May 2015: Young Communists to Stand for Parliament
Young communists are represented in the Young Communist League, which has been in the forefront of fighting for the rights of young workers, apprentices and students since early in 1921. The YCL was the first organisation in Britain to campaign for extending the vote to 16 year olds, and in the general election, two members […]
WFDY Statement in Solidarity with Yemen
Statement from the World Federation of Democratic Youth in Solidarity with Yemen
YCL Statement on 70th anniversary of the Liberation of Auschwitz
YCL Statement on 70th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz – 27/01/2015 From the YCL’s Anti-Fascism Anti-Racism Committee Today is the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz by soldiers of the Soviet Red Army
Britain needs progressive federalism, not Tory plans to “devolve austerity”
Instead of devolving real powers to Scotland to enhance public services and intervene in the economy in the interests of workers and their families, the Tory-LibDem coalition intends to devolve the responsibility for enforcing austerity, say communists.
Congratulations to the Greek Communist Party (KKE) and Youth
YCL statement on Greek elections – 26 January 2015 The YCL’s International Committee would like to congratulate the Greek Communist Party (KKE) for a strong showing, yet again, in the latest elections in Greece.
Communists attack Labour’s ‘vote losing failures’
“Labour is failing to put forward a clear, popular and progressive policy on each of the five key General Election issues identified in recent public opinion polls”, Communist Party chair Liz Payne told the party’s political committee on the 21st January.
First meeting of the new Executive Committee – priorities for 2015
The Young Communist League’s new Executive Committee met for the first time over the weekend since the last Congress. Elected to the EC in December at our 47th Congress were Laura-Jane Rossington, Julian Jones, Ryan Boyle, Robin Talbot, Calum Baird, Daragh O’Neil, Johnnie Hunter, Daoud Hamdani, Owain Holland and Zoe Hennessy.
Challenge: Latest Issue
Challenge : January 2015 [January 2015; Volume 21; Issue 37] £1.50 + £1 P&P Challenge is the quarterly journal of the YCL – it regularly contains articles covering all the latest news and views of the YCL, developments international, articles covering important historical developments, culture, different campaigns and struggles taking place in Britain and the rest of the […]
Austerity Vision is of a 1930s Britain; Welfare Reforms Designed to Impoverish and Unsettle Communities
Zoe Hennessy,YCL General Secretary, explains how the ConDems ideological war against the welfare state is turning the clock back on hard-won gains in employment and housing
Britain’s Communists condemn ‘Barbarous murders’ at Charlie Hebdo and Western ‘hypocrisy’
‘Britain’s communists condemn without reservation the barbarous murders in Paris of journalists and other civilians by jihadist terrorists’, Communist Party of Britain General Secretary Robert Griffiths declared at the weekend during the first meeting of the CPs new executive committee
