Tag: Soviet Union

International Women’s Day: Nadezhda Krupskaya

As part of a month long build up to International Women’s Day celebrations on the 8th of March, the YCL will be publishing daily articles highlighting the exemplary role played by women in the international communist and working class movement.

International Women’s Day: Melita Norwood

As part of a month long build up to International Women’s Day Celebrations on the 8th of March, the YCL will be publishing daily articles highlighting the exemplary role played by women in the international communist & working class movement. In this instalment the YCL celebrates the life of  little known Communist Party veteran and […]

International Women’s Day: Alexandra Kollontai

As part of a month long build up to International Women’s Day Celebrations on the 8th of March, the YCL will be publishing daily articles highlighting the exemplary role played by women in the international communist & working class movement. Our 11th legend of the international Communist movement is Alexandra Kollontai, Bolshevik, theorist and Soviet […]

101 Years of the Great October Socialist Revolution

On the 101st Anniversary of the Great October Socialist Revolution in Russia, Chair of the Young Communist League, Johnnie Hunter, discusses the reasons behind the revolution, its legacy and most importantly its significance today in 2018

Greetings to the YCL of the Donetsk People’s Republic!

The YCL received an invitation to the Second Congress of the Leninist Communist Youth League of the Donetsk People’s Republic (LKSM DNR), taking place in Donetsk on the 15 September. The Komsomol of the DPR is fighting for socialism and the construction of a people’s republic, following in the footsteps of the united Soviet nations. […]

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 […]

Opposing Wars Of Empire: Then And Now

David Cameron plans to celebrate “British values” by spending £55 million to commemorate the centenary of the first world war writes Alan Mackinnon, secretary of CND Scotland and CPB member. This article first featured in the Morning Star 01/07/2014.