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
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.
As fossil fuels have had their day, JOSIE MIZEN makes it clear that it is now the government’s responsibility to initiate the transition to alternative employment in a manner that is organised, efficient and effective
JOHN CALLOW examines what went wrong for the Czech communist party in the recent parliamentary elections, where it failed to meet the threshold to return deputies and some now talk of the party abandoning its commitment to socialism
Our charter’s demands for fair pay, affordable housing and environmental security will recruit working-class youth into the political struggle for socialism, emulating the success of the Women’s Charter, writes YCL general secretary GEORGINA ANDREWS
Incoming Usdaw general secretary JOANNE THOMAS talks to Ben Chacko about workers’ rights, Labour and how to arrest the decline of the high street


