Over a 100 people attended a protest by parents and governors outside County Hall Carmarthen between 8.30am and 10am this morning (Monday 23 July) ahead of Carmarthenshire Council's Executive Board meeting. Members of Cymdeithas yr Iaith Gymraeg were there supporting the protest.
Members of Cymdeithas yr Iaith Gymraeg will be holding a meeting at 12.30pm today with officials at the National Assembly of Wales. At the meetings the matters under discussion will include the need for a New Welsh Language Act and the future of village schools. Cymdeithas has recieved confirmation that the meetings will go ahead even though Ministers will not be present.
Cymdeithas yr Iaith Gymraeg has criticized the cynicism of Chris Bryant and a handful of Welsh MP's following their support for an Early Day Motion calling on Arriva to change the linguistic order of public announcements in railway stations in Wales.
Former Cymdeithas yr Iaith Chairman, Steffan Cravos, was arrested during a demo of over 150 people in Porthmadog at 2pm today, for sticking posters calling for a New Welsh Language Act on to the windows of supermarket giant Tesco.
Within a couple of hours of her release from Eastwood Park Women's Prison tomorrow morning (Wednesday 11th July), Gwenno Teifi will be back campaigning for a fit-for-purpose Welsh Language Act with a visit to the Senedd in Cardiff Bay followed by plans to address a large Cymdeithas yr Iaith demonstration in the north.
If it is true that Thomas Cook have practically done away with the Victorian "Welsh Not" threat to their staff, then they have been dragged from the 19th century into the 20th century. They still publish everything and conduct all their administration through the medium of English only. We now need a comprehensive Language Act to drag the company from the 20th to the 21st century.
Gwenno Teifi was sent to Eastwood Park Prison (Gloucester) for 5 days this morning, for refusing to pay a £120 fine for painting a slogan calling for a New Welsh Language Act on the window of Brantano's store, in Aberystwyth last October.She was sentence by Carmarthen magistrates this morning.
Cymdeithas yr Iaith has rejected the findings of a BBC Opinion Poll which purports to show a majority opposed to a Language Act which would require private corporations to make full use of Welsh. Cymdeithas claim that opposition from 63% of those questioned was due to the choice of the emotive word "force" by the BBC.
Cymdeithas yr Iaith Gymraeg has welcomed the commitment to a New Welsh Language Act in the agreement drawn up between labour and Plaid Cymru at the National Assembly.