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Members from across @yclbritain have been collaborating over the past months, building a new version of Back to Basics, the YCL's primer on all fundamental Marxist-Leninist concepts and theory. While we wait for physical copies to be printed, we are excited to share this online version on the Challenge website for free. We would once more like to thank all of the members who contributed to this text and proudly hold their efforts up as exemplary of our movement. challenge-magazine.org/back2basics/

In their latest political report, the YCL Central Committee discusses the war on Iran, intensified blockade on Cuba, and the fight for peace and socialism in our unions 🚩🚩🚩 challenge-magazine.org/2026/03/18/ycl… #IranWar #Cuba #labour #communism #socialism

YCL Wales follow up on a recent article, discussing some of the practicalities of the YCL's role as a mass organisation of communist youth. challenge-magazine.org/2026/03/17/art… #communism #socialism #ycl #Marxism

Josh Morris discusses the Aberdeen United Front of the 1930s and the fight to support the Spanish Republic at the time challenge-magazine.org/2026/03/05/pop… #Aberdeen #antifascism #socialism #unitedfront #Spain

This St. David's Day, Twm Draper discusses the recent Communist University of Wales, including the question of independence or progressive federalism challenge-magazine.org/2026/03/01/wha… #Wales #StDavidsDay #communism #socialism #Independence

Ethan Chan provides a deep-dive into British policing abroad, and how these practices influenced policing in Britain itself challenge-magazine.org/2026/02/25/of-… #imperialism #Police #Ireland #HongKong #surveillance

Georgina Andrews speaks on the life and legacy of Claudia Jones, 111 years on from her birth challenge-magazine.org/2026/02/23/a-t… #communism #socialism #ClaudiaJones #blackliberation #feminism

Georgina Andrews discusses Angela Davis' Women, Race and Class, in a talk from this year's Red Books Day challenge-magazine.org/2026/02/22/the… #Racism #feminism #socialism #communism #redbooksday

Philip English addresses the high rates of youth unemployment in Britain, noting the links between under-investment in jobs and education with increased investment in militarism challenge-magazine.org/2026/02/21/onl… #unemployed #NEET #socialism #benefits #economy

Shaila Shobnam discusses the origins of ICE and its role in dehumanising, policing, and coercing American communities. challenge-magazine.org/2026/02/08/a-m… #Minneapolisprotests #ICE #cpusa #Immigration #antifascism

Georgina Andrews provides an overview of the United Front strategy, how young communists are contributing towards this, and how we can further this work challenge-magazine.org/2026/02/04/wha… #communism #workingclass #tradeunions #antifascism #antiimperialism

Why is Trump's board of peace a board for war and imperialism? What does it mean to resurrect the Monroe Doctrine? How is Labour selling out Britain's NHS to private US corporations? This and more in the YCL Central Committee's political report: challenge-magazine.org/2026/01/28/ycl…

Holocaust Memorial Day 2026 "When we remember the Holocaust we remember not only the horrors of 1940s Nazism, but of fascism, racism, and nationalism in all its forms, past and present." challenge-magazine.org/2026/01/27/hol… #HMD2026 #HolocaustMemorialDay #NeverAgain #antifascism #WW2

Why do Marxist Leninists advocate a mass organisation of communist youth? How does the YCL support and enhance the work of the Communist Party? Find out in our latest article! challenge-magazine.org/2026/01/12/the… #communism #youthpolitics #marxism #youthactivism #socialism

Shaila Shobnam evaluates the Government's new Violence Against Women and Girls strategy - discussing what it does offer, and where it falls short challenge-magazine.org/2026/01/11/the…

Your Party: the Communist response Philip English discusses the potential impact and limitations of Your Party, and how it fits into the strategy of the Communist Party and YCL challenge-magazine.org/2026/01/06/you…

As it’s Christmas, we’d like to honour the memory of George Michael, who passed away on Christmas Day in 2016. ❤️🎄  What might surprise some is that during his youth, George was a member of the Young Communist League (@yclbritain) under his birth name, Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou...

As it's Christmas we thought we'd give an honourable mention to #GeorgeMichael who died on Christmas Day in 2016 ❤️🎄 In his youth George was a member of the Young Communist League of Britain @yclbritain under his original name, Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou. While not... (1/12)

Bronzefield, the Maze and Ofer Cathal Ó Gaillín discusses the ongoing hunger strike in Britain, drawing parallels with Ireland and Palestine challenge-magazine.org/2025/12/22/bro…

"The struggle to end women’s oppression is no mere optional extra but an intrinsic and essential part of the struggle for socialist political, social, and economic change." Read our latest article at challenge-magazine.org/2025/12/21/on-…

The history and importance of Reclaim the Night Maise Riley details the origins of Reclaim the Night, why it was important then, and why it continues to be important today challenge-magazine.org/2025/12/10/the…