Well over 500 people comprising children, Unions, and environmental and community groups, met in Castle Square Swansea on Friday for Youth Strike for Climate, beginning a week of global climate strike action. In the run up to the event, there was some tension between groups as the organisers tried to define their own event, risking […]
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The launch of the Wales Integrated Autism Service in the first half of 2019 was just part of a very busy time for the autistic community in Wales. The Assembly narrowly voted to abandon the passage of a dedicated Welsh Autism Act in January, and since then Wales has been busy consulting on the new Autism […]
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Swansea Council’s Climate Emergency declaration meeting on Thursday evening was well attended. The Chair referred to it as the ‘best meeting’ in a long time. The Climate Emergency was duly declared unanimously following a motion brought by Councillors Mary Sherwood and Peter Jones after Extinction Rebellion’s April event. Among those in the public gallery were […]
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The Future Generations Act Commissioner, Sophie Howe has written to Vaughn Gethin, Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Services, about safety concerns with the 5G roll out. Concerned Bridgend parent Dan Ellis received a copy of this letter on Thursday from the Commissioner in response to his original enquiries. Mr Ellis became concerned about electro […]
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The Swansea Planning Committee decided against Biffa’s planning proposal of a new waste incinerator in Llansamlet today. The plans were rejected unanimously by the Council, who now have the task of finding alternative disposal for the 21,000 tonnes of non-hazardous waste, currently going to landfill in Merhyr Tydfil, that the incinerator was going to burn. […]
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15th April marks the beginning of two weeks of International Climate Emergency Activism. A large and fast-growing number of people are now prepared to take part in climate activism, to go on school strikes, to directly confront authority that isn’t on message. Cities and Towns across the UK have been making the demand […]
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A sizeable crowd turned out in the rain today to attend Global School Strike – Swansea, supporting a global day of action following the example of Swedish student Greta Thunberg. .
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You’d have to be living under a rock not to have noticed the slew of propaganda manufacturing anti-semitism through accusations to ‘get’ Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn. Everything he has said in the past is up for scrutiny, and a speech he made in January 2013 at the Britain’s Legacy in Palestine Conference is now being […]
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“Narrative is everything” was the central message of Lord Carlile’s inaugural lecture as an Honorary Professor of Swansea University (pictured above) on 21st March. The talk, entitled “Counter–Extremism and Counter-Terrorism – Are They the Same?” was delivered to a packed room of students, lecturers and University grandees. We attended as researchers of the connections between different […]
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Feminism thrives on constant challenge. One of mine came late last year when I got trolled by yet another supposed feminist on Twitter. Did she really mean to troll me? She wasn’t very good at it, believe me I know, because I’ve been trolled by the best. The Trouble with After-Cults I felt a […]
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