List of movements in Wales

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This is a list of historical and current movements, campaigns and political positions in Wales.

## Current

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### Political

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* All Under One Banner Cymru[1]
* Campaign for a new UK flag[2]
* Labour for an independent Wales[3]
* Opposition to the Prince of Wales title[4]
* Proposed St David's Day bank holiday[5]
* Unionism in Wales[6]
* Welsh devolution[7]
* Welsh independence[8]
* Welsh republicanism[9]
* YesCymru[10]

### Cultural

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* Celtic League[11]
* Pan-Celticism[12]
* Welsh Language Society[13]
* Welsh nationalism[14]

### Sport

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* Changing the Welsh Rugby Union logo[15]
* Proposed Wales national cricket team[16]
* Calls for Wales Olympic team[17]

### Environmental

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* Campaign for the Protection of Rural Wales[18]

### Transport

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* North-South Wales railway \- A campaign for a Swansea/Carmarthern rail line to Bangor connecting South and North Wales.[19]

## Historical

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### Political

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* Parliament for Wales Campaign – Organisation and movement for an elected legislative Welsh Parliament.[20][21]
* Women's suffrage in Wales – Movement to secure women's right to vote in Wales.[22]
* Yes for Wales – Welsh devolution campaign.[23][24]
* True Wales \- The 2011 campaign against law making powers.[25][26]
* Chartism in Wales – A movement for democratic rights.[27]
* Cymru Fydd – A movement to increase awareness of Welsh national identity and promote Welsh devolution.[28]

### Cultural

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* Cool Cymru – A Welsh cultural movement including Welsh musical artists.[29][30]
* Celtic Revival – A revival of Celtic expression of national identity through music, literature and the visual arts in Wales.[31]

### Religious

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* Welsh Methodist revival – A noncomformist, protestant movement in Wales.[32]
* Nonconformity in Wales – A protestant establishment and movement in Wales.[33]
* Welsh revival of 1904 – Religious revival in Wales, 1904 to 1905.[34]

## See also

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* Culture of Wales
* History of Wales

## References

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1. ^ "Cornwall joins Scotland and Wales in marching All Under One Banner". Nation.Cymru. 2021-05-30. Retrieved 2022-09-11.
2. ^ "Welsh dragon call for Union flag". BBC News. 27 November 2007. Retrieved 26 October 2022.
3. ^ "Labour supporters lay out vision of independent Wales". The National Wales. Retrieved 2022-09-11.
4. ^ Ellis, John Stephen (2008). Investiture: Royal Ceremony and National Identity in Wales, 1911-1969. University of Wales Press. p. 207\. ISBN 978-0-7083-2000-6.
5. ^ "Extra bank holiday for St David's Day Notice of Motion not supported | tenby-today.co.uk". Tenby Observer. 2022-06-23. Retrieved 2022-09-11.
6. ^ "Why Unionism in Wales will be harder to budge than YesCymru may think". Nation.Cymru. 2021-02-05. Retrieved 2022-09-11.
7. ^ "'Wales for the Assembly' Campaign - Archives Hub". archiveshub.jisc.ac.uk. Retrieved 2022-09-11.
8. ^ "The Politics Of Welsh Independence - Could It Ever Happen?". Politics.co.uk. Retrieved 2022-09-11.
9. ^ "Welsh Republican Movement/Mudiad Gweriniaethol Cymru - National Library of Wales Archives and Manuscripts". archives.library.wales. Retrieved 2022-09-11.
10. ^ "YesCymru EN". YesCymru EN. Retrieved 2022-09-11.
11. ^ Anonymous (2012-06-19). "About Celtic Nations and the Pan Celtic Movement". Transceltic - Home of the Celtic nations. Retrieved 2022-09-11.
12. ^ Murphy-Macinta, Christina Eileen (2017). Pan-Celtic Nationalism at the Fin de Siècle: A History of the Celtic Association, 1898–1911 (Thesis). OCLC 1222796581.
13. ^ "Amdanom | Cymdeithas yr Iaith Gymraeg". cymdeithas.cymru. Retrieved 2022-09-11.
14. ^ "Welsh nationalism is stirring". The Economist. ISSN 0013-0613. Retrieved 2022-09-11.
15. ^ David, Corrie (2021-11-02). "Thousands sign petition for WRU to change emblem to a dragon". WalesOnline. Retrieved 2022-02-18.
16. ^ "Call for Wales cricket team after England World Cup win". Nation.Cymru. 2019-07-15. Retrieved 2022-09-11.
17. ^ "Plaid Cymru deputy leader calls for Wales to compete in its own right at next Olympics". Nation.Cymru. 2021-08-09. Retrieved 2022-12-12.
18. ^ "CAMPAIGN FOR THE PROTECTION OF RURAL WALES (CPRW), YMGYRCH DIOGELU CYMRU WLEDIG (YDCW) - Charity 239899". register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk. Retrieved 2022-09-30.
19. ^ "Plan to outline rail link between the south of Wales and Aberystwyth by 2027". Nation.Cymru. 2022-07-21. Retrieved 2022-10-31.
20. ^ "Watch Rali Senedd i Gymru, Machynlleth 1949". BFI Player. Retrieved 2022-02-01.
21. ^ "Cofnodion Ymgyrch Senedd i Gymru / Parliament for Wales Campaign Records, - Archives Hub". archiveshub.jisc.ac.uk. Retrieved 2022-10-02.
22. ^ "The Women's Suffrage Movement in Wales". senedd.wales. Retrieved 2022-09-11.
23. ^ "Official launch of Yes Campaign in Wales". BBC News. 2011-01-04. Retrieved 2022-09-11.
24. ^ "YES for Wales campaign 1997 referendum". Peoples Collection Wales. Retrieved 2022-10-02.
25. ^ https://researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/SN05897/SN05897.pdf [bare URL PDF]
26. ^ "Welsh referendum: Voters give emphatic Yes on powers". BBC News. 4 March 2011.
27. ^ "BBC Wales - History - Themes - Chartism in Wales". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2022-09-30.
28. ^ "BBC Wales - History - Themes - Cymru Fydd - Young Wales". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2022-10-02.
29. ^ "BBC News | WALES | 1999 - the year of Cool Cymru". news.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2019-08-28.
30. ^ "Matthew Rhys: 'People would say speaking Welsh wasn't cool when I was growing up'". Nation.Cymru. 2021-12-24. Retrieved 2022-10-02.
31. ^ "Welsh Artists of the Eighteenth Century". Museum Wales. Retrieved 2022-10-02.
32. ^ "Methodism in Wales, 1730–1850". Retrieved 2022-09-30.
33. ^ Jones, Dr David Ceri (2015-10-13). "Welsh History Month: Wales, religious revival and the world". WalesOnline. Retrieved 2022-10-02.
34. ^ Williams, C. R. (1952). "The Welsh Religious Revival, 1904-5". The British Journal of Sociology. 3 (3): 242–259\. doi:10.2307/586811. ISSN 0007-1315. JSTOR 586811.242-259&rft.date=1952&rft.issn=0007-1315&rft_id=https://www.jstor.org/stable/586811#id-name=JSTOR&rft_id=info:doi/10.2307/586811&rft.aulast=Williams&rft.aufirst=C.+R.&rft_id=https://www.jstor.org/stable/586811&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:List+of+movements+in+Wales" class="Z3988">

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