YCL Central Committee Report: September 2026
[First delivered by Siddharth Pandey at the September 2026 meeting of the YCL Central Committee meeting, 12th-13th September] Since the last time this committee met, a new Prime Minister has been imposed on the British (and Northern Irish) populace. In a desperate bid to rescue legitimacy the Labour Party has had to shuttle someone untainted […]
Book Review – Fidel Castro: Beyond the legend
“The authors really got behind the icon and legend that Fidel was, in contrast to the Western caricatures of Fidel and wrote about Fidel the man, the revolutionary and above all a man of immense principle.”
YCL Central Committee Political Report: July 2026
[First delivered by Orla MacKenzie at the July 2026 meeting of the YCL Central Committee meeting, 4th-5th July, with additions from the subsequent discussion] After 6 long years of tyranny over the Labour party, the man lovingly known as ‘Keir Stalin’ has stepped down as prime minister. Leaving in his wake a resigned defence secretary, […]
A report back from Cuba
The YCL’s Jack Davidson provides some takeaways from a recent trip to Cuba
Remembering the slave trade in 2026
“The Transatlantic Slave Trade must be remembered, not as a bygone era from which humanity has improved, but as a key part of the development and expansion of European capitalism. Its impact remains, and its consequences are yet to be completely tackled.”
YCL Central Committee Political Report: March 2026
[First delivered by Jack Davidson at the March 2026 meeting of the YCL Central Committee, 14th-15th March, with additions from the subsequent discussion] Since our previous meeting, we have seen a continuation of the decline of Western hegemony. In a fashion which is typical of the previous two years, the acts of naked imperialist desperation […]
The people are organised to win
Berkan Çelebi looks at the history of Bolivarianism, and makes a critical case in support of the progressive project.
Economic challenges and mistakes: Cuban leadership offers self-criticism
Cuban leaders are opening up on problems from poor food production, lack of exports, emigration, black-market scalping, and mismanaged ‘liberalisation’ of state control of the economy, writes W.T. Whitney Jr.
Cuban President meets with Russian Communists ahead of state visit to China
Yesterday, Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canal met with Gennady Zyuganov, General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation (KPRF). The meeting is part of a wider tour on which the Cuban leader seeks to strengthen Cuba’s relationship with a number of countries across the world
CódigoSí!
Micaela Tracey-Ramos writes on today’s groundbreaking new law championing the rights of Cuba’s women and LGBT+ people
