As the news of ministerial resignations broke, Britain’s Communists called for a united response from trade unions and campaigning movements to the cost of living, housing, climate change and food crises.
Thursday, July 7, 2022
British communists on Johnson government's collapse: "Downing Street change not enough"
As the news of ministerial resignations broke, Britain’s Communists called for a united response from trade unions and campaigning movements to the cost of living, housing, climate change and food crises.
Saturday, May 21, 2022
British Communist Youth: No NATO, no nukes! Shut down all US bases in Britain!
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Air Force base in Lakenheath, Eastern England |
England has for many years been plagued with an unwanted menace, growing like cancer across its green fields and spilling over into its towns and cities. It began in the summer of 1949 when two groups of American B29 bombers arrived supposedly for “training purposes.” It was a short stay, the government said — they soon would be leaving us.
Monday, November 8, 2021
Socialism or Extinction: YCL on COP26 protests in Glasgow
"Yesterday the Young Communist League joined thousands of protestors in opposing the sham COP26 meeting in Glasgow, Scotland. As has been noted in the national media and by many online, we were surrounded by a police line that engaged in arbitrary confrontations with us throughout the day. They opposed our right to march with no reason given to us or legal observers, clearly seeing us as a credible threat.
Sunday, September 19, 2021
"No to AUKUS, war and imperialism", says Britain's YCL
The YCL completely opposes the reckless and aggressive actions of Boris Johnson’s Tory Government, at the command of their US puppet masters in the White House and the Pentagon, to create a new hostile pact aimed at attacking China and exerting imperialist control over South East Asia.
Wednesday, September 15, 2021
Communist employees turn London arms fair upside down
The men were working at the Defence and Security Equipment International (DSEI) arms fair at the ExCeL in east London when they set off the flares.
In footage posted by the Young Communist League (YCL), the protesters stood on a carpet outside a stall for security firm Lockheed Martin while dressed in high-viz jackets. They then lifted their arms in the air and set off their smoke grenades as men dressed in suits shuffled past.
Saturday, August 21, 2021
Britain's Young Communist League holds its 50th Congress
On this occasion, the following article written by YCL's General Secretary Johnnie Hunter was published in "Challenge" magazine:
"Greetings and solidarity to all of the delegates attending the YCL’s historic 50th Congress this weekend at Ruskin House and to all the comrades and branches who have participated in Congress debate and discussion this year from the length and breadth of Britain.
Monday, March 15, 2021
Young Communist League of Britain (YCL): Statement on the murder of Sarah Everard and violence against women
The news this week that Wayne Couzens currently serving as a Metropolitan Police Officer, has been arrested and charged in connection with the murder of Sarah Everard in London, is a horrific demonstration of the persistent levels of gendered violence against women and girls in Britain and the seismic shifts that must be fought for and won to achieve women’s liberation and equality.