News Archive

09/05/2011 - 10:21
A Welsh language activist will go without food and water for 50 hours in an effort to save a Gwynedd school ahead of a crucial council vote.Next Thursday (May 12th), Gwynedd Council will debate finally a proposal to close the village school at Parc near Bala.
26/04/2011 - 20:59
Two language campaigners who took part in a direct action protest to save S4C will go on trial at the start of July (2pm, 7th July 2011), Cardiff magistrates confirmed today.It's alleged that the two campaigners - Jamie Bevan (35 yrs old, Merthyr Tudful) and Heledd Melangell Williams (21 yrs old, Nant Peris) - broke into Cardiff North MP Jonathan Evans' office and sprayed a slogan on the wall of the building against the changes to S4C.The Government is trying to change the law so they can cut Welsh TV station S4C's grant by ninety-four percent and fund the channel mainly th
19/04/2011 - 11:13
Campaigners will visit the offices of the four main political parties in Wales today (Tuesday April 19th) to deliver an urgent message about the future of S4C.In November last year, the four party leaders wrote to the Prime Minister outlining their opposition to the current plans.
18/04/2011 - 10:49
Members and supporters of Cymdeithas yr Iaith have been carrying a stark message from Gwynfor Evans' Memorial Stone near Bethlehem to the BBC studios in Carmarthen today (Monday 18th April) to draw attention to the serious crisis facing S4C, and to warn the BBC not to cooperate with the government to undermine the channel Gwynfor fought for.The protest march to
14/04/2011 - 17:09
Cymdeithas yr Iaith Gymraeg has condemned Gwesty Carreg Môn on Ynys Môn following news that they have banned staff from speaking Welsh in the workplace.Bethan Williams, Chair of Cymdeithas yr Iaith Gymraeg commented:"We totally condemn the hotel's policy. Denying workers the right to speak Welsh goes against basic human rights - it's totally unacceptable.
12/04/2011 - 11:28
Language campaigners have criticised the Labour party in Carmarthenshire after an Assembly candidate sent out an official election leaflet written mainly in English.Despite the highest number of Welsh speakers in Wales living in the county, less than 15% of
08/04/2011 - 16:17
Members of Cymdeithas yr Iaith have targeted Nick Clegg, leader of the Liberal Democrats and the Deputy Prime Minister on his visit to Aberaeron today.They have used his visit with the Ceredigion constituency to challenge him on the future of S4C and wish to ask him why the Liberal Democrats have sold out on this matter and betrayed the people of Wales.Bethan Williams, Chair of Cymdeit
30/03/2011 - 10:23
More than a 100 Language campaigners and union members have taken their message to London today, by holding a lobby at Westminster, in an effort to stop the cuts to S4C.The UK Government is trying to change the law so it can cut its grant to S4C by 94%, and fund the channel through the BBC licence fee in future.
22/03/2011 - 00:09
During the year in which Cymdeithas yr Iaith has pledged itself to campaign for the future of local communities in Wales (Tynged yr Iaith 2 - the update of the speech which created the Society), it has been announced that the Cymdeithas gigs during the week of the Wrexham National Eisteddfod will form part of community campaigns in conjunction with a number of loc
16/03/2011 - 17:37
Language activists have occupied the BBC studios in Aberystwyth and stopped a Radio Cymru broadcast today (Wednesday 16th March) as part of their campaign to stop planned changes to S4C, which they claim endanger the channel's future.Campaign group Cymdeithas yr Iaith Gymraeg (The Welsh Language Society) are calling on the BBC to pull out of the deal they struck with t