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.

<strong>YCL Women’s Commission statement concerning the government’s upcoming VAWG strategy</strong>

The Women’s Commission of the Young Communist League of Britain notes Labour’s pledge to halve violence against women and girls (VAWG) in the next decade, the strategy for which will be released this coming September. The government cannot allow the plague of VAWG on society to persist and stark action must be taken to deliver this stepping stone towards a safe society for women.

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.