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374:. The assembled delegates to this Unity Conference passed a proposal calling for the two standing groups to merge under a new name, that of the Young Communist League. This proposal was taken to the rank-and-file of each group, and the proposed unified constitution and organisational rules ratified in a referendum of branches held in October.
298:(CPGB) until 1991 when the CPGB dissolved. It then reorganised as the youth section of the newly founded Communist Party of Britain, which still exists today. During the 1920s and 1930s much of the YCL's activities focused on sports as a recruitment and organising tool for socialist causes. In 1932 its members led the
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Communist League commemorates 100 years since its original founding in 1921, with the YCL reflecting and drawing attention to its achievements throughout that time from the testimonies of past members, and a rejuvenation of its current organisation leading up
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and the Young
Communist League. The volunteers came from overwhelmingly working-class backgrounds, with large numbers hailing from cities such as London, Manchester, Liverpool and Glasgow. Only a small number were unemployed with large numbers involved in industrial occupations, such as labouring,
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Following the Fifth YCL Congress in 1928, the league began actively organising cultural events for young people. Regular political work was accompanied by film showings, football games, dances, recreational excursions, as well as a series of summer camps. These summer camps would become a regular
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The YCL was seen as a recruiting school for activists in the adult party, and the organisation's structure, internal relationships, and tactical activities closely paralleled and followed those of the CPGB. This was in turn a reflection of the structure and practise of the
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was also a member in the 60s). Throughout this period, YCL membership grew to over 6,000 members and a generation of young members, led by Barney Davis (national secretary), George
Bridges (London secretary) and others challenged the political approach of the parent party. The League continued
401:. While formally independent, the group was always closely linked to the CPGB and its activities and fortunes broadly followed those of its parent organisation. As with the adult party, the YCL saw itself as part of a unified world movement, and took its ultimate direction from the
389:(CPGB), which exercised oversight over the group. The YCL modeled itself upon the adult party and, in the estimation of historian Thomas Linehan, "functioned as a younger version of it." In 1954, the YCL supported 'The Red Scout', Paul Garland, who had been dismissed from his local
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Rebellion has allowed a hard core of ideologues and Marxist infiltrators to dictate its agenda”, in relation to the attendance of a Young Communist League block on the demo brandishing a banner declaring "Socialism or Extinction" alongside an image of the
776:, which came to be used by the YCL as a campsite. This plot would later be named 'Coppice Camp', and it was donated to the Communist Party shortly before Cullen died in 1966. As well as summer camps for the YCL, the party made use of the campsite as a venue for weekend schools.
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to win access to the countryside for working people for recreation and leisure. The Summer Camp intend to "give young workers from across
Britain the opportunity to come together for political education and to socialise and enjoy our natural heritage."
285:. Although its headquarters is based in London, the YCL has active branches across England, Scotland, and Wales. Aside from sports and social programs, the YCL heavily focuses on publishing political literature, with its own political journal called
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In 1923 the YCL founded their Red Sports Clubs, aiming to rival the Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts. The YCL was very successful in using sports to organise young people politically against imperialism and poverty, and by 1932 the
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A recruitment drive started in 1966 around the slogan "The Trend - Communism" associated the group with wider cultural trends in society; "The Trend" campaign emphasised the power of music in social change (Irish folk singer
562:(the Party called it an "intervention" at the time), but the position was only adopted by a 60:40 vote. Some members who favoured a pro-Soviet line, including John Chamberlain (Jack Conrad), left the YCL to join the
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group alone raising ÂŁ22,500 by 1985 (equivalent to ÂŁ69,000 in 2019) in support. The events of Mark Ashton and LGSM have since been dramatised in the 2014 film
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No machos or pop stars: when the Leeds art experiment went punk
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1564:"Meet the British millennial communists defending North Korea"
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Encyclopedia of British and Irish Political Organizations.
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Logo of the Young Communist League as it appeared in 1923.
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1597:"From Scotland to London, Young Communists get organised"
1514:"Anatomy of decline – the Young Communist League 1967-86"
1410:"Anatomy of decline – the Young Communist League 1967-86"
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1189:"A new Challenge for young workers and students"
483:; a poet and Young Communist League member from
434:in 1935, which continues to be published today.
1698:. Manchester University Press. pp. 55–56.
764:Young communists walking to Kinder Scout (2021)
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1817:Party Animals: My Family and Other Communists
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1611:"The two faces of Extinction Rebellion"
1325:. AP. 13 June 1965 – via YouTube.
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1746:Lynn, Richard (2020). "My Forebears".
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2608:Revolutionary Marxist–Leninist League
2481:National Unemployed Workers' Movement
1799:Encyclopedia of Communist Biographies
1490:. People's History Museum, Manchester
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1257:"John Cornford: anti-fascist martyr"
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604:In 1979, its congress adopted a new
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217:World Federation of Democratic Youth
1748:Memoirs of a Dissident Psychologist
1613:. New Statesman. 11 September 2020.
487:who was also the great-grandson of
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415:Communist Party of the Soviet Union
1482:Emily Fisher (29 September 2014).
599:Suppression of Communism Act, 1950
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306:, with notable examples including
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1669:. Morning Star. 24 December 2020.
1599:. Morning Star. 15 February 2019.
1259:. Morning Star. 30 December 2020.
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1062:search.electoralcommission.org.uk
560:Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia
2687:Youth wings of communist parties
2461:Communist Party Historians Group
2102:Communist Party of Great Britain
1771:Frost, Peter (3 February 2014).
1322:London Anti-Vietnam War Protests
1096:Linehan, Thomas (October 2010).
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1859:"New Central Committee Elected"
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2542:South Wales Socialist Society
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1641:. Morning Star. 2 April 2021.
1581:Ball, Tom (20 January 2018).
1562:Ball, Tom (23 October 2018).
1471:. Morning Star. 2 April 2021.
745:Mass trespass of Kinder Scout
633:National Union of Mineworkers
403:Young Communist International
304:Spanish Civil War (1936-1939)
300:Mass trespass of Kinder Scout
1963:Conservative Future Scotland
1819:. Random House. p. 78.
1655:. BBC Radio 4. 14 June 2021.
1339:. Morning Star. 22 May 2020.
1147:10.1080/13619462.2011.597552
1135:Contemporary British History
405:(CYI), with headquarters in
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1773:"Coppice Camp - The 1930's"
1292:Caribbean Labour Solidarity
1273:. Tribune. 31 October 2020.
677:Britain's Road to Socialism
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2476:National Minority Movement
2386:George Allison (1942–1951)
1351:"Ireland's Red Troubadour"
1066:Communist Party of Britain
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616:and removed the policy of
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1231:"The British Volunteers"
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2262:Irene Swann (1972–1974)
1988:Scottish Young Liberals
1883:"The Central Committee"
1653:"School for Communists"
1284:Horsley, David (2019).
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2357:Ian McKay (1982–1991)
2271:Ron Halverson (1980s)
2029:Scottish Young Greens
1721:Labour History Review
1667:"Conquer your future"
1539:Stuart, Moir (2019).
1129:Mills, Sarah (2011).
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1992:Welsh Young Liberals
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1435:Butt, Gavin (2022).
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1841:"Summer Camp 2021"
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1777:Frostys ramblings
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