Just finishing a short on Cymdeithas' latest merry wheeze, four of its members having their collars felt today after spray painting on a shoe shop in Aberystwyth and then occupying it for 30 minutes until the Old Bill arrived. The protest, at the new Ystwyth Retail Park in the town, was against the fact that none of the signs were in Welsh and etc etc etc.
Defending the occupation of Brantano, and presumably terrifying the staff, Cymdeithas’ Welsh Language Act spokesperson Sian Howys says:
"Staff would not have to face any such protests if there were adequate linguistic legislation in place."
Because the 17-year-old college students who predominantly staff shoe stores on a Saturday afternoon are precisely the people who make decisions on Welsh language legislation. Sigh.
Rhys wrote...
Maybe CYIG members feel that direct action against the stores are the only avenues left as writting endless to companies HQ's are easily ignored.
Posted by: Rhys | October 18, 2006 10:00 AM