Thursday, 18 November 2010

Promoting Cornish (Kernowek) as a Living Language

MAGA - Keskowethyans an Taves Kernewek / Cornish Language Partnership

Ragdresow / Projects

6 new photos

MAGA - Keskowethyans an Taves Kernewek / Cornish Language Partnership

Adhyskans / Education

7 new photos

MAGA - Keskowethyans an Taves Kernewek / Cornish Language Partnership Want to learn Cornish? Find a class near you!

Cornish Language Partnership : Where to Learn

www.magakernow.org.uk

Find a Cornish class near you!The following is a list of Cornish classes we know to be running in the 2010 2011 academic year.

MAGA - Keskowethyans an Taves Kernewek / Cornish Language Partnership

Dylansow Nowyth / New Publications

MAGA - Keskowethyans an Taves Kernewek / Cornish Language Partnership

Gigs

9 new photos

MAGA - Keskowethyans an Taves Kernewek / Cornish Language Partnership

Search for a Song for Kernow

The Pan Celtic Festival in Ireland will take place in Dingle, Co. Kerry next year from 26th April to 1st May, and Cornwall is seeking entries to both the Pan Celtic International Song Contest and the Traditional Singing Competition...

MAGA - Keskowethyans an Taves Kernewek / Cornish Language Partnership

Govyn Kernewek 2011

The Govyn Kernewek Award is a competitive annual commission of £5,000* to make a short film using Kernewek. The award is supported by Cornwall Film Festival, MAGA and awen productions cic....

Yma prays meur dendilys gans Kescowethyans an Taves Kernowek drefen i dhe gollenwel an ober marthys a dharbary Furv Scrifys Savonek a’n yeth, a yll bos devnydhys alemma rag gans Consel Kernow ha gans corfow erel rag dyscans furvek hag y’n bownans poblek dre vras. Pur gales o an devar settyes dhyrag an Bagas Ad-Hoc hag i a spedyas orth y wul a-ji dhe bymp dydh a vetyansow enep orth enep ynter mis Du 2007 ha mis Meurth 2008. Apert yw y feu res dhedha ervira maters tyckly pan wrug an eth den na garowlinya elvennow an Furv Scrifys Savonek. Certan yw an bolitegieth dhe wary part bras y’n erviransow yethydhek-na, ha kyn nag yw an spellyans usons i ow comendya, dh’agan tybyans ni, perfeyth yn pub poynt, yma ev ow mos pell dhe gudha ynno pub ehen a’n yeth Dasserhys, dhyworth savle a leveryans an Taves Dasvewys ha dhyworth savle pennrewlys an spellyans kefrys.

Wednesday, 17 November 2010

Parliament for Wales? Yes - yes - yes

Can you help Tomorrow's Wales in supporting a Yes Campaign?

The official campaign period for the referendum on greater powers for the Assemby is about to start. It's hoped that the Referendum Order will be approved by the Privy Council on the 15th December with the official campaign starting on the 16th December.

In order to be ready amd prepared for this intensive campaign period Cymru
Yfory Tomorrow's Wales is praparing a database of volunteers for the Yes campaign. If you are ready to give practical help with the YES campaign would you be so kind as to reply to this email noting what you could do during the campaign:

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Leaflet distribution

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Thanking you for your support,

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Tuesday, 16 November 2010

Yes - the only way for Wales

From Cymru Yfory.......

Tomorrow's Wales is supporting the Yes Campaign's work

Dear supporter,
As you are aware, the work of arranging a referendum for greater lawmaking powers for the National Assembly is underway. March the 3^rd 2011 will be the date of the referendum, and the official Yes Campaign is about to be launched. Tomorrow’s Wales is supportive of the work of the Yes Campaign and intends to support it as much as possible.
To do this, we would like to ensure that every resource is made available to the Campaign, including the contact details of those that have shown their support for greater lawmaking powers for Wales by signing out Declaration of Welsh Democracy. We therefore hope to share out mailing list with the official Yes Campaign when it is set up.
If you are not happy for us to pass on your contact details to the Yes Campaign, please let us know as soon as possible.

Monday, 15 November 2010

Shoulders to the Wheel

A United Ireland

The SDLP believes in a United Ireland. We are the only party with the vision, the standing and the strategy to deliver unity.

We believe that all the rights, protections, and inclusion that nationalists have sought within Northern Ireland while it is in the United Kingdom must equally be guaranteed to unionists within a United Ireland.

Our vision of a United Ireland is based on equality. Unity must not be about the entrapment of a new minority. In a United Ireland we will still need to find a way of sharing our society as equals every bit as much as we do today - and that is what the Good Friday Agreement is all about. The best context for holding and winning a referendum is when it is clear that the Agreement is fully bedded down and that all its protections will continue regardless of the referendum's outcome. A majority is most likely to vote for a United Ireland when reassured that it is neither a vote against the Agreement nor a vote for constitutional uncertainty.

Achieving a majority for Irish unity any time soon will require the persuasion of some unionists. It will also require the reassurance of many others. Because we have always stood for peace and partnership, only the SDLP can persuade a majority in the North in favour of unity - just as we persuaded a majority of the North in favour of the Good Friday Agreement.

That is why only the SDLP can deliver a United Ireland.

See keynote speeches by Mark Durkan and others

glynbeddau has left a new comment on your post "Shoulders to the Wheel":

So why did SDLP MPs sit on the government benches under the "Unionist" Labour government. Shouldn't they be part of a Nationlist Bloc with the SNP and Plaid Cymru and join The European Free Alliance?

Sunday, 14 November 2010

On The Path to Unity in Ireland

Gerry Adams to run for seat in Irish parliament

Sinn Féin president will step down from Northern Ireland assembly seat to contest general election

Henry McDonald, Ireland correspondent
guardian.co.uk, Sunday 14 November 2010 17.58 GMT
Article history

Gerry Adams confirmed today that he intends to stand in the Irish Republic's general election, which is expected to be held in 2011.

The Sinn Féin president said he will seek the nomination for the constituency of Louth. Adams will retain his West Belfast Westminster seat even though he does not attend the House of Commons. He will, however, step down from his seat in the Northern Ireland assembly.

In a statement released at a republican commemoration near the border with Northern Ireland, Adams said: "As leader of the only all-Ireland party with an all-island mandate, I have a choice to make whether to stay in West Belfast, a place that I love, or to seek a mandate in another constituency in the south.

"West Belfast is my home. It is where Colette and our family are and where I live. But after thoughtful consideration, and with the support of colleagues, I have decided to put my name forward for Louth. If elected for this constituency I will work and stay here and travel home when possible."

Adams will face tough questions from a mainly hostile southern Irish media if he seeks to stand for the Dáil. In particular, he will be questioned about his alleged role in the disappearance of Jean McConville in 1972. The widow's body was found three decades later in the Louth constituency on a beach on the east coast of Ireland.

The late IRA veteran Brendan "Darkie" Hughes alleged in a taped interview before his death that Adams gave the order that McConville be abducted, murdered and buried in secret because the Provisional IRA believed she was an informer. Hughes claimed that Adams established a secret unit of the IRA in Belfast to hunt down suspected informers in the nationalist community.

Adams has always denied any role in the woman's death and disappearance or even being in the IRA. Hughes's taped memoir, which was broadcast last month on Irish television, compared Adams's denial of IRA membership to "Hitler denying that there was ever a Holocaust".

The party has a seat in the Louth constituency but last week its current TD, Arthur Morgan, announced he would be stepping down at the next election to concentrate on his business.

However, there is no guarantee that Adams would retain the seat or find himself in a multi-party coalition government. In the most recent Irish general election Adams performed disastrously in a live leaders' debate on RTE television in which he was unable to answer questions on economic policies in the republic.

The 62-year-old has taken a political back seat to his main colleague, the deputy first minister Martin McGuinness, within Northern Ireland.

Saturday, 13 November 2010

No Ageism for Plaid or Cymru!

From Pedroni blog

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2010

No place for Old Men?

I read with interest today’s article in the Western Mail about Plaid’s former chairman claiming that he’d been told not to stand because he was an old man. I had to laugh when reading some of John Dixon’s claims as well as the Labour response. You only have to look at the profile of most of our candidates for the Assembly next year to know that there’s no truth in the fact that Plaid blocks men of a certain age from standing! They make up the majority!

Personally, I wish we had a more varied list of candidates comprising of more females and more people in their 20s, 30s, 40s and 50s and also from different backgrounds and ethnicity. But, they didn’t put themselves forward or weren’t selected so like the other parties, we’ve ended up with a lot of men of a certain age standing for us. And to be honest, they are all dedicated, hardworking candidates who would make great Assembly Members. Certainly, there’s a job of work to be done to encourage more diversity of candidates in the future but that’s true of every party and I know that Plaid are taking positive steps to encourage and mentor people who might never have thought of standing to do so.

One of Plaid’s greatest strengths at the moment is the fact that so many young people are actively involved but I reject John’s claim that there is a cult of youth. Yes, Plaid are excellent at supporting and encouraging those of us who are new to politics but we’re not automatically given seats – we still have to win selection contests that anyone on the national register of candidates can put their names forward for. And not all of us are successful as many members value more experienced candidates. But does that mean that we sulk and become bitter, and make unhelpful comments on blogs? No. We get on with the job of supporting those who were selected, and help behind the scenes in the hope of one day having the opportunity to be Assembly Members ourselves having learnt from observing those who are experienced.

I sympathise with John. I know he’s written a blog today, saying he wanted to prompt a wider debate about candidates and that he hadn’t expected people to pick up on the personal illustration. But, journalists were bound to notice. .

Personally, I’ve heard only good things about Nerys and I think it’s brilliant that she’s decided to run for a seat rather than going for the list again. It’s a brave decision, and she’s working extremely hard to try and win. I truly hope that she does, as she’s been a fantastic Assembly Member and deserves to return next May.

I also hope John find another role within Plaid in the future as he's made a hugely important contribution over the years, and still has a lot to offer. Us young ones have a lot to learn from the old men and are grateful for their advice and guidance as we embark on our own political journeys.

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*Ageism" is a term that was coined in the 20th Century to refer to discrimination related to age. Usually ageism refers to discrimination against older members of society, though if a young person is discriminated against (s)he may also be to successfully claim that (s)he was denied his or her rights due to ageism. Unlike other forms of discrimination, ageism is often frequently unnoticed in the United Kingdom.

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