Rebel Youth - Jeunesse Militante (2024)

15/04/2024

The brigade, scheduled for April 25 to April 29, aims to include international delegations with the purpose of extending the voice and visibility of the local communities in Huisito, as a sort of listening tribunal of the needs and goals of the populations in the frontline of peace advancements in Colombia. The YCL-LJC encourages all progressive organizations, labour unions, and the student movement to support the maintenance of peace efforts in Colombia.

International delegations to gather from April 25 to 29 to support peace efforts in rural communities.

14/04/2024

From Canada to Sudan, solidarity against Imperialism.

"This word, solidarity, is just a word. But the action it represents is one of the most powerful we have. Solidarity is a force for change, for a better world."

We understand the link between the fight for peace and international solidarity. The working class in Canada has more in common with the working class and the peoples of the world than with “our” bourgeoisie.

24/03/2024

Since February 24, over 3,000 workers and students represented by CUPE 3903, including teaching assistants, graduate/research assistants, contract faculty, and part-time librarians and archivists, are on strike at York University. At York, U of T and elsewhere, the student movement must organize toward unity with the labour movement.

At York, U of T and elsewhere, the student movement must organize toward unity with the labour movement.

08/03/2024

The YCL-LJC extends revolutionary greetings to all those struggling for women’s rights. / La YCL-LJC adresse ses salutations révolutionnaires à toutes celles et ceux qui luttent pour les droits des femmes.

https://ry-jm.ycl-ljc.ca/international-womens-day-greetings-salutations-a-loccasion-de-la-journee-internationale-des-femmes/

Revolutionary greetings to all those struggling for women’s rights.

07/03/2024

Post-secondary education is in crisis.

"What is needed now is a serious investment of public funds into PSE. The reliance on tuition fees, particularly from international students, over public funds has created an unsustainable funding model that is leading to a major contraction of the PSE sector."

Our generation needs to take up the fight for education for all!

19/11/2023

This mobilization is an opportunity to strengthen the unity of students from Quebec, English Canada and abroad around the fundamental demands of the student movement: the defence of education as a public service and the fight for free, accessible, quality education.

This mobilization is an opportunity to strengthen the unity of students around the fundamental demands of the student movement.

08/11/2023

The right is seizing the opportunity to direct discontent caused by capitalism toward vulnerable minorities and will continue to fan the flames. The left cannot leave this space unchallenged.

The enabling actions of the Liberal government under Justin Trudeau in its failure to proactively protect the rights of marginalized communities has carved a niche for white supremacists to sow their roots.

30/10/2023

Food insecurity on the rise among students. Let us organize and demand action for students and workers, against corporations profiting from inflation.

Let us organize and demand action for students and workers, against corporations profiting from inflation.

24/10/2023

We cannot remain silent in the face of recent events aimed at outlawing the Communist Party of Venezuela, the first political party to recognize the anti-imperialist value of Chavez and the Bolivarian process.

Nous ne pouvons rester silencieux devant les récents évènements qui visent à rendre illégal le Parti communiste du Venezuela, premier parti politique à avoir reconnu la valeur anti-impérialiste de Chavez et du processus bolivarien.

English text follows. La Ligue de la jeunesse communiste du Canada, réunie en Congrès les

23/10/2023

Jeunes communistes, nous reconnaissons le caractère historique de cette mobilisation qui a lieu dans un contexte d’inflation, de hausse des taux d’intérêts et d’un transfert d’argent inégalé du travail vers le capital. C’est pourquoi nous nous engageons à appuyer activement le Front commun.

As young communists, we recognize the historic nature of this mobilization, which is taking place in a context of inflation, rising interest rates, and an unprecedented transfer of money from labour to capital. That is why we are committed to actively supporting the Common Front.

English text follows La Ligue de la jeunesse communiste du Canada témoigne de sa pleine

21/10/2023

The transphobic march is not only an attack against students’ rights in primary school — it is part of a much broader far-right offensive against unions and public services, with fascist characteristics.

Transphobic protests are part of a broad offensive against unions, healthcare, education.

15/10/2023

The YCL-LJC expresses our full solidarity with the York Federation of Students, York Graduate Students’ Union, and Glendon College Student Union in the face of attacks by the York University administration and members of the Provincial and Federal Parliament.

La YCL-LJC exprime son entière solidarité avec la York Federation of Students, le York Graduate Students’ Union et le Glendon College Student Union face aux attaques de l’administration de l’Université de York et des membres des parlements provincial et fédéral.

Le texte français suit. The YCL-LJC expresses our full solidarity with the York Federation of

10/10/2023

The Young Communist League calls on all young anti-imperialists, progressives, democrats and people of good will, as well as all democratic and popular movements, to intensify their support for the struggle of the Palestinian people.

La Ligue de la jeunesse communiste appelle l’ensemble des jeunes anti-impérialistes, progressistes, démocrates et de bonne volonté ainsi que l’ensemble des mouvements démocratiques et populaires à intensifier leur appui à la lutte du peuple Palestinien.

English text follows. Quelques heures à peine avant le début de notre Congrès central, la

28/09/2023

The Young Communist League of Canada – Ligue de la jeunesse communiste du Canada unequivocally condemns the terrorist attack on the Cuban Embassy in Washington.

La Ligue de la jeunesse communiste du Canada condamne sans équivoque l’attaque terroriste contre l’ambassade de Cuba à Washington.

Le texte français suit. The Young Communist League of Canada – Ligue de la jeunesse

30/08/2023

La Russie prétend organiser un Festival en 2024 à Sotchi…

Cette annonce n’est pas étonnante puisqu’elle intervient au beau milieu d’une guerre de l’OTAN contre la Russie par Ukraine interposée. Il n’est pas étonnant donc que le gouvernement russe cherche une certaine validation par la jeunesse du monde. Par contre, le fait de construire cette initiative sur le dos de la FMJD est inacceptable.

Il n’est pas étonnant que le gouvernement russe cherche une validation par la jeunesse du monde. Par contre, le fait de construire cette initiative sur le dos de la FMJD est inacceptable.

29/08/2023

Russia claims to be organizing a Festival in 2024 in Sochi…

This announcement is not surprising, since it comes in the midst of NATO’s war against Russia via Ukraine. So it’s hardly surprising that the Russian government is seeking some validation from the world’s youth. On the other hand, building this initiative on the back of WFDY is unacceptable.

It's hardly surprising that the Russian government is seeking some validation from the world's youth. On the other hand, building this initiative on the back of WFDY is unacceptable.

15/07/2023

Medicare in Canada was never a gift, it was the prize fought for and won by working people in struggle for their health, for the health of their children and their communities, against greed and the drive for wealth and profits. Sixty years on, the struggle continues.

99 percent voted No to Doug Ford's privatization scheme.

13/07/2023

The bourgeois want a surplus of desperate workers who are underemployed or unemployed to drive down wages to no more than subsistence — a reserve army of labour.

12/07/2023

The combined factors of the suppression of Indigenous cultural practices and promotion of monocultural forestry contributes to a situation where a single spark spells devastation for entire regions.

The suppression of Indigenous cultural practices and the promotion of monocultural forestry create a situation where a single spark spells devastation.

10/07/2023

Working people must continue to make noise. Inflation is a capitalist-made crisis for higher profits and lower wages. This campaign will continue until grocery CEOs are no longer making millions off penny wages.

We demand a rollback in prices on basic essentials that working people need, and a raise in corporate taxes to stop the rich from getting richer off working people’s backs.

25/06/2023

We have provided a scattershot look at some of the plethora of candidates to help give our readers some perspective on the heated race for the Mayor’s Chain of Office — and more importantly, how we can block the right and build the movement for municipal reform.

With over 100 candidates and without a People’s Alternative on the ballot, what should young people do on June 26?

16/06/2023

Through a joint communiqué, more than 20 youth organizations from different parts of the world expressed their concern at the “advance of dangerous actions aimed at violating the political and democratic rights of the Communist Party of Venezuela (PCV)”.

Declaration from World Federation of Democratic Youth member organizations

10/06/2023

In the 1920s, the Young Communist League played a historic role in helping to maintain the ideological integrity of the Party during a tumultuous period, and in propelling Tim Buck to the position of General Secretary.

In the 1920s, the YCL played a decisive role in the struggle against opportunism.

07/06/2023

What we see is the opposite of individual autonomy. Rather, we see workers who are so immiserated by the hell of capitalism that they feel that they have no choice but to end their own lives to prevent further suffering.

In Canada, euthanasia has become a “solution” to life in poverty.

27/02/2023

"The lessons and effects of this education will be felt through the club as a whole, and into the wider community as we continue to fight and organize for a socialist future in Canada."

The lessons and effects of this education will be felt through the club as a whole, and into the wider community as we continue to fight and organize for a socialist future in Canada.

27/01/2023

"Clearly, we need more paramedics and medical professionals. It’s well past time that education in these fields be made free of charge, and that wages be made livable. If you or a loved one experiences a medical emergency, don’t you want to know that there will be someone there to answer the call?"

Paramedics face high costs of education and of living, low wages, and rapidly deteriorating mental health conditions.

25/01/2023

"One of the best skills that I have learned throughout my time in the YCL and the student movement is outreach and organizing tips. As a popular feature in Rebel Youth, “Ten Tips for Organizing” is not a new concept, but is a time-tested and true system for organizing and building collective power. There are no shortcuts to organizing — no amount of social media posts or recruiting from other organizations will replace on-the-ground organizing. "

No amount of social media posts or recruiting from other organizations will replace on-the-ground organizing.

23/01/2023

"Since the education system under capitalism prioritizes producing workers over the best interest of said workers, it is safe to conclude that neurodivergent students are not the only ones negatively impacted by this system. The socialist model of education focuses the value on the students themselves, and not on the work that they are able to produce."

Under capitalism, lack of accommodation sets us up for failure.

21/01/2023

"Ontario’s healthcare is in crisis. The healthcare system has a self-inflicted wound, one that is infected and festering, threatening to rot the rest from the inside out. The sickness is rooted in greed, profit-seeking, and privatization — capitalism. In healthcare, to effectively treat an illness, one must treat the underlying cause or causes."

Public socialized medicine is still the answer, not privatization.

20/01/2023

"In the end, the “reformist” movement of 2012 was more dangerous to the ruling class than the “radical” movement of 2015. This illustrates how social change does not come from slogans or direct actions, but rather from the ability to create broad unity and militancy."

Unlike in 2012, the 2015 movement against austerity failed to build unity and to grow in strength.

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