YCL General Secretary’s Address to the 47th Congress

The speech reproduced here was delivered by YCL General Secretary Zoe Hennessy on 13th of December at the Marx Memorial Library to open the YCL’s 47th Congress. Welcome to the 47th congress of the Young Communist League. We are meeting at a critically important time for the left in Britain

WW1 – Opposing Imperialist Wars: Then & Now

A Young Communist League Scotland film, featuring Johnnie Hunter (YCL Scottish Organiser) & Dr Alan MacKinnon (Chair of Scottish CND). With the British Establishments attempts to turn 2014 into a celebration of the start of WW1 & portray the Great War as a noble & unavoidable conflict fought to preserve “freedom”, obvious parallels begin to […]

The Scourge of Second Homes in the South West

YCL Executive Committee and Communist Party Cornwall Branch member Owain examines second home ownership in Cornwall . Cornwall and the South West region of England has a particular problem when it comes to second home owners. The region is a popular holiday destination for tourists and people seeking to move here and whilst there is nothing […]

Electoral Gains for Japanese Communists

Japanese communists almost tripled their seats in the country’s general election on Sunday (14/12/14), which saw right-wing premier Shinzo Abe comfortably retain his overall majority. Article by Kenny Coyle, Communist Party Member and columnist on Asian politics. This article first appeared in the Morning Star 18/12/14

Young Communist League Xmas Appeal 2014!

Comrades, Of the YCL, the CP, supporters of the working class and communist movement, I would like to wish everyone an enjoyable festive period as we come towards the end of 2014. Although we are an organisation guided by dialectical materialism – we appreciate that most people whether of faith or indeed without celebrate during the […]