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.”
YCL Central Committee Political Report: November 2025

“The role of the YCL is to offer youth in Britain this viable alternative to capitalism, to offer the road to socialism, and build the class struggle against monopoly capitalism and imperialism.”
Remembering the International Brigades’ fight against fascism

“The history of the International Brigades and the Spanish Civil War are not taught in schools in Britain, yet it is a symbol of antifascism that is needed to inspire and educate the working class against the rise of far-right populism and fascist forces across Britain and Europe.”
Remembering the legacy of Thomas Sankara

Jax Tennyson recalls the legacy of revolutionary Burkinabe leader Thomas Sankara, 38 years after his death
British warmongers won’t give up on war with Russia

Jax Tennyson speaks with a member of the Russian Komsomol on the conflict in Ukraine
“Fascism meant hunger and war”: Charlie Hutchison’s lifelong battle against fascism

Georgina Andrews writes on the inspiring life of anti-fascist fighter and YCL member Charlie Hutchison
Gaza agreement: from a truce of necessity to the redrawing of conflict equations

Fouad Baker analyses the recent Gaza ceasefire agreement
89 years since the Battle of Cable Street

“The Battle of Cable Street should be celebrated as a working class victory and history in Britain but also serve as a lesson in how we tackle the rise of racism and fascist forces today,” writes Georgina Andrews
A decade of progress: reflections from the YCL’s 52nd Congress

Following the recent YCL Congress, Peter Stoddart and Robin Talbot reflect on the development of the League over the past few years
The thorn in the EU’s side

Cole Thomson looks at the history of the European Union’s expansion into the former Eastern Bloc, and how the territory of Transnistria has become an embarrassing obstacle for Brussels.
