YCL General Secretary’s Address to the 47th Congress
The speech reproduced here was delivered by YCL General Secretary Zoe Hennessy on 13th of December at the Marx Memorial Library to open the YCL’s 47th Congress. Welcome to the 47th congress of the Young Communist League. We are meeting at a critically important time for the left in Britain
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 […]
The Scourge of Second Homes in the South West
YCL Executive Committee and Communist Party Cornwall Branch member Owain examines second home ownership in Cornwall . Cornwall and the South West region of England has a particular problem when it comes to second home owners. The region is a popular holiday destination for tourists and people seeking to move here and whilst there is nothing […]
Electoral Gains for Japanese Communists
Japanese communists almost tripled their seats in the country’s general election on Sunday (14/12/14), which saw right-wing premier Shinzo Abe comfortably retain his overall majority. Article by Kenny Coyle, Communist Party Member and columnist on Asian politics. This article first appeared in the Morning Star 18/12/14
Communists welcome release of remaining Cuban political prisoners held in USA
The Communist Party of Britain and the Young Communist League welcome the release of the three remaining Miami Five prisoners unjustly held by the United States for the past sixteen years
Young Communist League Xmas Appeal 2014!
Comrades, Of the YCL, the CP, supporters of the working class and communist movement, I would like to wish everyone an enjoyable festive period as we come towards the end of 2014. Although we are an organisation guided by dialectical materialism – we appreciate that most people whether of faith or indeed without celebrate during the […]
Imagining A Britain Without Trident
On November 31 more than 1,500 people demonstrated at the gates of Faslane Naval Base demanding that, irrespective of the outcome of Scotland’s independence referendum, Trident still has to go. Alan MacKinnon is a member of the Communist Party’s Scottish Committee and Secretary of Scottish CND. This article first featured in the Morning Star 09/12/2014
A Great Success: YCL Scotland’s Latest Day School
Scottish Young Communist’s celebrated yet another successful public Day School [06/12/14] in the Communist Party’s Scottish Headquarters Unity Office
Communists: “It’s not about the deficit”
‘The coalition government’s strategy aims to increase corporate profits and enrich the rich still further – it is not primarily about the deficit or the National Debt’, Communist Party general secretary Robert Griffiths told the party’s political committee on Wednesday evening [03/12/14]
