Déclaration finale de la 14e Rencontre des oganisations de jeunesse communistes européennes

Jeunesse d’Europe, lève-toi !

Rejoins-nous dans la lutte pour nos besoins actuels dans l’éducation, au travail et dans la vie!

Jeunes hommes et jeunes femmes,

Nous, 21 organisations de jeunesse communiste qui avons participé à la 14ème Rencontre des organisations de jeunesse communiste européennes à Athènes, les 23 et 24 septembre 2018, nous adressons à vous dans un appel à lutter pour nos besoins actuels dans l’éducation, au travail et dans la vie.

Au cours de la rencontre, nous, les organisations de jeunesse communiste, avons mis l’accent sur les énormes problèmes auxquels les jeunes sont aujourd’hui confrontés et nous nous sommes mutuellement informés des évolutions les plus significatives dans chacun de nos pays. Nous avons discuté des luttes des jeunes, des conclusions essentielles que nous avons tirées et nous avons échangé nos opinions sur celles-ci. Nous reconnaissons que les organisations de jeunesse communiste en Europe ont fait ces dernières années des efforts notables pour défendre les droits des jeunes et ont mené dans les conditions actuelles des luttes importantes contre le système capitaliste. Dans le même temps, nous avons contribué à renforcer les partis communistes et ouvriers dans nos pays, tout en accumulant une riche expérience qui peut nous aider à rendre nos futures luttes plus efficaces.

Call Out: The fight for Free Education, a Communist Perspective

It is a crucial time for strengthening the fight back for free, accessible, public and democratic education across Canada.

In the context where students across the country are facing skyrocketing student debts that average $30 000, there is an urgent need to strengthen the fightback. In addition, there is a real danger of electing reactionary governments provincially and in Québec, as well as federally in 2019. In Ontario, students face the threat of deregulated tuition fees from the new reactionary, Ford government. Attacks against students should be fought fiercely by the student movement which has a long history of being a key component of the progressive fightback in Canada.

For peace and solidarity, NATO must be dissolved. Canada out of NATO now!

The YCL-LJC strongly denounces Canada’s new NATO commitments that were announced following the Alliance’s summit on July 11th and 12th. In response to Trump’s desire to increase military spending to skyrocketing levels (he even called for a target of 4% of the GDP invested in the defence budget), Canada has attempted to calm the game and to show that it is ready to assume a greater role in this criminal alliance.

Among the new commitments, Canada will deploy up to 250 troops in Iraq to assume command of the NATO training mission in that country ravaged by nearly 30 years of ongoing warfare and still occupied by NATO forces. In addition, Canada will strengthen its presence in Eastern Europe, taking further part in the logic of confrontation with Russia. Thus, the reassurance mission in Latvia will be extended by 4 years, until 2023 and will be reinforced by an increase in the military strength from 450 to 540 troops.

La Fédération mondiale de la jeunesse démocratique solidaire des réfugié.es

Déclaration de la Fédération mondiale de la jeunesse démocratique à l’occasion de la Journée mondiale des réfugié.es

The World Federation of Democratic Youth stands in solidarity with Refugees

Declaration by the World Federation of Democratic Youth for the World Refugee Day

May 1st 2018: Money for our salary, not for the military!

Central Executive Committee

On the occasion of May 1st, the Young Communist League salutes the struggle of the working class and celebrates the victories we have won against the ruling class throughout years of fighting and mobilizing for better wages, better working conditions and for quality social and public services.

1er mai 2018: de l’argent pour nos salaires, pas pour leurs sales guerres !

Comité exécutif central, avril 2018

À l’occasion du 1^er mai, la Ligue de la jeunesse communiste tient à saluer la lutte de la classe ouvrière et les victoires qu’elle a pu arracher aux mains de la classe dirigeante à travers des années de combats et de mobilisations pour des meilleurs salaires, des meilleures conditions de travail et pour des services sociaux de qualité.

After the 27th Central Convention of the YCL-LJC, now is the time to organize!

May, 2017

Last week, the Young Communist League of Canada held its 27th Central Convention, the largest of the four conventions since its re-founding in 2007. From May 19 to 22, thirty-five delegates, plus alternates and observers attended from Montréal, Toronto, Guelph, Hamilton, London, Windsor, Edmonton, Calgary, Vancouver and Victoria to reiterate our commitment to working class struggle and move forward with our strategies to build socialism in Canada. We dedicated these three days to exchange, discuss, debate and learn from the struggles carried out by young communists throughout the country.

May Day 2017: Honouring our past, we build our socialist future!

Central Executive Committee, YCL-LJC

May, 2017

International Workers’ Day is a time to celebrate and advance our struggles as part of the ongoing fight for the emancipation of the working class around the world. Right now, continued global capitalist economic, environmental and social crises are fuelling imperialist war and reaction.

Corporate BoGs are sh*t – Free education is what’s lit!

Student Commission, YCL-LJC

April, 2017

Each year, often in April, Board of Governors (BoG) vote to increase tuition fees in post-secondary institutions across Canada. Corporate controlled BoGs do this despite opposition from students and workers, and the YCL-LJC stands in solidarity with students and workers organizing to stop tuition fee increases.