YCL Emergency Protest at Ukrainian Embassy

There was a fantastic turnout at the YCL’s emergency demonstration outside the Ukrainian Embassy in London yesterday (14/05/2014). Communists, trade-unionists and antifascists gathered at the demonstration called by the Young Communist League to condemn the EU-US-NATO led intervention in the country and to protest against the rise of fascism and attacks on communists and trade-unionists in […]

Statement of Communist Party of Ukraine on Explusion from Parliament

The Young Communist League in Britain extends our deepest and strongest solidarity to our comrades in Ukraine. We mourn the loss of comrades brutally killed by the Neo-Nazi junta in Ukraine and call for a complete end the suppression of communists and trade unionists in Ukraine. If any further evidence was needed of the fascist, […]

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 […]

Ukraine: Fascist Barbarism

Communist Party member Kenny Coyle examines the liberal media’s refusal to put the true politics of Kiev’s neonazi groups under the spotlight. This article first appeared in the Morning Star 29/04/2014 On the internet there is a tongue-in-cheek axiom known as Godwin’s Law. It holds that in online discussions on any conceivable topic it is only a matter of […]

UKIP Exposed: No Friend of the Workers!

In a searing editorial, Britain’s socialist daily, the Morning Star exposes UKIP – but takes the left to task for complacency too. Ukip is just as much a part of the neoliberal Establishment as the Tories or the EU. Progressives are rightly appalled by the incendiary anti-immigrant message being plastered on billboards across Britain by the […]

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 […]

The Big EU Jobs Lie

No2EU London candidate Alex Gordon exposes the reality behind claims that 3.5 million jobs will disappear unless Britain remains locked into the European Union. This article first appeared in the Morning Star 02/04/2014 The popularity of the European Union, not only in Britain but among citizens of every member state, is collapsing. Eurobarometer, the EU’s own polling […]