Press in the Murdoch Media: YCL involvement in Extinction Rebellion protests
On Saturday 5 September, following Extinction Rebellion protests that aimed to block distribution of The Sun, The Times, The Express, The Mail and The Evening Standard (all owned by News Corporation, a right-wing and anti-working class media monopoly belonging to Rupert Murdoch), The Times and The Express reported that members of the Young Communist League […]
General Secretary in the Morning Star: The pandemic, capitalism and how the YCL is organising to help
YCL General Secretary Johnnie Hunter wrote in the Morning Star about the pandemic, how it has exposed the barbarity of capitalism and how the Young Communist League was organising to help. The pandemic calls for solidarity against those who seek to exploit us – and the YCL is organising to help “Human beings are naturally […]
YCL Statement on the result of the Labour leadership election
The Young Communist League has issued the following statement on the result of today’s Labour leadership election. The election of Keir Starmer and Angela Rayner as Leader and Deputy Leader, represents a significant blow for the left in the Labour Party. The election of a right wing Labour leader belies key failings of the Labour […]
General Secretary’s 2020 New Year’s Address
The Young Communist League’s new General Secretary, Johnnie Hunter, has released a New Year’s address to mark the beginning of 2020.
YCL Statement on the General Election Result
The Executive Committee of the Young Communist League has released the following statement on today’s General Election Result.
YCL Statement on the General Election
The Executive Committee of the Young Communist League has released the following statement outlining the League’s position on the upcoming general election.
YCL address to International Communist Youth on the achievements of the October Revolution #WFYS2017
On 18 October 2017, YCL General Secretary Owain Holland addressed a meeting of International Communist Youth Organisations at the 19th World Festival of Youth and Students celebrating the achievements of the Great October Socialist Revolution in 1917
Communist Party Political Committee Report January 2017: For Internationalism and a People’s Brexit!
General Secretary Robert Griffiths delivered the Political Report to the first meeting of the Communist Party’s new Executive Committee on 21 January 2017 outlining the international and domestic political situation and the tasks facing Britain’s Communists. There is an ancient and well-worn Chinese saying: ‘May you live in interesting times’. What is not so well-known – […]
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 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 […]
