Communist Party Political Committee Report 11/12/2013
International secretary John Foster told the Communist Party’s political committee on Wednesday 11/12/2013 that Nelson Mandela ‘lived as a freedom fighter and died a freedom fighter, knowing that the fight had to continue’. He recalled Mandela’s words to gaoled Palestinian leader Marwan Barghouti that ‘our freedom is incomplete without the freedom of the Palestinians’. This […]
Ukraine: The Untold Story
BRIAN DENNY examines the far-right connections of Ukraine’s pro-EU faction. This article first appeared as a feature in the Morning Star 09/12/2013 Ukraine’s refusal to sign an EU association agreement, the ensuing protests and the attempt to oust the government in a failed no-confidence vote all have their origins in a grand geopolitical battle being waged between Germany […]
Right wing forces attempt to sabotage Venezuelan elections
Today (December 8th) carries two important significances in Venezuela this year. Firstly, it is a day of mourning, it being the first anniversary of Chavez’s last speech to the nation before his death the following March. Secondly, Venezuelans will be going to the polls in the mayoral elections. These are testing times for left democratic […]
18th World Festival of Youth and Students
The YCL extends solidarity and red greetings to all the delegates attending the 18th World Festival of Youth and Students in Quito, Ecuador 7th-13th of December 2013. We hope the British delegates have arrived safely and wish them the very best of luck. The festival will draw in over 15’000 progressive young people from over 100 […]
YCLSA and SACP statements on death of Nelson Mandela
The YCL in Britain expresses great sadness at the death of Nelson Mandela. Below are statements from our sister young communist league in South Africa and our fraternal party the South African Communist Party. YCLSA Statement on the Passing on of Tata Nelson Mandela
Communist’s on Osborne’s Autumn Statement: “Good news for the rich, the City and big business”
Communist Party of Britain general secretary Robert Griffiths responded as follows to the Chancellor’s Autumn Statement today 05/12/2013 ‘The Chancellor’s Autumn Statement is good news for the super-rich, City speculators and the corporate fat cats. It hands yet more lavish subsidies to big business on top of the tax cuts on high incomes and monopoly […]
Which way now for China’s Economy?
The latest Chinese reforms might seem to herald a shift to the right. BEN CHACKO digs below the surface to uncover a more complex picture. This article first appeared as a feature in the Morning Star 03/12/2013 Concern over the direction of China’s economy has risen on the left since the Communist Party’s central committee plenum last month. […]
Showdown on Capitol Hill
The stakes are high in Netanyahu’s bid to force a change in US foreign policy after the nuclear deal with Iran. Can he succeed, asks URI AVNERY. This article first appeared as a feature in the Morning Star 30/11/2013 Angry noises from Israel this week over the deal on Iranian nuclear power are not just […]
Support the December 3rd UK Universities Strike
The YCL once again calls on all students across the UK to support the strike action called by UCU, UNISON, EIS and Unite for today 3rd of December. The YCL welcomed the good turnout for striking workers and was particularly heartened by the broad and widespread support from students for the strike action on the […]
On this day . . . 1956: The Granma reaches Cuba
This is the first article in the new YCL history series “On this day”. The series will focus on giving an analysis of important, and indeed interesting, historical events of the distant and near past. The aim is to promote discussion, draw lessons from the past and give a Marxist analysis of history as opposed […]
