Welsh Socialist alternative to Plaid Cymru and it produced pamphlets and a newspaper called Y Faner Goch (The Red Flag).
The WSRM was socialist and republican but there was a fundamental contradiction between those positions which was never resolved and was the basic reason why it fell apart the moment that the police arrested and prosecuted WSRM members for conspiracy to cause explosions.
After its collapse some members joined the Communist Party of Great Britain
Communist Party of Great Britain
The Communist Party of Great Britain was the largest communist party in Great Britain, although it never became a mass party like those in France and Italy. It existed from 1920 to 1991.-Formation:...
and some returned to Plaid Cymru and others became active in issue orientated movements.
The socialist remnants published a couple more copies of Y Faner Goch and then reformed in the late 1980s to create Cymru Goch
Cymru Goch
Cymru Goch was a left wing nationalist organisation in Wales. It was founded in 1987 and fought for what it described as a Free Socialist Wales...
(Red Wales), a small socialist political party that lasted another 20 years, publishing Y Faner Goch until 2003 and establishing The Red Poets' Society, an annual poetry magazine that is active today.