Breaking with Pinochet’s terrorist and neoliberal regime of the past in Chile
On 25 October 2020, Chileans will have the right to vote for a new constitution and a new constituent assembly of representatives. Lautaro Carmona, General Secretary of the Communist Party of Chile, told Nuevo Mundo on 27 August that October’s referendum will be “decisive for the future of the country” and “for conquering a society […]
‘Sovereign’: Cuba’s potential vaccine against COVID-19
On 27 August 2020, the Finlay Vaccine Institute in Cuba reported that the first 20 volunteers for clinical trials of the newly developed “Sovereign 01” vaccine were in perfect health, with the only side effect being a small amount of pain in the area of injection.
Trump administration refuses to work with WHO on international vaccine development project
The Trump administration has announced that they will not participate alongside more than 170 other countries and the World Health Organisation (WHO) over the development of a COVID-19 vaccine at the COVID-19 Global Access Facility (Covax).
Let’s put up a barrier to attempts to falsify the history of World War II!
Vladimir Isakov, First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Leninist Komsomol of the Russian Federation, argues we must resist attempts to misrepresent the Soviet Union’s role in ending the war in the Far East.
WFDY marks International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances
The World Federation of Democratic Youth (WFDY) has issued a statement to mark the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances.
No new Covid-19 cases in Vietnam today
It was reported today (30 August 2020) that Vietnam had no new Covid-19 cases, keeping the national count to a mere 1,040, despite the substantial land border with China.
Canadian YCL Congress held last weekend
The YCL-LJC held its Extraordinary Convention under the sign of combativeness and unity on August 22 and 23. The COVID19 pandemic had forced the YCL-LJC to postpone the 28th Central Convention initially scheduled for June 2019. However, the evolution and worsening of the crisis triggered by the COVID19 pandemic and the need to integrate a […]
Young communists raise £1.2m in Kerala relief fund drive
Young communists in the Indian state of Kerala have raised around £1.2 million in distress relief funds after two devastating floods and the threat of a spike in the Covid-19 pandemic.
WFDY: “No to imperialist intervention in Belarus!”
The World Federation of Democratic Youth (WFDY) has issued a statement on current developments in Belarus following the presidential elections.
World Federation of Democratic Youth marks Day Against Trafficking in Persons
The World Federation of Democratic Youth (WFDY) issued a statement marking the World Day Against Trafficking in Persons yesterday (30 July 2020).
