Voices of Scotland in the Morning Star: COVID-19 and the balance of class forces
Lanarkshire Branch Secretary Josh Morris, who is also a young GMB shop steward, wrote in the Morning Star about how COVID-19 has changed the balance of class forces with new success in organising at work. Voices of Scotland: “This was true working class solidarity” I usually work as a lifeguard. I sit at the side […]
YCL: Cummings must go – and take the government with him
The Young Communist League has issued an updated statement on the ongoing Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic in response to the fiasco at Downing Street. YCL: Tory government’s response to Coronavirus is criminal – 13 March 2020. Communist Party of Britain statement on the COVID-19 crisis – 19 March 2020. YCL: negligent Tories failing to protect working […]
Press in Sunderland Global Media: “Tory negligence has killed tens of thousands; the drive for profit risks millions.”
On 16 May 2020 the statement of the Executive Committee on the Government handling of COVID was featured in an article by Sunderland Global Media. YCL: “Tory negligence has killed tens of thousands; the drive for profit risks millions” The youth wing of the Communist Party of Britain, Young Communist League, this week released a […]
Press in Daily Record: Communist graffiti “display of anger” towards UK Government’s handling of pandemic
On 13 May 2020 our Lanarkshire Branch Secretary Josh Morris talked to East Kilbride News about graffiti that had appeared in the local area. Communist slogans daubed across East Kilbride “display anger” towards UK Government’s handling of pandemic, by Fraser N Wilson The secretary of an emerging political group has moved to distance his party […]
YCL: Tory negligence has killed tens of thousands; the drive for profit risks millions
The Young Communist League has issued an updated statement on the ongoing Coronavirus (COVID-19) in response to yesterday’s (10 May 2020) government announcement attacking lockdown protections. YCL: Tory government’s response to Coronavirus is criminal – 13 March 2020. Communist Party of Britain statement on the COVID-19 crisis – 19 March 2020. YCL: negligent Tories failing […]
Press in Edinburgh Live: “Make the rich pay for COVID-19!”
On 3 April 2020 the YCL was asked for comment on the appearance of graffiti in Edinburgh. ‘Make the rich pay’: Story behind strange graffiti appearing in Edinburgh amid coronavirus outbreak, by Claire Galloway Politically-charged graffiti has emerged in Edinburgh, some of which features threatening messages to politicians and public figures. The YCL, who “fight […]
General Secretary in the Morning Star: The pandemic, capitalism and how the YCL is organising to help
YCL General Secretary Johnnie Hunter wrote in the Morning Star about the pandemic, how it has exposed the barbarity of capitalism and how the Young Communist League was organising to help. The pandemic calls for solidarity against those who seek to exploit us – and the YCL is organising to help “Human beings are naturally […]
YCL Statement on the result of the Labour leadership election
The Young Communist League has issued the following statement on the result of today’s Labour leadership election. The election of Keir Starmer and Angela Rayner as Leader and Deputy Leader, represents a significant blow for the left in the Labour Party. The election of a right wing Labour leader belies key failings of the Labour […]
Common Announcement of Communist Youth Organisations on the COVID-19 Pandemic
Young people of the world, While thousands of people around the globe are getting the disease and unfortunately also die of COVID-19, the reality for the peoples, workers and youth is ruthless: The public health system even of some powerful capitalist countries is naked, full of deficiencies, with policies that act in favour of the […]
Challenge: Winter 2019/2020
Challenge: Winter 2019/2020 [September 2019; Volume 21; Issue 53] £1.50 + £1.50 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 rest […]
