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…
Eben Williams makes the case for a materialist stance on the sex and gender debate
Oliver Dodd writes on why the ELN are still fighting against the Colombian govenment
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.”
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.
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:
Tomasz Nowak challenges ‘doomerism’, arguing why young people should take a stand to save our planet before it’s too late
YCL General Secretary Johnnie Hunter on the damaging organisational trends bred by capitalism and online media, as well as how to identify and defeat them.
Manchester Young Communist League explains why the actions of the 1932 trespassers remain relevant today
“In August 2023 the Young Communist League will hold its Congress, the highest decision-making body of our organisation, which takes place every two years,” writes Robin Talbot
Following the failure of Silicon Valley Bank, Eillis Rae examines how capitalism’s nature causes financial disasters to occur.
Eben Dombay Williams writes about what workers in Britain can learn from the protests in France, and how we can increase trade union militancy
Dan Rodney argues why the latest junior doctors’ strike is a major turning point in the recent wave of trade union militancy
Welsh Labour recently celebrated 100 years of electoral victory and hailed themselves “the most successful political party in the democratic world”. It is worth taking a look at the nation’s dominant political party under Mark Drakeford from the perspective of Welsh Communists.
A wave of militancy has swept across British campuses. Jack Davidson argues students must link their fight to the broader class struggle, to ensure continued success.
Marxism-Leninism and radical feminism: while there sometimes appear to be mutual sympathies on topical issues, let’s be upfront about why we are not the same, says the Challenge editorial team
Seán O’Connell makes the case for why supporting Corbyn is still necessary in the face of Starmer’s continued witch-hunt against the left-wing members of the Labour Party
Eben Williams reflects on the historic transformations China has seen under the leadership of Xi Jinping
Berlin-based left wing media collective ‘Redfish’ have announced their closure after 6 years, following years of rampant censorship, placing the blame on the EU’s attack on freedom of speech.
The following statement was originally posted on their website:
Drawing on the history of the USSR, GDR, Poland, and Albania, Mateusz Naglik argues that socialism paved the way for advanced industrialised societies
