At a time when we need to tackle the cost of living crisis & encourage green public transport, the Tories have just announced the biggest rise in fares since 2013 📈
Another attack on working people to line the pockets of companies that have been ripping us off for decades (1/4)
As part of our Youth Charter, Britain’s young communists are calling for:
• Fixed price public transport network cards with capped affordable prices for everyone under 30, providing unlimited access to the local and national rail, bus and city transport networks.
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• Nationalisation of rail and intercity bus services and local authority control of urban and rural bus services.
• Improved public transport links for rural and islands communities to enable young people to live, work and study in their communities.
Today is #RedBooksDay2022 a day to celebrate left books, their authors, and the people’s movements they ushered forward 📕✊
In the first of our three lists we look at the most essential texts in Marxist-Leninist theory, to help start your journey or refresh your memory. (1/6)
Most of these can be downloaded for free today from the link below, with some physical editions available from the YCL shop 🚩Enjoy!
Yesterday the Young Communist League joined thousands of protestors in opposing the sham COP26 meeting in Glasgow, Scotland. As has been noted in the national media and by many online, we were surrounded by a police line that... (1/12)
engaged in arbitrary confrontations with us throughout the day. They opposed our right to march with no reason given to us or legal observers, clearly seeing us as a credible threat.
We would like to reiterate that we are neither intimidated nor surprised: as the... (2/12)
state begins to see communist youth as a threat once again, as they see large numbers of young people actively confronting capitalism, we expect them to do everything they can to defend the wealth and privilege of the ruling class they serve.
YCL DEFIANT IN FACE OF POLICE REPRESSION AT #COP26 🚨✊
While we fight for Socialism, the police fight for Extinction.
These police serve the Tory government, who in turn serve the monopolies and oil companies: so it's no wonder they are cracking down on those who... (1/2)
...recognise that you can't fight the climate crisis without fighting those directly responsible for it.
We are not in the least surprised or intimated by today: we will redouble our commitment to saving our planet by destroying capitalism, before it destroys us. (2/2)
The Young Communist League congratulates the Communist Party of Britain on its 56th Congress, taking place this weekend in London. It is set to be the largest since the 1980s, due to the increasing growth in membership over the past few years 📈🚩
Many of us who are... (1/6)
dual members of the CPB will be there as branch delegates, representing the views of our branch as well as ourselves, with only members of our Central Committee bound to represent the views of the YCL.
The League & the Party go hand in hand, as we strive forward... (2/6)
together as a collective force against the ruling class of Britain. Capitalism worldwide trembles as the renewed strength of Marxism-Leninism continues to grow in every corner of the globe 🌎✊
"The YCL must educate masses of youth and be a school for Communism. It is a... (3/6)
3️⃣0️⃣Reasons why you should join the Communists 📝🔴
Reason 1️⃣0️⃣ Put an end to Austerity 💷✂️🚫
In 2010, the disastrous coalition government began to implement an austerity program that has ravaged our economy and public services. The Tories and Lib Dems relentlessly... 1/8
...cut our NHS, education and welfare system in an attempt to cover up the damage caused by capitalism.
This austerity was nothing less than a planned attack on working class rights and living standards to make workers pay for the Financial Crisis. Britain’s ruling class... 2/8
...and their political parties told us cuts were necessary to pay for the £1,300 billion bailout handed to the banks in 2008.
Johnson and the Tories, who have devastated our country and our communities for the last decade, now claim that austerity is over, but working... 3/8