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
Bronzefield, the Maze and Ofer
‘I am standing on the threshold of another trembling world. May God have mercy on my soul’ – Bobby Sands, March 1st 1981
On the woman question and building the class struggle
“The struggle to end women’s oppression is no mere optional extra but an intrinsic and essential part of the struggle for socialist political, social, and economic change.”
The history and importance of Reclaim the Night
Maise Riley details the origins of Reclaim the Night, why it was important then, and why it continues to be important today
MECYO 19 Announcement
Common announcement of 16 Communist Youth Organisations after the 19th Meeting of European Communist Youth Organisations Following the 19th MECYO, the undersigned organisations declare: UNITED WE STAND AGAINST WAR, POVERTY, OPPRESSION, ANDCAPITALIST EXPLOITATION — TOGETHER WE WILL BUILD A SOCIALISTEUROPE IN SOLIDARITY WITH THE WORLD’S PEOPLES! The communist youth organisations participating in the 19th Meeting […]
Violence Against Women and Girls in the North of England
“The same areas of the North of England that have higher rates of domestic violence also have the highest rates of poverty. This is no coincidence.”
