YCL Statement on the Tory Budget
Chancellor George Osborne may be a particularly odious specimen however, it is important to keep in mind that austerity and its effects are not merely the result of one nasty man, nor even one nasty party. Austerity is the mechanism used to concentrate wealth back into the upper echelons of society. A clawing back of […]
Peoples Assembly Launches Election Manifesto
Bill Greenshields, Communist Party representative on national committee of the People’s Assembly outlines a radical new manifesto aiming to inspire a movement for economic justice in the run up to and beyoned, the 7 May general election
The March for Homes – put an End to Social Cleansing
Almost a month ago, campaigners, trade unionists and others demanding an end to London’s social cleansing of working-class people marched on City Hall demanding an end to property developers’ profiteering. Andy Bain of Islington People’s Assembly explains why we need to march for housing rights:
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
New Women’s Assembly called for 14th of February
The run-up to the general election will be crunch time for the Women’s Assembly Against Austerity, writes Anita Wright in the Morning Star
Communists: “It’s not about the deficit”
‘The coalition government’s strategy aims to increase corporate profits and enrich the rich still further – it is not primarily about the deficit or the National Debt’, Communist Party general secretary Robert Griffiths told the party’s political committee on Wednesday evening [03/12/14]
CP General Secretary Robert Griffiths: Ten Ways to Reject the Fraud of ‘Austerity’
Britain needs a pay rise and not even the right-wing state and corporate media can ignore the gross inequality in our society writes Communist Party General Secretary Robert Griffiths in the Morning Star
Britain Needs a Payrise!
A few pictures from the TUC’s Britain Needs a Payrise demonstration – If you have more pictures please send them to the page!
Britain Needs a Payrise!
Join the YCL at the TUC organised ‘Britain Needs a Payrise‘ March and Rally on the 18th of October. The sham economic recovery paraded by the Tories bears no relation to the reality of the lives of workers across Britain who have been, and continue to be, pummeled with endless austerity, unemployment and falling or […]
Day of Action for Public Ownership
The YCL fully supports this day of action called for by Bring Back British Rail, We Own It, Action For Rail and All on Board. The re-nationalistion of Britain’s railways has widespread majority support across Britain, it would allow us to rebuild an efficient public transport system, ran for people not for profit, and an important first step […]
