International Women’s Day 2017

A statement on behalf of the Young Communist League Executive Committee to mark International Womens’ Day 2017. As International Women’s Day is celebrated around the world it is important for us, as communists, to acknowledge that the situation for woman in Britain remains one of rampant and systemic inequality and injustice. For the second time […]
National Demonstration: March for the NHS – 4 March 2017

A national demonstration has been called for Saturday 4 March 2017 in London to protect the NHS against Tory cuts and the privateer vultures circling our National Health Service
Communist Party Political Committee Report February 2017: ‘Class Politics Vital to Understand Trump and EU’

‘The most powerful big business circles in the USA are determined to promote their interests aggressively against China, Russia and the European Union’, Communist Party chair Liz Payne told the party’s Political Committee on Wednesday evening
Communist Party Political Committee Report January 2017: For Internationalism and a People’s Brexit!

General Secretary Robert Griffiths delivered the Political Report to the first meeting of the Communist Party’s new Executive Committee on 21 January 2017 outlining the international and domestic political situation and the tasks facing Britain’s Communists. There is an ancient and well-worn Chinese saying: ‘May you live in interesting times’. What is not so well-known – […]
YCL Statement on the Panama Papers – Left hypocrisy: let’s cut through the BS!

The revelations surrounding David Cameron’s tax-haven revenue scandal is certainly shocking. He should be doubly condemned for his own hypocrisy on the subject. It is, however, absolutely no surprise to the YCL to see the lead representative of the Capitalist class acting in such a manner.
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 […]
YCL Executive Committee: Socialism & Feminism Go Hand in Hand

A statement on behalf of the Young Communist League Executive Committee to mark International Womens’ Day 2016
YCL London film screening at the MML – a success

On the evening of Saturday 20 February, the YCL London District staged a film screening at the Marx Memorial Library in Clerkenwell featuring discussion from a Venezuelan Embassy speaker.
YCL London Venezuela Film Screening and Discussion

YCL London will be hosting a special screening of the film “War on Democracy” by John Pilger with a special Venezuelan guest speaker, followed by discussion and drinks and snacks. The topic is the role of U.S. imperialism, intervention and counter-revolutionary movements in Venezuela and Latin America as a whole, where for many years popular […]