8 mars: Femmes unies, luttons contre l’exploitation, le patriarcat, l’impérialisme et l’extrême-droite!

Le 8 mars, agissons pour avancer le mouvement pour l’égalité des femmes. Célébrons et honorons les femmes révolutionnaires qui luttent contre le système capitaliste et patriarcal, celles qui ont fait l’histoire et celles qui poursuivent cette tradition. Les pays capitalistes soit ne reconnaissent pas les luttes des femmes lors de la Journée internationale des femmes ou encore tentent de les instrumentaliser afin d’en faire une journée inoffensive basée sur la célébration de la féminité plutôt qu’enracinée dans les décennies de luttes pour la libération de la femme, tel qu’attesté par l’idée populaire selon laquelle les femmes sont opprimées parce qu’elles sont moins nombreuses à être PDG.

Le fait est que la Journée internationale des femmes a toujours été, et continuera ainsi, une journée consacrée aux luttes des femmes pour leur émancipation, l’égalité au travail, à domicile et dans les rues. Jeunes communistes, nous clamons avec fierté que les racines de cette journée proviennent du mouvement communiste : c’est Clara Zetkin et Alexandra Kollontai qui ont pris l’initiative de consacrer cette journée aux luttes des femmes à travers le monde.

International Women’s Day: Women unite! Fight against patriarchy, exploitation, imperialism and the ultra-right

On March 8, we are called to action to advance the women’s movement for equality. We celebrate and reflect on the revolutionary women who struggle against the patriarchal capitalist system, the women who have made history, and those who carry this tradition today. Capitalist countries either fail to recognise women struggles on International Women’s Day or co-opt these struggles in order to make of this day an inoffensive one that is rooted in the celebration of femininity as opposed to being rooted in the decades-long movement for women’s liberation. This can be seen in the popular idea that women are oppressed because there are less women CEOs than men.

The fact is that , International Women’s Day has always been and will continue to be a day of action for women’s struggles, for true personhood, for full equality in the workplace, in the home and in the streets. As Young communists, we also take pride that the deep root of International Women’s Day comes from the communist movement: it is Clara Zetkin and Alexandra Kollontai who took the initiative of celebrating March 8th as a day to honour women’s struggles across the world.

Solidarité avec les Franco-Ontariens!

La Ligue de la jeunesse communiste appuie la lutte de la jeunesse franco-ontarienne mobilisée pour la défense de ses droits linguistiques et appelle ses membres ainsi que les progressistes, syndicats, associations étudiantes, groups communautaires, etc. à affirmer leur solidarité envers les revendications des Franco-Ontariens.

Solidarity with Franco-Ontarians!

The Young Communist League supports the struggle of Franco-Ontarian youth mobilized for the defense of their language rights and calls on its members as well as progressives, unions, student associations, community groups, etc. to affirm their solidarity with the demands of Franco-Ontarians.

All out on November 29th for Democracy on Campus!

With Doug Ford’s so-called “Free Speech Directive”, democracy on Campus is under severe attack.

Despite its name, purposely chosen to confuse people, this directive has little to do with freedom of speech. Instead, it is crafted to open universities’ doors wide open for ultra-right forces to propagate their bigoted and inflammatory speech, targeting progressive student groups and people, including student and labour unions on campus, and jeopardizing the independence of universities.

Doug Ford’s “Free Speech” directive is a severe attack on students and progressive peoples’ rights!

The YCL-LJC joins forces with organizations across Ontario to denounce the so-called “free speech” directive passed by Doug Ford’s provincial government and urges all progressive and democratic students to oppose and resist this directive by all means possible. We encourage young people across Canada to express their solidarity with students in Ontario.

Passed in August, this directive purports to defend freedom of expression in Ontario universities by denying funding to those who, by January 1, have not complied with the directive through bylaws, policies, or other mechanisms designed to counter any restrictions on this right; a fundamental principle already protected by the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Those deemed to have violated said policies would also be subject to individual punishment by the school. The HEQCO (Higher Education Quality Council of Ontario) is tasked with auditing the performance of this resolution – if the school is deemed not to have sufficiently enforced these policies, the HEQCO may report this to the Ontario government, which will then threaten their funding. This use of funding as leverage for compliance with government policy is undemocratic and unconstitutional.

La directive de Ford sur la “liberté d’expression” est une attaque contre les droits des étudiant.es et des progressistes

La YCL-LJC joint sa voix aux organisations dénonçant la directive sur la « liberté d’expression » votée par le gouvernement conservateur de l’Ontario et enjoint tous les étudiant.es et jeunes progressistes et démocrates à s’opposer et à résister contre cette loi par tous les moyens possible. Nous encourageons également les jeunes du reste du Canada à exprimer leur solidarité envers leurs confrères et consoeurs de l’Ontario.

Votée en aout dernier, cette loi feint défendre la liberté d’expression dans les universités ontariennes en sanctionnant financièrement celles qui, d’ici le 1er janvier prochain, ne se seraient pas dotées de règlements ou autres mécanismes destinés à contrer toute restriction à ce droit fondamental pourtant déjà protégé par la Charte canadienne des droits et libertés. Ceux et celles qui l’enfreindraient seraient également susceptibles de sanctions individuelles par leur établissement. Le Conseil ontarien de la qualité de l’enseignement supérieur (COQES) aura pour tâche de s’assurer de la bonne application de cette directive. Un établissement qui serait considéré comme ayant appliqué la directive de façon laxiste serait dénoncé auprès du gouvernement et son financement s’en retrouverait entamé. Cette utilisation du chantage financier est antidémocratique et anticonstitutionnelle.

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.

Harper defeated, youth struggle against the corporate agenda continues

Central Executive Committee, YCL-LJC

October 2015

The Young Communist League of Canada welcomes the defeat of the Harper Conservatives in the federal election, but recognizes the immediate need to intensify the youth and student struggle against the new Liberal version of the big business agenda.

Central Committee Report on 2015 Federal Election

YCL-LJC Central Committee Report on the 2015 Federal Election

Central Committee – April 5, 2015

Almost a decade of Conservative rule in Canada has brought war, austerity and crises.

After 9 years of the Harper government’s rule, the upcoming Federal election, whether in the Spring or the Fall, marks an important opportunity for the YCL-LJC in their struggle for peace, jobs, the environment and democracy, as well as the broader struggle for socialism.