Press in Morning Star: Protest at Polish Embassy

On 2 March 2020 comrades from the London Branch and friends organised a protest outside the Embassy of Poland in response to a call from the Communist Party of Poland for international solidarity following political persecution. Young Communist League protests at Polish embassy over persecution of its comrades The Young Communist League (YCL) protested outside […]

YCL National Foodbank Collection 2018

On Saturday 20 October the Young Communist League mobilised its branches, members, friends and allies to participate in the YCL’s first National Foodbank Collection. The largest collections took place in Cornwall, Glasgow, London, Manchester and Newcastle.

Young Communist League 48th Congress

The Young Communist League is holding it’s 48th Congress on Saturday 3 December 2016 from 12 noon at Ruskin House, Croydon. Congress is the highest decision-making body of the YCL and is held once every two years. Congress is the chance for our members from all over the country to get together and shape the […]

YCL London Venezuela Film Screening and Discussion

YCL London will be hosting a special screening of the film “War on Democracy” by John Pilger with a special Venezuelan guest speaker, followed by discussion and drinks and snacks. The topic is the role of U.S. imperialism, intervention and counter-revolutionary movements in Venezuela and Latin America as a whole, where for many years popular […]

YCL at Work in the Capital

This weekend, London’s young communists and prospective young communists met at the historic Marx Memorial Library as part of the YCL’s drive to establish and continue with their regular meetings in the capital.

First They Came For The Communists …..

Solidarity with Antifascist Resistance in Ukraine (SARU www.ukraineantifascistsolidarity.wordpress.com) has organised a public protest against Ukraine’s new laws to criminalise Communism and glorify Nazi collaborators for Saturday the 25th of July. The YCL as an affiliate and supporter of SARU urges people to support this important event. Stand up to support our sister Party in Ukraine […]

YCL Extends Solidarity to LSE and University of the Arts London Occupiers

The Young Communist League extends our solidarity to the occupiers in the London School of Economics and the University of the Arts London. We support their calls, amongst others, for no courses to be cut, for democratization of universities and their support for workers at the universities. The YCL has always been committed to free […]

The March for Homes – put an End to Social Cleansing

Almost a month ago, campaigners, trade unionists and others demanding an end to London’s social cleansing of working-class people marched on City Hall demanding an end to property developers’ profiteering. Andy Bain of Islington People’s Assembly explains why we need to march for housing rights:

No Remembrance March for Ukrainian War Nazis!

Veterans of Hitler’s SS and their supporters are marching this Sunday, 16 November 2014 to the cenotaph in London, in commemoration, they claim, of Ukraine’s fallen ‘in all wars’. By commemorating the fallen of ‘all wars’, they explicitly include those who fought with Hitler’s Wehrmacht and SS in Ukraine, as well as far-right and neo-Nazi paramilitaries […]

Britain Needs a Payrise!

A few pictures from the TUC’s Britain Needs a Payrise demonstration – If you have more pictures please send them to the page!