YCLers in Action in East England
January saw the first meeting of the YCL in Eastern England in 2015, the early beginnings of regenerating an active and visible YCL presence in the area. At the meeting in Colchester the district decided upon its course of action; to grow and strengthen the movement by the combined activities of recruitment and education; and identifying […]
General Election – Volunteer for socialism, Donate to the campaign, Join the Party
ONLY THE COMMUNIST PARTY SAYS NO TO AUSTERITY, PRIVATISATION, THE EU, NUCLEAR WEAPONS AND NATO. Only Communist Party candidates will be campaigning for a Wealth Tax, the closure of British-run tax havens, public ownership of essential industries and services, a Trade Union Freedom Bill and a federal Britain with its own independent foreign and defence […]
May 2015: Young Communists to Stand for Parliament
Young communists are represented in the Young Communist League, which has been in the forefront of fighting for the rights of young workers, apprentices and students since early in 1921. The YCL was the first organisation in Britain to campaign for extending the vote to 16 year olds, and in the general election, two members […]
WFDY Statement in Solidarity with Yemen
Statement from the World Federation of Democratic Youth in Solidarity with Yemen
YCL Statement on 70th anniversary of the Liberation of Auschwitz
YCL Statement on 70th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz – 27/01/2015 From the YCL’s Anti-Fascism Anti-Racism Committee Today is the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz by soldiers of the Soviet Red Army
Challenge: Latest Issue
Challenge : January 2015 [January 2015; Volume 21; Issue 37] £1.50 + £1 P&P Challenge is the quarterly journal of the YCL – it regularly contains articles covering all the latest news and views of the YCL, developments international, articles covering important historical developments, culture, different campaigns and struggles taking place in Britain and the rest of the […]
Austerity Vision is of a 1930s Britain; Welfare Reforms Designed to Impoverish and Unsettle Communities
Zoe Hennessy,YCL General Secretary, explains how the ConDems ideological war against the welfare state is turning the clock back on hard-won gains in employment and housing
What Will Communists be Striving for in 2015?
What will communists be striving for in 2015? Asks CP general secretary Robert Griffiths, looking towards a year of struggle for social justice, peace and socialism
New Women’s Assembly called for 14th of February
The run-up to the general election will be crunch time for the Women’s Assembly Against Austerity, writes Anita Wright in the Morning Star
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
