William Gallacher – Reminiscences of Lenin
Willie Gallacher served as a Communist MP for West Fife in Scotland from 1935-1950, and as a member of the Red Clydeside movement, where he played a very important part in the rise of socialism in Britain. Here we republish his writings on his meetings with Lenin, ahead of the formation of the Communist Party of Great Britain in 1920:
What the left gets wrong about national conservatism
After the National Conservatism conference, Ben Ughetti examines the reinvention of conservative politics, and how the left should understand and counter it.
<strong>Scotland needs a movement to fight for peace in 2023</strong>
In light of the increasingly tumultuous state of world affairs, Johnnie Hunter discusses the need for a revived peace movement in Scotland and the rest of Britain.
<strong>Lessons from Actually Existing Socialism: The Soviet Union</strong>
The Soviet Union was the first federal, multinational state with a planned socialist economy. Robin Talbot, Chair of the Young Communist League, explains why communists need to learn from its history…
Towards working class unity on sex and gender
Eben Williams makes the case for a materialist stance on the sex and gender debate
Colombia’s ELN storms military base – necessary context behind the attack
Oliver Dodd writes on why the ELN are still fighting against the Colombian govenment
Communist health: the USSR’s culture of physical fitness and how it compares to the West today
Mateusz Naglik challenges the right-wing narrative that “communists are either obese or malnourished, and that fascists, conservatives, and so on are the ones in shape.”
‘We don’t want to be slaves’: Meet the People’s Liberation Army of Burma
Michael Christopher reports from Myanmar, on the People’s Liberation Army of Burma.
This article was originally published on People’s World on 12 May 2023.
‘Until Victory’, the YCL May Day declaration 2023
On Saturday 6 May 2023, members of the Young Communist League of Britain gathered in central Manchester to celebrate their May Day with the following declaration, before marching through the city centre to the statue of Friedrich Engels:
The end of the ages?
Tomasz Nowak challenges ‘doomerism’, arguing why young people should take a stand to save our planet before it’s too late
