This is a list of historical and current movements, campaigns and political positions in
Wales
Wales ( cy, Cymru ) is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is bordered by England to the Wales–England border, east, the Irish Sea to the north and west, the Celtic Sea to the south west and the ...
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Current
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All Under One Banner Cymru
All Under One Banner Cymru (AUOB Cymru; ) is a Welsh grassroots movement which organises Welsh independence marches.
Activity
Founding
The organisation was set up as a similar organisation and inspired by All Under One Banner in Scotland.
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Campaign for a new UK flag
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Labour for an independent Wales
Labour for an Independent Wales is a group of Labour Party members who "believe the best way to achieve a democratic socialist Wales is through independence".
Background
Labour for an Independent Wales held their first event with Neville Southa ...
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Opposition to the Prince of Wales title
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Proposed St David's Day bank holiday
Saint David's Day is currently not a bank holiday in Wales. Some Welsh politicians have proposed that St David's Day, a celebration of Welsh identity, observed on 1 March, be designated as a public holiday. Polls show the proposal to have majori ...
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Unionism in Wales
Unionism in Wales is the political view that supports a political union between Wales and the other countries of the United Kingdom (England, Scotland and Northern Ireland). As well as the current state of the UK, unionism may also include suppor ...
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Welsh devolution
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Welsh independence
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Welsh republicanism
Welsh republicanism ( cy, Gweriniaetholdeb Gymreig) or republicanism in Wales ( cy, Gweriniaetholdeb yng Nghymru) is the political ideology of a Welsh republic, as opposed to Wales being presided over by the monarchy of the United Kingdom.
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YesCymru
YesCymru is a non party-political campaign for an independent Wales. The organisation was formed in the Summer of 2014 and officially launched on 20 February 2016 in Cardiff. In 2022 it became a private company limited by guarantee without sha ...
Cultural
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Celtic League
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Pan-Celticism
Pan-Celticism ( ga, Pan-Cheilteachas, Scottish Gaelic: ''Pan-Cheilteachas'', Breton: ''Pan-Keltaidd'', Welsh: ''Pan-Geltaidd,'' Cornish: ''Pan-Keltaidd,'' Manx: ''Pan-Cheltaghys''), also known as Celticism or Celtic nationalism is a politica ...
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Welsh Language Society
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Welsh nationalism
Sport
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Logo of the Welsh Rugby Union#Controversy of the logo
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Proposed Wales national cricket team
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Sport in Wales#Calls for Wales Olympic team
Environmental
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Campaign for the Protection of Rural Wales
The Campaign for the Protection of Rural Wales (CPRW) ( cy, Ymgyrch Diogelu Cymru Wledig (YDCW)), originally named the Council for the Preservation of Rural Wales, is a charity in Wales that aims to secure the protection and enhancement of the co ...
Transport
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North-South Wales railway - A campaign for a Swansea/Carmarthern rail line to Bangor connecting South and North Wales.
Historical
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Parliament for Wales Campaign
The Parliament for Wales Campaign (Welsh: ''Ymgyrch Senedd i Gymru'') was a political campaign for a Welsh parliament (also known as a "Senedd") of elected representatives in Wales. This campaign was also known as a "Campaign for a Welsh Assembly". ...
– Organisation and movement for an elected legislative
Welsh Parliament.
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Women's suffrage in Wales – Movement to secure women's right to vote in Wales.
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Yes for Wales
Yes for Wales! (Welsh: ''Ie dros Gymru'') is the name used to refer to two separate cross-party pro-devolution groups that were formed in the lead up to the 1997 and the 2011 devolution referendums held in Wales.
1997 campaign
Yes for Wales w ...
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Welsh devolution campaign.
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Chartism in Wales – A movement for democratic rights.
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Cymru Fydd
The Cymru Fydd (The Wales to Come; ) movement was founded in 1886 by some of the London Welsh. Some of its main leaders included David Lloyd George (later Prime Minister), J. E. Lloyd, O. M. Edwards, T. E. Ellis (leader, MP for Merioneth, 1886– ...
– A movement to increase awareness of
Welsh national identity
Welsh national identity is a term referring to the sense of national identity, as embodied in the shared and characteristic culture, languages and traditions, of the Welsh people.
History
Celtic era
The Celtic Britons or Ancient Britons wer ...
and promote
Welsh devolution.
Cultural
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Cool Cymru – A Welsh cultural movement including Welsh musical artists.
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Celtic Revival
The Celtic Revival (also referred to as the Celtic Twilight) is a variety of movements and trends in the 19th, 20th and 21st centuries that see a renewed interest in aspects of Celtic culture. Artists and writers drew on the traditions of Gael ...
– A revival of Celtic expression of national identity through music, literature and the visual arts in Wales.
Religious
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Welsh Methodist revival – A noncomformist, protestant movement in Wales.
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Nonconformity in Wales – A protestant establishment and movement in Wales.
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Welsh revival of 1904 – Religious revival in Wales, 1904 to 1905.
See also
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Culture of Wales
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History of Wales
References
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Campaigns and movements in Wales
Political movements in Wales