Leanne Wood
/Overview
Leanne Wood born Rhondda, Wales December 13, 1971. Welsh antiwar politician; probation officer. Socialist; feminist. First woman head of Plaid Cymru, Welsh nationalist party, 2012. Chaired Cardiff Stop the War Coalition, 2004-05. Arrested for protest against Trident missiles, Faslane Naval Base, 2007. Called for peace in Syria, 2013.
Quotations
“In Plaid, we are on the left; we're internationalist; we are anti-war and anti-privatisation.” (Economic and Social Research Council, “Nationalism and After”)
“Plaid Cymru consistently opposed the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan from the very start and we continue to maintain that troops should be brought home.” (blog, May 10, 2010; photo Wikipedia)