Category: Campaigns and Events

Revisiting Mao Zedong After 120 Years

Boxing Day was the 120th anniversary of Mao Zedong’s birth. Ben Chacko assessed his legacy today. This article first appeared as a feature in the Morning Star 24/12/2013. This month in Shenzhen a 50-kilo gold, jade and precious gem-studded statue of Mao Zedong was unveiled to celebrate the Chinese revolutionary’s 120th birthday, which fell on December 26. The […]

A Mixed Year for the Left in Britain

Communist Party General Secretary Robert Griffths looks at the highs and lows of the past year in politics. This article first appeared as a feature in the Morning Star 24/12/2013 Where stand Britain’s political parties at the close of 2013 and into the new year? The Tories should be feeling relieved and pleased. Technically, the economy has grown […]

A Rallying Call to Young Communists in the North-West!

Comrades, The YCL North-West District will be holding a meeting in order to rekindle the flame of communist activity amongst the youth in the North-West of England. The YCL seeks to build on a strong history of communist activism towards a socialist goal in Britain and urges you commit to the struggle by attending this […]

Interview with Camila Vallejo: A Chance To Transform Chile For Good

Previous to the landslide victory for Bachelet in the presidential elections in Chile, Mireya Saavedra spoke to newly elected Chilean communist CAMILA VALLEJO on what the weekend’s presidential election would mean for her country. Camila Vallejo is member-elect of the Chilean House of Deputies for La Florida and on the central committee of the Communist Youth of Chile. This […]

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 […]