Communists Condemn Islamic State and Imperialism
Communists domiciled in Britain from seven different countries met in London at the weekend to discuss issues of Islamic fundamentalism. Members of communist and workers parties in Iran, Iraq, Sudan, Cyprus, Greece, Bangladesh and Guyana as well as Britain condemned Islamic State (ISIS) and similar movements as fundamentally reactionary, sectarian and anti-communist. But they also […]
YCLers in Action in East England
January saw the first meeting of the YCL in Eastern England in 2015, the early beginnings of regenerating an active and visible YCL presence in the area. At the meeting in Colchester the district decided upon its course of action; to grow and strengthen the movement by the combined activities of recruitment and education; and identifying […]
May 2015: Young Communists to Stand for Parliament
Young communists are represented in the Young Communist League, which has been in the forefront of fighting for the rights of young workers, apprentices and students since early in 1921. The YCL was the first organisation in Britain to campaign for extending the vote to 16 year olds, and in the general election, two members […]
YCL Statement on 70th anniversary of the Liberation of Auschwitz
YCL Statement on 70th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz – 27/01/2015 From the YCL’s Anti-Fascism Anti-Racism Committee Today is the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz by soldiers of the Soviet Red Army
Challenge: Latest Issue
Challenge : January 2015 [January 2015; Volume 21; Issue 37] £1.50 + £1 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 of the […]
Austerity Vision is of a 1930s Britain; Welfare Reforms Designed to Impoverish and Unsettle Communities
Zoe Hennessy,YCL General Secretary, explains how the ConDems ideological war against the welfare state is turning the clock back on hard-won gains in employment and housing
Britain’s Communists condemn ‘Barbarous murders’ at Charlie Hebdo and Western ‘hypocrisy’
‘Britain’s communists condemn without reservation the barbarous murders in Paris of journalists and other civilians by jihadist terrorists’, Communist Party of Britain General Secretary Robert Griffiths declared at the weekend during the first meeting of the CPs new executive committee
What Will Communists be Striving for in 2015?
What will communists be striving for in 2015? Asks CP general secretary Robert Griffiths, looking towards a year of struggle for social justice, peace and socialism
New Women’s Assembly called for 14th of February
The run-up to the general election will be crunch time for the Women’s Assembly Against Austerity, writes Anita Wright in the Morning Star
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 […]
