PCS general secretary FRAN HEATHCOTE explains why opposing war is inseparable from defending jobs, wages and public services – and why readers should come to the London Peace Conference on Saturday June 20
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Big tasks ahead for the YCL
Elizabeth Short talks to new Young Communist League leader GEORGINA ANDREWS about the priorities for young people in the period ahead
YCL General Secretary Georgina Andrews at the 57th congress of the Communist Party in London
As protests erupt over Henry Nowak’s murder, ANDREW MURRAY argues that anger is being exploited to advance a wider racist and anti-immigration agenda
CARLOS MARTINEZ explains the sound case for car manufacturing co-operation with China
The National Emergency Briefing outlines the need for urgent action to address environmental crisis, says PAUL DONOVAN, warning that there’s no time to indulge the arguments of the fossil-fuel-funded climate-change deniers
Campaigners say criticism of Labour MP Stephen Morgan’s position on Gaza has been met with police intervention and cancelled opportunities for debate. HESTER WOLFE reports
The Committee for the Defence of Iranian People’s Rights warns of escalation danger in Iran war
AFTER five years as general secretary of the Young Communist League, Johnnie Hunter has handed over the reins this year to Georgina Andrews, a University of Liverpool student from Telford.
During the election of the new central committee at the 51st All-Britain Congress, in which Donal Thomas was elected chair, taking over from Robin Talbot, pivotal resolutions were voted on that will shape the future of the YCL in the years to come.
As strikes gain momentum and grass-roots militancy grows, Andrews explains that the YCL will buckle down its focus on industrial relations.
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