Challenge Magazine

Learn from the history of our movement 🚩🚩 Keep an eye out for the rest of the series or read the full article now! challenge-magazine.org/2026/05/14/lea… #communism #history #socialism #Britain #generalstrike

As governments across Europe foster a renewed militarism, British youth should be inspired by the efforts of our German peers - who struck for the third time in 5 months this May. challenge-magazine.org/2026/05/20/tak… #youth #politics #war #school #socialism

The YCL's Shaila Shobnam sits down with Masa Khawaja of the Youth Front for Palestine to discuss Palestinian youth activism in Britain. challenge-magazine.org/2026/05/15/wha… @_YFFP_ #Palestine #freedom #politics #middleeast #Britain

Learn from the history of our movement in the first of a 4-part series! Keep an eye out for part 2 or read more in the full article: challenge-magazine.org/2026/05/14/lea… #socialism #history #GeneralStrike #politics #communism

YCL International Department Calls for the Immediate Release of Baha’a Al-Din Aliyan and Dr. Omar Awwad challenge-magazine.org/2026/05/13/fre… #freedom #jordan #communism #middleeast #democracy

As we celebrate the anniversary of Nazi Germany’s end, comrades must remain vigilante against today’s fascist tide. challenge-magazine.org/2026/05/08/com… #WorldWar2 #USSR #WorldWar #antifascist #communism

Over 200 schools across Merseyside and the surrounding areas are going to be removed from local authority control in a major academisation drive by the Archdiocese of Liverpool. The Archdiocese comprises almost 230 primary and secondary schools as well as several colleges across the region, with plans to transfer 217 schools into three distinct multi-academy trusts (MATs). challenge-magazine.org/2026/04/30/fig… #school #education #teaching #Merseyside #socialism

For St George's Day, Annie Cogan-Thomas discusses the communist approach to progressive patriotism, in contrast to the 'patriotic' nationalism of the right wing. challenge-magazine.org/2026/04/23/who… #SaintGeorges #SaintGeorgesDay #Patriotism #England #Communism

On the anniversary of the first human space flight, Rose Raistrick recalls the story of Soviet Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin challenge-magazine.org/2026/04/12/cel… #space #ussr #rockets #communism #science

Philip English outlines 5 key reasons to join the YCL, from building an alternative to Westminster politics to joining an international movement for change. challenge-magazine.org/2026/04/10/5-r… #socialism #communism #freedom #politics #britain

In the third of three articles, Cathal Ó Gaillín discusses the continued relevance of the Easter Rising 110 years on. challenge-magazine.org/2026/04/07/eir… #Easter #Ireland #JamesConnolly #socialism #EasterRising

Cathal Ó Gaillín presents the second of three articles for the anniversary of the Easter Rising challenge-magazine.org/2026/04/06/eir… #Easter #Ireland #socialism #communism #EasterRising

In the first of a 3-part series, Cathal Ó Gaillín remembers the Easter Rising 110 years later challenge-magazine.org/2026/04/05/eir… #Ireland #Easter #EasterRising

AN IDYLLIC SETTING. Wortley Hall is the wonderful venue playing home to CULTURES IN RESISTANCE between 6 and 10 April. Wortley Hall is a former stately home, located south of Barnsley, Yorkshire. Wortley operates as a non-profit co-operative, which maintains a very special Grade II listed home and 26 acres of showcase gardens and woodlands.  📍Wortley Hall, Yorkshire, UK  📆Monday 06 - Friday 10 April 🔗Find out more and book your place for CiR at hanshess.foundation/cultures-in-re…

🌃 Evenings at Cultures in Resistance As part of the CiR programme, each day culminates in an evening of entertainment, discussion, performance and excitement. Included in your Full Residential, Week Day and One-day Passes. Or book as stand-alone evening events.  Book your tickets here 🔗tinyurl.com/ManifestoPress… 📆 MONDAY 06 APRIL hear from Rioghnach Connolly, flautist and musical activist blends soulful protest vocals with funked up folk and deeply resonant grooves. RTÉ & BBC Radio 2’s Folk Singer of the Year 2019. Prepare to be both haunted and moved with a night of music and protest. Finish up the night with DJ set from 8-Ball Betty!  📆 TUESDAY 07 APRIL watch CENSUS -  A show by Malandra Jacks - Winner of the Best Performance award at Manchester Culture Awards. Census is socially engaged theatre at its finest. Award-winning duo Malandra Jacks invite you into a world of spellbinding projection, real voices and unapologetic heart. Census is part theatre, part time capsule: a celebration of communities rarely seen on stage. The performance will be followed by a Q&A session afterwards with Josh Wilkinson, Chloe Malandra of Malandra Jacks and James Quinn of Culture Matters.  📆 WEDNESDAY 08 APRIL A powerful duo of abridged screenings of London Recruits and Unsung Hero - the Jack Jones story, combined into one night of legendary political history and discussion. London Recruits mixes archive footage and first hand testimony into a dramatic telling of a small group of anti-apartheid activists in 1970s Britain. Unsung Hero - the Jack Jones story, made by Liverpool based Hurricane Films, documents trade unionist Jack Jones, from his early experience in the Spanish civil war to a life dedicated to trade unionism and activism even in his retirement. Followed by Molly Dhlamini, South African activist  in discussion with directors of London recruits, and Unsung Hero - Gordon Maine and Sol Pappadopolous. 📍Cultures in resistance at Wortley Hall, Sheffield  📆Monday 06 / Tuesday 07 / Wednesday 08 April 2026 🔗tinyurl.com/ManifestoPress…

CULTURES IN RESISTANCE / CiR is an internationalist programme, involving the extraordinary Taring Padi arts activist group from Indonesia, alongside arts and union representatives from Europe and Africa.  Taring Padi will be leading workshops throughout the five day programme.  To find out more about CiR go hanshess.foundation/cultures-in-re…  Image credits: Image 2: Taring Padi, Kendeng Lestari, Nyawiji Kanggo Ibu Bumi (Kendeng Lestari, Being One with Mother Earth), People’s Justice series no. 5, 2023, acrylic on canvas, 450x450cm Image 4: Taring Padi, MST, Casa do Povo, Framer Framed, Retomar Nosa Terra (Fight for our land), People’s Justice series no. 2, 2023, 450x450 cm, acrylic on canvas

A generational cultural festival. A parallel youth programme. A workers’ stately home. And you. Last chance for reduced daytime tickets. Major evening events included in ticket price. Join performers, activists and artists in a festival of collaboration and exchange, from across Britain, Africa, Asia and Europe. Evening tickets available for music, theatre and film. Get yours, link in bio. Brought to you by the Hans Hess Foundation. @WortleyHall @RogerAMck @NigelUNI @CPBritain @yclbritain @M_Star_Online @newint @jungewelt @benchacko @ChloeMalandra @Benlunn

🌃 Evenings at Cultures in Resistance / CiR CULTURES IN RESISTANCE aims to bring together those involved in art, cultural activism and social justice today in a five-day residential of expression, creativity and campaign organising. A collaboration between the Hans Hess Foundation, Wortley Hall and Manifesto Press. As part of the CiR programme, each day culminates in an evening of entertainment, discussion, performance and excitement. 📆 TUESDAY 07 APRIL CENSUS -  A show by Malandra Jacks - Winner of the Best Performance award at Manchester Culture Awards. Census is socially engaged theatre at its finest. Award-winning duo Malandra Jacks invite you into a world of spellbinding projection, real voices and unapologetic heart. Census is part theatre, part time capsule: a celebration of communities rarely seen on stage. The performance will be followed by a Q&A session afterwards with Josh Wilkinson, Chloe Malandra of Malandra Jacks and James Quinn of Culture Matters.  🔗 Book here: tinyurl.com/CensusatCiR

"The Transatlantic Slave Trade must be remembered, not as a bygone era from which humanity has improved, but as a key part of the development and expansion of European capitalism." challenge-magazine.org/2026/03/25/rem… #colonialism #Haiti #civilwar #communism #imperialism