Condemn the crackdown on democratic protests in India

The Central Executive Committee of the Young Communist League – Ligue de la jeunesse communiste Canada condemns in the strongest terms the police repression and attacks on workers, students, and youth in India who are struggling against mass electoral disenfranchisement and undemocratic repression of protest. Particularly we are disturbed by the arrests and use of force against youth and political activists from our sister organizations who raised legitimate concerns against Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government’s suppression of voting rights.

The purging of 130 million voter registrations is a direct attack on the democratic rights of workers and students across India. The YCL-LJC stands in solidarity with the comrades of the Students’ Federation of India (SFI), Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI), the All India Youth Federation (AIYF), and the All India Students Federation (AISF) who are rightfully protesting this egregious attack on civil liberties and participation. Thousands of youth and students participated in these protests in recent weeks, many of them young women in particular and these arrests represent an attack on the democratic right to protest and civil disruption.

The violence of the Delhi Police and Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) paramilitaries in response to rightful protests expose the BJP’s agenda of political suppression, particularly of the youth, women, and Muslims. This is clear in the most recent attempts of the BJP to silence people’s anger by banning gatherings, shutting down transit routes, and setting up police barricades.

As a member of the World Federation of Democratic Youth we echo its calls and the calls of our sister organizations for the release of the detainees and an end to the suppression of peaceful protest and voting rights in India.

Solidarity with the Students in France! / Solidarité avec les étudiants en France !

The Central Committee of the Young Communist League – Ligue de la jeunesse communiste extends our solidarity to the school students of France and their mobilisations demanding education for all. We condemn the violent repression of the French state against the demonstrators.

We salute our sister organisation the Mouvement des Jeunes communistes de France for their work mobilising students under progressive universal demands, in particular we salute the campaign of ‘cahiers de doléances’ and the work to build organisation.

We call on all democratic forces across the country, especially the student movement and campus unions to condemn the violent repression of demonstrators in France. The best way to extend our solidarity is by organising for accessible free education for all and creating more full time jobs for campus workers.

Free education for all!

Le Comité central de la Ligue de la jeunesse communiste exprime sa solidarité envers les élèves français et leurs mobilisations en faveur de l’éducation pour tous. Nous condamnons la répression violente exercée par l’État français contre les manifestants.

Nous saluons notre organisation sœur, le Mouvement des Jeunes communistes de France, pour son travail de mobilisation des étudiants autour de revendications progressistes et universelles; nous saluons en particulier la campagne des « cahiers de doléances » et le travail de renforcement de l’organisation.

Nous appelons toutes les forces démocratiques du pays, en particulier le mouvement étudiant et les syndicats universitaires, à condamner la répression violente dont sont victimes les manifestants en France. La meilleure façon de manifester notre solidarité est de militer en faveur d’une éducation gratuite et accessible à tous et de créer davantage d’emplois à temps plein pour le personnel universitaire.

L’éducation gratuite pour tous !

Freedom for Comrade Hassan Shehadeh!

The Young Communist League – Ligue de la jeunesse communiste Canada calls for the immediate and unconditional release of comrade Hassan Shehahdeh, a former prisoner and the head of Palestinian Democratic Youth Union (PDYU) in the West Bank. We extend our full solidarity with the PDYU and the family of comrade Hassan Shehadeh.

At dawn on Thursday, 17 September 2026, Israeli occupation forces raided Comrade Shehadeh’s home in Abu Dis, east of occupied Jerusalem, arrested him, and took him into custody. We hold the Israeli occupation authorities fully responsible for the safety and well-being of Comrade Hassan Shehadeh.

In the strongest possible terms we condemn the arrest of comrade Hassan Shehadeh and the direct targeting of Palestinian youth leaders. We call on all progressive and democratic youth organisations in our country to demand comrade Hassan Shehadeh immediate and unconditional release, together with all Palestinian prisoners and detainees.

We salute the work of the PDYU organising youth and students in defence of the national rights of the Palestinian people. We continue to campaign in our country for freedom, independence, and the right of return for the Palestinian people and against the monopolies in Canada that profit from occupation and war.

Freedom for Comrade Hassan Shehadeh!

Freedom for all Palestinian prisoners and detainees!

80 Years of the World Federation of Democratic Youth

Eighty years ago, on November 10th 1945, the World Federation of Democratic Youth was born!

Today, as eighty years ago, the World Federation of Democratic Youth, with its motto “Youth Unite! Forward for Lasting Peace”, continues to be the worldwide anti-imperialist front that brings together and United progressive, revolutionary, communist, and anti-imperialist organisations under a single goal: the struggle for lasting peace and the defeat of imperialism.

When imperialism and fascism with their allies seek to destroy the aspirations of youth for a better life, for public education and work with rights, access to leisure and sports, to basic needs and the right to life and to their country, the World Federation of Democratic Youth, together with its organisations, asserts itself in every country and region in the struggle for the right of youth, and the construction of a world of peace and social progress.

Now more than ever, strengthening the World Federation of Democratic Youth and its struggle, strengthening anti-imperialist unity and internationalist solidarity with the peoples and youth of the world, remains essential.

Long Live Internationalist Soldarity!

Long Live the Anti-Imperialist Struggle!

Long Live the World Federation of Democratic Youth!

Solidarity With the Communist Youth of Syria

The Young Communist League – Ligue de la jeunesse communiste denounces in the strongest terms the ban on Communist Youth Organisations in Syria. Our entire membership stands in solidarity with our sister organisations in Syria.

On January 29, the ruling islamofascists in Syria suspended the constitution and outlawed several political parties and organisations including the two communist parties and their affiliated youth organisations, the Union of Democratic Youth Syria-Khalid Baghdash and Syrian Democratic Youth Union. Both organisations are active members of the World Federation of Democratic Youth and have been conduits for the young people of Syria in the patriotic defence against the Imperialist intervention and in the struggle against the previous Ba’ath government.

The ban was enacted by the jihadist military groups, who were once labelled terrorists by the Canadian state before taking Damascus and coming to power in December.

The Communist Youth Organisations were banned because they were staunch fighters against sectarianism, reaction, and capitulation to the interests of monopoly capitalism – that is imperialism. The new rulers of Syria have already demonstrated their submission to the dictates of globalised capitalism through their promises to Israel and NATO member Turkey, and the guarantees made to implement ‘market liberalisation’. The move to outlaw the young communists shows the world the true class nature of the former Al-Qaeda affiliates now calling the shots in Syria.

This dangerous attack on democratic rights must be condemned in the strongest terms. Solidarity efforts among the youth and students in Canada must be organised. Surely, this is only the first step before future attacks on the working class and oppressed masses in Syria.

As the opening line of Martin Niemöller’s cautionary poem goes, “First they came for the Communists and I did not speak out. Because I was not a Communist.”

The YCL-LJC stands in solidarity with our comrades, just like we did when the Canadian state dropped sanctions and bombs on the people of Syria. We call on all peace-loving organisations of youth and students in Canada to condemn this dangerous attack on youth in Syria.

Long live proletarian internationalism!

YCL-LJC Salutes the Palestinian people on Nakba Day

Central Executive Committee, May 14th 2020

On Nakba Day, The YCL-LJC reiterates its wholehearted support for the Palestinian people, and strongly condemns Israel’s occupation and annexation of Palestinian lands. Nakba Day is a day of commemoration for Palestinians who faced mass displacement following the Israeli Declaration of Independence in 1948. Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians were forced out of their towns and villages, many of which were entirely depopulated and destroyed. For 72 years, the Palestinian people have been fighting for recognition of their own state in the image of their national aspirations. Throughout this time, the Israeli apartheid state has organized the deadliest raids, in total violation of human rights and in total violation of international law.