Communist Party Chairman Bill Greenshields calls for “Struggle to go Beyond Rhetoric”
Communist Party Chairman Bill Greenshields argues that austerity and war walk hand in bloody hand; and that history has shown that austerity agendas are a naked form of class warfare. On May 2 1933 the Nazis attacked and occupied the buildings of the trade union movement of the German working class
UKIP: Smoke And Mirrors
Communist Party General Secretary Robert Griffths analyses the forces at work behind the growth of the Ukip ‘phenomenon’. The extensive media coverage of last week’s EU and local elections contrasts starkly with the lack of popular interest
Communist Party Scottish Secretary on Scotland’s Choice
Tommy Morrison, Scottish Secretary of the Communist Party outlines the choices facing workers in the independence referendum which takes place on 18th September 2014. Currently the polls are very close. If there is a Yes vote, Scotland will separate in less than two years time, March 2016. At this point Scottish MPs will leave Westminster. […]
Communist Party Executive Committee Report: Chairman Attacks ‘Troika’ EU & Its Left-Wing Supporters
Communist Party of Britain chairman Bill Greenshields launched a blistering attack on the European Union and its supporters in Britain’s labour movement at the weekend. “The EU Commission, European Central Bank, International Monetary Fund ‘troika’ has imposed policies across Europe to slash or privatise public services and throw millions of workers and their families on […]
YCL Statement on International Day against Homophobia & Transphobia
Today 17/05/2014 is the International Day against Homophobia and Transphobia. On this day we celebrate the diversity of gender and sexuality throughout humanity. We can look to the progress already made towards greater LGBT rights – but also consider the massive tasks which lie ahead of us, not only here in Britain, but on a […]
YCL Emergency Protest at Ukrainian Embassy
There was a fantastic turnout at the YCL’s emergency demonstration outside the Ukrainian Embassy in London yesterday (14/05/2014). Communists, trade-unionists and antifascists gathered at the demonstration called by the Young Communist League to condemn the EU-US-NATO led intervention in the country and to protest against the rise of fascism and attacks on communists and trade-unionists in […]
Communists & Anti-fascists: Protest Against Fascism in Ukraine
Demonstration Organised by the Young Communist League Where: The Ukrainian Embassy, London, 60 Holland Park, W11 3SJ. When: Wednesday 14/05/2014 6pm till 7pm The YCL has called a demonstration in order to
Demonstration Ukrainian Consulate Edinburgh Against Attacks on Ukrainian Communists & Trade Unionists
[wpvideo jU350lSW] Speech by YCL Scotland Organiser Johnnie Hunter outside the Ukrainian Consulate in Edinburgh 10/05/2014 as part of the YCL demonstration against attacks on Ukrainian communists and trade unionists.
Statement of Communist Party of Ukraine on Explusion from Parliament
The Young Communist League in Britain extends our deepest and strongest solidarity to our comrades in Ukraine. We mourn the loss of comrades brutally killed by the Neo-Nazi junta in Ukraine and call for a complete end the suppression of communists and trade unionists in Ukraine. If any further evidence was needed of the fascist, […]
Communist Party of Britain Statement on Events in Ukraine
The Communist Party of Britain condemns the continuing violation of the 17 April Geneva Declaration by the coup government in Kiev as a grave threat to world peace. The Geneva declaration stated that all sides in Ukraine ‘must refrain from any violence, intimidation or provocative action’. It called for ‘the immediate establishment of a broad […]
