A tribute to Claudia Jones
Georgina Andrews speaks on the life and legacy of Claudia Jones, 111 years on from her birth
The enduring importance of Women, Race and Class
Georgina Andrews discusses Angela Davis’ Women, Race and Class, in a talk from this year’s Red Books Day
Only socialism can solve youth unemployment
Philip English addresses the high rates of youth unemployment in Britain, noting the links between under-investment in jobs and education with increased investment in militarism.
A manufactured crisis: ICE and the architecture of American enforcement
Shaila Shobnam discusses the origins of ICE and its role in dehumanising, policing, and coercing American communities.
What does building the United Front really mean? Our strategy, tasks and purpose
Georgina Andrews provides an overview of the United Front strategy, how young communists are contributing towards this, and how we can further this work
YCL Central Committee Political Report: January 2026
[First delivered by Georgina Andrews at the January 2026 meeting of the YCL Central Committee, 24th-25th January, with additions from the subsequent discussion] International: Palestine Trump’s so-called Board of Peace is a board for war and imperialism. Launched this week in Davos, the body will be under Trump’s exclusive control even beyond his US Presidency […]
Holocaust Memorial Day 2026
“When we remember the Holocaust we remember not only the horrors of 1940s Nazism, but of fascism, racism, and nationalism in all its forms, past and present. We are called on to remember what can happen if these movements and ideologies are not stopped in their tracks, and to commit ourselves to actively fighting against them every day of every year.”
The Young Communist League as a mass organisation for youth
“To intensify our work, we must refocus our efforts to train, educate and raise the political consciousness of young people in communism to win them over to achieve Britain’s Road to Socialism”
The state’s new VAWG strategy: big on coercion, thin on social power
Shaila Shobnam evaluates the Government’s new Violence Against Women and Girls strategy – discussing what it does offer, and where it falls short
Your Party: the Communist response
Philip English discusses the potential impact and limitations of Your Party, and how it fits into the strategy of the Communist Party and YCL
