Against liberalism in the workers’ movement
Eben Williams delivers the May political report of the YCL Central Committee
Honouring the heroes of Cable Street in 2023
As Communists in London prepare to mark the anniversary of the Battle of Cable Street, Joe Smith reflects on just what it means to truly honour its heroes today.
The campaign to save London’s buses
Robin Talbot writes on TFL’s planned cuts on London’s buses, and the campaign led by bus workers to resist it
Disrupting the DSEI Arms Fair: workers take action
Rather than boycotting the jobs, four YCL members who work in live events gained access to the biggest arms fair in the world – and set off smoke grenades
Met Police officer Wayne Couzens pleads guilty to the murder of Sarah Everard but questions remain
Met Police officer Wayne Couzens has pleaded guilty to the murder of Sarah Everard.
Grenfell costs hit half a billion
Nearly four years since the Grenfell catastrophe, the public costs have surpassed £500 million following the announcement that the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea had spent £406 million on its response and recovery work.
‘Until Victory’ – the YCL London May Day address
On May Day, YCL Southern branches celebrated in London – here is a transcript of the speech.
We don’t need the Silvertown toll tunnel
Stewart McGill argues that the estimated £2bn cost of the project which will inevitably increase road traffic should be spent on improving London’s public transport system instead.
HS2 protestors in fight to preserve ancient woodland
Protestors in London are reported to have dug a 100ft long tunnel near Euston Station in protest against the continuing work on the £106bn High Speed Rail 2 (HS2) Project that seeks to connect London with cities further north. Bailiffs are attempting to remove the protestors arguing there is a danger of the tunnel collapsing as work on the railway continues. The activists have locked themselves inside the tunnels but there has already been reported collapses and water ingress although no one has been harmed yet.
Standing up to anti-communism in Poland and worldwide
Tomasz Nowak warns the growth of reactionary ideologies and political policing in eastern Europe cannot be seen in isolation.
