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: Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya

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.  Today we commemorate Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya, Soviet partisan and Hero of the Soviet Union.  YCLers are […]

International Women’s Day: Svetlana Savitskaya

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. Today we pay tribute to Svetlana Savitskaya- Soviet cosmonaut and communist deputy in the Russian […]

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

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 […]