YCL Statement on May Day 2022

The Central Committee of the Young Communist League has released a statement to mark International Workers Day 2022…
YCL Statement on International Women’s Day 2022

The Young Communist League sends greetings and solidarity to working women everywhere on International Working Women’s Day 2022, and issues the following statement from our All-Britain Women’s Commission
The Central Committee of the Young Communist League of Britain has issued the following statement in response to the arrest of young Ukrainian communists:

This morning the World Federation of Democratic Youth alerted the world of the arrest of the first secretary of the Ukrainian Komsomol – Mikhail Kononovich. His brother Aleksander Kononovich has also been arrested. Both brothers have been accused of spying for the Russian and Belarussian intelligence services, and we are concerned for their safety. This […]
The Central Committee of the Young Communist League has issued the following statement in response to Russian invasion of Ukraine:

The YCL is saddened to witness Russian soldiers flood across the border from Luhansk and Donetsk, Crimea and neighbouring Belarus into Ukraine proper as they push towards the capital, Kiev. As the Ukrainian government, propped up by the USA tried to de-escalate tensions, Biden, NATO, the Tory Cabinet and politicians of all stripes in Westminster […]
No to UK-USA-NATO warmongering in Ukraine

The Central Committee of the Young Communist League has issued the following statement in response to the drive by the UK-USA-NATO to increase military tensions in Ukraine and Eastern Europe.
YCL Statement on Holocaust Memorial Day 2022

The Central Committee of the Young Communist League has released a statement to mark Holocaust Memorial Day 2022.
YCL General Secretary’s 2022 New Year’s Address

The Young Communist League’s General Secretary, Johnnie Hunter, has released a New Year’s address to mark the beginning of 2022: The Young Communist League sends warm greetings and solidarity to the youth and working people everywhere as we begin 2022. This will be a year of difficult struggles on many fronts and we wish you […]
Britain’s ruling class aren’t capable of beating COVID19

record increases in COVID infections and the government’s total incompetence battling the pandemic.
UCU strike statement – Universities are at breaking point

Today saw the beginning of three days of strike action by the Universities and Colleges Union (UCU) at 58 institutions around the country. A further 42 institutions voted in favour of action but failed to meet the arbitrary 50% turnout threshold. Universities taking up the ‘four fights’ dispute are fighting for: Pay awards which keep […]
YCL Statement on International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women 2021

The Central Committee & Women’s Commission of the Young Communist League has issued a statement to mark the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. Today, the 25th November, is marked around the world as the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. In Britain and globally, epidemic levels of violence […]