Communist Party Demands Nationalised Pharmaceutical Industry
The Communist Party called for nationalisation of pharmaceutical industry yesterday, after news that multinational Pfizer is set to buy British-based AstraZeneca. (Report from Morning Star 09/05/2014) The party warned against mass redundancies and soaring medical costs if the government-backed takeover of AstraZeneca takes place
Communist Party of Britain Statement on Events in Ukraine
The Communist Party of Britain condemns the continuing violation of the 17 April Geneva Declaration by the coup government in Kiev as a grave threat to world peace. The Geneva declaration stated that all sides in Ukraine ‘must refrain from any violence, intimidation or provocative action’. It called for ‘the immediate establishment of a broad […]
Challenge: Latest Issue
Challenge : May Day 2014 Edition [May 2014; Volume 21; Issue 34] £1.50 + 75p 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 […]
Visions of Communism
A well as subscribing to the YCL magazine Challenge we recommend the Communist Party’s own theoretical journal Communist Review. The latest issue of CR kicks off a regular series looking at what a Communist Britain might look like!
EU exposed by the Left in Europe
A European left declaration strengthens opposition to the EU, writes John Foster CP International Secretary in the Morning Star. This week 15 communist and left parties from across the European Union issued a joint statement on the reactionary and anti-working class character of the EU. The signatories include the French, Spanish, Portuguese , Czech and Cypriot communist […]
65 Years of NATO: Communist and Workers’ Parties Around the Globe Condemn the Imperialist Bloc
For Peace! No to NATO! Ever since it was created, 65 years ago, NATO has been an imperialist political-military bloc, a key element in its strategy of domination and exploitation, and of confrontation with the then USSR and socialist countries. NATO is responsible for the unending arms race, and the USA and its allies are […]
£10,000 Emergency European Election Appeal
The Young Communist League gives every possible support to the No2EU election front of which the Communist Party is a leading member. We strongly support the objective of providing an “Exit Left!” vote in the 22nd of May European Elections. We will be supporting No2EU in campaigning and seek to do everything in our power to ensure […]
CP General Secretary on the Budget and the Peoples Alternative
Chancellor Osborne’s budget on Wednesday confirmed that the ruthless Tory-LibDem assault on the poor, the low paid, the unemployed, the sick and the disabled not only continues but will escalate. There will be no reversal of the austerity drive against public services, welfare benefits and the employment terms and conditions of public sector workers. l […]
YCL Scotland Spring Day School 2014
l The Young Communist League Scotland is pleased to advertise it’s Spring 2014 Day School! The day has an array of speakers on a variety of subjects and building on the success of the Autumn 2013 day school promises to be an excellent event.
Bob Crow: A Great Champion of the Workers
Responding to news about the death of RMT General Secretary Bob Crow, Communist Party General Secretary Robert Griffiths said: ‘The left and the labour movement have lost a great champion of workers and their families across the world. Bob was a deeply committed and principled socialist who fought as hard for the working class as […]
