Building the Communist Party and the united front The construction of a united front from a range of progressive and working-class forces in Britain against monopoly capitalism and war is a central theme of this weekend’s congress, writes JOHNNIE HUNTER
Features | Tuesday 22nd Aug 2023 The YCL’s 51st congress: working-class democracy and the growing communist movement
Features | Monday 31st Jul 2023 Voices of Scotland Scotland needs a movement to fight for peace in 2023
Tuesday 19th Jul 2022 Voices of Scotland A new referendum will distract from the class struggle A vote on Scottish independence only eight years since the last will replace this new unifying wave of worker militancy and strikes with a disabling polarisation between right-wing unionism and nationalism, warns JOHNNIE HUNTER
Friday 31st Dec 2021 2022: a year to intensify the struggle for the youth, working people and humanity As we begin the new year, militancy and class consciousness are on the rise in Britain, says JOHNNIE HUNTER
Thursday 23rd Dec 2021 What’s the point of the Scottish government’s ‘non-optional guidance’ on Covid? Scotland is sleepwalking into a fresh crisis under the SNP-Green coalition, writes JOHNNIE HUNTER
Saturday 26th Jun 2021 Now is the time for working people and the youth to seize the initiative The strength of our movement is to be found in all of the thousands of struggles, big and small, which are taking place up and down this country, says YCL leader JOHNNIE HUNTER
Friday 02nd Apr 2021 To live life with purpose: 100 years of the Young Communist League General secretary JOHNNIE HUNTER says the YCL, now rapidly growing once again, will mark its centenary by deepening its commitment to the class struggle in Britain and worldwide
Tuesday 12th Jan 2021 VOICES OF SCOTLAND Young people don’t hate democracy, they hate capitalism Scotland’s youth face a democratic crisis and the left have to present the answer, writes JOHNNIE HUNTER
Saturday 05th Dec 2020 Communists on Scotland’s National Question in 2020 Young Communist League general secretary JOHNNIE HUNTER addresses the question of Scottish independence and the options for working people in Scotland as we approach 2021
Tuesday 30th Jun 2020 Voices Of Scotland: Our choice isn’t between anti-worker policies made at Holyrood or at Westminster The Covid-19 crisis has shown the SNP is not an alternative to the Tories — we need a new working-class movement to fight them both, writes JOHNNIE HUNTER, general secretary of the Young Communist League
Sunday 05th Apr 2020 The pandemic calls for solidarity against those who seek to exploit us – and the YCL is organising to help Young Communist League general secretary JOHNNIE HUNTER on a crisis exposing the barbarity of capitalism
Monday 23rd Mar 2020 How the government should protect working people from Covid-19 Through Tory incompetence, delay and indecision the Conservative Party are risking the lives and livelihoods of Britain’s working people — all in the interests of financial markets, says Young Communist League general secretary JOHNNIE HUNTER
