You may have noticed we have a new blog address - but still the same website and email!
In other news, the CymruX committee met last night for another two hour marathon in which we discussed new merchandise ideas, Ysgol Haf and social events for the summer.
Anything you want us to raise in our next meeting - or if you want to contribute to June's edition of Newyddion! - drop us a line on postcymrux@googlemail.com. All suggestions welcome!
PS - The European elections are coming up very soon. Make sure you're up to date on Plaid news from the candidates by visiting http://plaideuropa.blogspot.com/.
Wednesday, 13 May 2009
Tuesday, 5 May 2009
Newyddion Mai / May Newsletter Out Now!
May's edition of Newyddion! is out now. If you haven't received your copy, please email us at postcymrux@googlemail.com to be added to the mailing list.
There's news, information and events listed, and if you want to get involved, just give us a shout.
Look out soon for more updates on upcoming CymruX campaigns, annual conference plans and the all-important weekend of fun that is Ysgol Haf / Summer School!
There's news, information and events listed, and if you want to get involved, just give us a shout.
Look out soon for more updates on upcoming CymruX campaigns, annual conference plans and the all-important weekend of fun that is Ysgol Haf / Summer School!
Tuesday, 24 March 2009
Cyfarfod Cyffredinol blynyddol Cymru X Annual General Meeting
Mi fydd Cyfarfod Cyffredinol CymruX yn cael ei chynnal ar y 4ydd o Ebrill yn Nghynhadledd Plaid Cymru am 12yh. Mi fydd CymruX yn ethol Pwyllgor Gwaith Newydd ar gyfer y flwyddyn 2009 – 2010. Os fyddech a diddordeb i sefyll fel rhan o’r pwyllgor gwaith a fyddech gystal a danfon e bost gyda’r swydd yr ydych a diddordeb ymgeisio amdani i postcymruX@googlemail.com erbyn Nos Sul 29ain o Fawrth. Mi fydd yna wedyn bleidlais yn cael ei chynnal yn y cyfarfod cyffredinol. Cofiwch fod yn rhaid i chi fod yn aelod o GymruX er mwyn i chi allu sefyll ar gyfer y Pwyllgor Gwaith ac i bleidleisio yn y cyfarfod cyffredinol. Mae pob aelod o'r Blaid sydd o dan 30 hefyd yn aelod awtomatig o Gymru X ac felly â'r hawl i bleidleisio.
CymruX General Meeting will be held on the 4th of April in the Plaid Cymru Conference at 12pm. CymruX will be electing a new Exec for 2009-2010. If you are interested in standing for the exec, please send an e mail with the position you would like to apply for to postcymrux@googlemail.com by Sunday 29th of March. The vote will then take place in the GM. Remember you must be a member of CymruX to stand for the Exec and to be able to vote in the GM. All Plaid members under 30 are automatically members of Cymru X and are eligible to vote.
Dyma’r swyddi sydd ar gael – Here are the positions that are available:
Cadeirydd - Chair
Is-Gadeirydd – Vice Chair
Ysgrifenydd - Secretary
Trysorydd - Treasurer
Swyddog Cyswllt – Communications Officer
Swyddog Ymgyrchu – Campaigns Officer
Swyddog Polisi – Policy Officer
Swyddog Y Wasg – Press Officer
Swyddog Menywod – Women’s Officer
Tuesday, 17 March 2009
A report published today (Tuesday) by Universities UK looks at the likely impact that changes to the variable fees system might have on universities, students and government.
The report, Changing Landscapes: future scenarios for variable tuition fees, considers a limited range of future scenarios for variable fees, funding and student support that might apply following the Government’s independent review of fees in 2009.
As part of the review, suggestions have been made to increase tuition fees to £7000 per year, leaving the average student with £32,400 worth of debt after three years of study.
The report can be found here:
We need to increase pressure placed on our elected officials to ensure that this never comes into effect in Wales. Education is a right to all and future undergraduates should not be crippled with debt upon finishing University.
We as Cymru X urge anyone that has not already contacted their AM to do so immediately.
The report, Changing Landscapes: future scenarios for variable tuition fees, considers a limited range of future scenarios for variable fees, funding and student support that might apply following the Government’s independent review of fees in 2009.
As part of the review, suggestions have been made to increase tuition fees to £7000 per year, leaving the average student with £32,400 worth of debt after three years of study.
The report can be found here:
We need to increase pressure placed on our elected officials to ensure that this never comes into effect in Wales. Education is a right to all and future undergraduates should not be crippled with debt upon finishing University.
We as Cymru X urge anyone that has not already contacted their AM to do so immediately.
Wednesday, 4 March 2009
Cymru X against Top-up fees in Wales
Mae CymruX yn fudiaid oedd yn rhannol wedi dod i fodolaeth o ganlyniad i’r frwydr yn erbyn ffioedd dysgu ychwanegol. Roedd cryfder eang y mudiad wedi cyfranni tuag at drechu’r weinyddiaeth Llafur ar y pryd, wedi’i harwain gan bleidiau’r gwrthblaid a’r canlyniad oedd bod gan Gymru polisi tecach ar ffioedd nag unrhyw rhan arall o’r DU.
Rydym eisioes wedi gwneud ein teimladau’n glir. Mae CymruX yn deyrngar i aelodau Plaid Cymru ar lawr gwlad. Credwn na ddylid grwp Plaid Cymru yn y Cynulliad sefyll yn erbyn polisi’r Blaid ar ffioedd dysgu ychwanegol. Rydym ni fel mudiad yn ymroddgar i ymgyrchu’n erbyn ail-gyflwyniad ffioedd dysgu yng Nghymru.
Mae galwadau Adam Price AS am adolygiad cyfreithiol ar yr ymgynghoriad ar cyllido addysg uwch yn alwad yr ydym yn cytuno. Mae’r ymgynghoriad wedi’i gwarthnodi’n ffars gan myfyrwyr. Gwnaethpwyd ymgynghoriad yn ddistaw, dylai cyrff myfyrwyr wedi cael cyfle go iawn o chwarae rhan llawn yn unrhyw ymgynghoriad. Cafodd y broses ei chynnal tra bod nifer o prif ysgolion ar gwyliau hanner tymor. Fel mudiad ieuenctid ein bwriad ni yw i ymgynghori gyda myfyrwyr ein hunan ac i ddatgeli’r wybodaeth i aelodau’r Cynulliad. Bydd hyn yn well adlewyrchaid o gwir teimladau myfyrwyr na ymgynghoriad y Cynulliad. Gofynnwn i ACau Plaid Cymru a Llafur i ail-estyried ei safiad ar ffioedd dysgu ychwanegol ac rydym yn gwahodd unrhyw grwp neu unigolyn i ymuno gyda n ii ffurfio mudiad ymgyrchu eang fydd yn ymgyrchu’n erbyn ail-gyflwyno ffioedd dysgu yng Nghymru.
www.bethanjenkinsblog.org.uk/top-up-fees
CymruX is a movement that was partly born out of the fight against top-up fees in Wales. The strength of the broad movement contributed to the defeat of the then Labour administration, orchestrated by the Opposition parties at the time, which resulted in Wales having a much more progressive and fairer policy on fees than other parts of the UK.We have already made our feelings clear about this issue. CymruX is firmly loyal to the grassroots members of Plaid Cymru.
We believe that the Plaid Cymru Group at the Assembly should not rebel against party policy on top-up fees. We are committed to campaigning against the reintroduction of top-up fees in Wales. Today's call for a Judicial Review of the higher education funding consultation by Adam Price MP is something we support. The consultation exercise has been branded a sham by students. It was done on the quiet. Student bodies and organisations should have been actively engaged with the consultation. Individual students should also have been approached. The consultation itself was partly held during half-term at most Universities.
As a youth movement we intend to consult students ourselves and to show the results to Assembly Members. We believe this will be more representative of student feeling than the Assembly Government's botched exercise. We will be asking Plaid and Labour Assembly Members who support top-up fees to reconsider their views, and also wish to help build a broad cross-party and cross-community campaign against the reintroduction of extra fees in Wales.
www.bethanjenkinsblog.org.uk/top-up-fees
Rydym eisioes wedi gwneud ein teimladau’n glir. Mae CymruX yn deyrngar i aelodau Plaid Cymru ar lawr gwlad. Credwn na ddylid grwp Plaid Cymru yn y Cynulliad sefyll yn erbyn polisi’r Blaid ar ffioedd dysgu ychwanegol. Rydym ni fel mudiad yn ymroddgar i ymgyrchu’n erbyn ail-gyflwyniad ffioedd dysgu yng Nghymru.
Mae galwadau Adam Price AS am adolygiad cyfreithiol ar yr ymgynghoriad ar cyllido addysg uwch yn alwad yr ydym yn cytuno. Mae’r ymgynghoriad wedi’i gwarthnodi’n ffars gan myfyrwyr. Gwnaethpwyd ymgynghoriad yn ddistaw, dylai cyrff myfyrwyr wedi cael cyfle go iawn o chwarae rhan llawn yn unrhyw ymgynghoriad. Cafodd y broses ei chynnal tra bod nifer o prif ysgolion ar gwyliau hanner tymor. Fel mudiad ieuenctid ein bwriad ni yw i ymgynghori gyda myfyrwyr ein hunan ac i ddatgeli’r wybodaeth i aelodau’r Cynulliad. Bydd hyn yn well adlewyrchaid o gwir teimladau myfyrwyr na ymgynghoriad y Cynulliad. Gofynnwn i ACau Plaid Cymru a Llafur i ail-estyried ei safiad ar ffioedd dysgu ychwanegol ac rydym yn gwahodd unrhyw grwp neu unigolyn i ymuno gyda n ii ffurfio mudiad ymgyrchu eang fydd yn ymgyrchu’n erbyn ail-gyflwyno ffioedd dysgu yng Nghymru.
www.bethanjenkinsblog.org.uk/top-up-fees
CymruX is a movement that was partly born out of the fight against top-up fees in Wales. The strength of the broad movement contributed to the defeat of the then Labour administration, orchestrated by the Opposition parties at the time, which resulted in Wales having a much more progressive and fairer policy on fees than other parts of the UK.We have already made our feelings clear about this issue. CymruX is firmly loyal to the grassroots members of Plaid Cymru.
We believe that the Plaid Cymru Group at the Assembly should not rebel against party policy on top-up fees. We are committed to campaigning against the reintroduction of top-up fees in Wales. Today's call for a Judicial Review of the higher education funding consultation by Adam Price MP is something we support. The consultation exercise has been branded a sham by students. It was done on the quiet. Student bodies and organisations should have been actively engaged with the consultation. Individual students should also have been approached. The consultation itself was partly held during half-term at most Universities.
As a youth movement we intend to consult students ourselves and to show the results to Assembly Members. We believe this will be more representative of student feeling than the Assembly Government's botched exercise. We will be asking Plaid and Labour Assembly Members who support top-up fees to reconsider their views, and also wish to help build a broad cross-party and cross-community campaign against the reintroduction of extra fees in Wales.
www.bethanjenkinsblog.org.uk/top-up-fees
Tuesday, 3 February 2009
Gorchymyn Cymhwysedd Deddfwriaethol ar yr Iaith Gymraeg / Welsh Language LCO
Mae cais Llywodraeth y Cynulliad am ragor o bwerau i ddeddfu dros y Gymraeg wedi ei gyhoeddi. Mae'r Gorchymyn Cymhwysedd Deddfwriaethol (GCD neu 'LCO') yn cynnwys yr hawl i sicrhau bod rhai cwmniau preifat, gan gynnwys cwmniau ynni a thelegyfathrebu, yn defnyddio'r Gymraeg.
Dywedodd Gweinidog Treftadaeth Llywodraeth y Cynulliad, Alun Ffred Jones, fod angen trosglwyddo'r pwerau "er mwyn i ni allu cyrraedd ein nod o greu Cymru gwirioneddol ddwyieithog".
Dyma brawf pellach fod y Blaid yn gweithredu ar addewidion agenda Cymru'n Un, er bydd rhaid aros i weld a fydd San Steffan yn cytuno ag argymhellion pwyllgor y GCD. Mae hwn yn gam cadarnhaol ymlaen i Gymru ac mae Cymru X yn llwyr gefnogol i broses y GCD. Ryn ni'n credu mai yng Nghymru dylai'r pwerau hyn dros yr iaith fod, ac y dylai unrhyw newidiadau cyfreithiol yn y dyfodol fod yn fater i fesurau gan y Cynulliad.
Mae angen y pwerau hyn er mwyn darparu deddfwriaeth flaengar ar yr iaith. Mae'n bryd i'r Gymraeg gael statws fel un o ieithoedd swyddogol Cymru, a dylai pobl Cymru hefyd gael yr hawl i ddewis ym mha iaith yr hoffent dderbyn gwasanaethau craidd.
Cynulliad Cenedlaethol Cymru ddylai fod y corff sy'n deddfu ar yr iaith Gymraeg. Mae'n rhaid i ni sicrhau na all saga Thomas Cook - pan geisiodd y cwmni wahardd gweithwyr rhag siarad â'u gilydd yn Gymraeg - fyth ddigwydd eto.
The Welsh Assembly Government's bid for more powers to make laws to promote the Welsh language has been published. The legislative competence order (LCO) includes the right to require some private companies to use the language, including energy and telecoms firms.
Assembly government Heritage Minister Alun Ffred Jones said the transfer of powers was needed "so that we are better able to secure our goal of creating a truly bilingual Wales".
This is further proof that Plaid act on promises set out in the One Wales Agenda but a waiting game will now be played out as we wait to see whether Westminster agree to proposals laid by the LCO committee.This is a positive step forward for Wales and Cymru X fully supports the LCO process. We believe that these powers over the Welsh language should rest in Wales and any future changes in the law will be a matter for future Assembly measures.
These powers are necessary to bring forward progressive legislation on the language. It’s time that the Welsh Language has status as one of Wales’ official languages, and the people of Wales should have the right to choose in which language they would prefer to receive key services.
It is only right that the body that should legislate on the Welsh language is the National Assembly for Wales. We have to ensure that the Thomas Cook incident – when the company tried to stop its workers from speaking Welsh to each other – can never happen again.
Friday, 23 January 2009
Gaza Situation
Although a ceasefire is in place, Cymru X remains deeply concerned at the situation in Gaza. The Assembly held a debate on the crisis which was very welcome and timely, and credit goes to Rhodri Glyn Thomas for starting that debate. The Assembly passed a motion indicating that they have taken on board the level of protests that have taken place in Wales over the past few weeks.
Latest developments are raising hopes that there will be peace, but if a ceasefire strengthens the blockade of Gaza it will only lead to more killing in the future and more grievances amongst the Palestinians. Any long-term solution to the conflict has to be based on justice for the Palestinian people including their right to freedom of movement, a dignified life, trade and a right to democratically elect any government they want in free and fair elections.
As students and young people, it is distressing to see the bombing of Universities in Gaza. We should also take note of the wave of University occupations and sit-ins across the UK, unfortunately none have taken place in Wales but below are some links to various student occupations, some of which are ongoing. On a positive note, many of these student occupations are having their demands met! It just shows that protest can work. Any students planning on taking action in Wales should feel free to share their ideas with us.
King's College London Occupation
Warwick Sit-In
Birmingham Occupation
Guardian article about the King's College occupation.
Latest developments are raising hopes that there will be peace, but if a ceasefire strengthens the blockade of Gaza it will only lead to more killing in the future and more grievances amongst the Palestinians. Any long-term solution to the conflict has to be based on justice for the Palestinian people including their right to freedom of movement, a dignified life, trade and a right to democratically elect any government they want in free and fair elections.
As students and young people, it is distressing to see the bombing of Universities in Gaza. We should also take note of the wave of University occupations and sit-ins across the UK, unfortunately none have taken place in Wales but below are some links to various student occupations, some of which are ongoing. On a positive note, many of these student occupations are having their demands met! It just shows that protest can work. Any students planning on taking action in Wales should feel free to share their ideas with us.
King's College London Occupation
Warwick Sit-In
Birmingham Occupation
Guardian article about the King's College occupation.
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