General Secretary’s New Year’s Address 2026
As we embark upon a new year, we must reflect on our previous year and our current circumstances in order to continue building the class struggle amongst youth in Britain. We do so not in naive celebration but from a realistic assessment of our material conditions and prospects.
<strong>Against the Armed Forces “Gap Year”, Militarism, and Drive to War</strong>
The Communist Party and its youth wing the Young Communist League offers youth an alternative to militarism and drive to war, through Britain’s Road to Socialism. Let us build the United Front against war and austerity for peace, jobs and socialism in our lifetime.
Free Marwan Barghouti
The Young Communist League of Britain proudly adds its name to the list of over 200
organisations and cultural figures calling for the immediate release of Marwan Barghouti from
Israeli prison.
International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People 2025
On the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, the Young Communist League expresses its solidarity with and extends its fullest fraternal greetings to the Palestinian Democratic Youth Union, its parent party the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine, all of its organisations from the exterior, to the occupations jails, the West Bank and to the Gaza Strip where party cadres continue to resist by all appropriate and legal means, including the Martyr Omar Al-Qasim Forces of the National Resistance Brigades.
YCL International Department Condemns Not Guilty Verdict of ‘Soldier F’
The Young Communist League of Britain’s International Department condemns the not guilty verdict on two counts of murder and five counts of attempted murder handed down by a British court in Belfast last week of the so called ‘Soldier F’, unable to be named publicly but named by Colum Eastwood MP for Foyle in Parliament on 13/07/2021.
Women’s Commission of the YCL regarding the Women’s Justice Board
The Women’s Commission of the YCL welcomes the announcement of a Women’s Justice Board which aims to decrease the number of women sent to prison. While this may be the Governments attempt to dress up a necessary response to a prison overpopulation crisis, this is an opportunity for class analysis to shape the narrative.
Sunak IN as Tory PM: all OUT for the fight against the ruling class
The Central Committee of the Young Communist League has issued the following statement in response to the declaration of Rishi Sunak as new Tory Prime Minister.
Boris Johnson & the Tory Party: a snake shedding its skin
The Central Committee of the Young Communist League has issued the following statement in response to the stream of resignations from the Tory Cabinet.
End Russia’s Invasion; End NATO
The Central Committee of the Young Communist League has issued the following statement in response to the ongoing war in Ukraine and the announcement of NATO expansion plans into Finland and Sweden.
YCL Statement on May Day 2022
The Central Committee of the Young Communist League has released a statement to mark International Workers Day 2022.
