General Secretary’s Report to the New Central Committee

On 20 April 2019 at the Marx Memorial Library in London, the first meeting of the Central Committee, newly established at our Congress in 2018, was held. The Executive Committee discussed national plans of work as well as campaign, political and organisational issues with representatives from branches throughout Britain.

YCL at the 14th Meeting of European Communist Youth Organisations

In September 2018 two members of the YCL visited Athens, Greece to attend the 14th Meeting of European Communist Youth Organisations (MECYO) hosted by the Communist Youth of Greece. This was an essential opportunity to build the European-wide working relationships of Communist youth organisations, as well as tell our comrades about the situation and struggles […]

Communists Support “United Way Forward” on EU Exit

Jeremy Corbyn’s speech in Peterborough earlier this week offers a united way forward for the labour movement on Britain’s exit from the EU, according to the Communist Party. CP general secretary Robert Griffiths said that his ‘incisive and important’ remarks should not be forgotten in a ‘mediafog of misreporting and distortion’. While most news coverage […]

YCL Statement on Brexit

Leaving the EU is in itself no defeat, or victory, but it does open up the possibility of the latter, in a way a remain vote never could. It was a victory for Democracy against an institution that is fundamentally anti-democratic. The vote demonstrates that many diverse working-class areas voted overwhelmingly to leave the EU […]

YCL at the General Assembly of WFDY

In mid-November 2015, the Young Communist League of Britain had the pleasure of attending the General Assembly of WFDY (the World Federation of Democratic Youth), the international federation for progressive, anti-imperialist and democratic youth groups, in Havana, Cuba.