The Young Communist League (YCL) is the name both of the youth wing of the former Communist Party of Great Britain and the current youth wing of the Communist Party of Britain (CPB); an organisation that sees itself as the successor to the Communist Party of Great Britain.
The original YCL organisation was founded in 1921 as the youth wing of the Communist Party of Great Britain (CPGB) by the merger of the Young Workers' League and the Internatio...
more
Read article at Wikipedia
Young Communist League
Political party
Politicians in this party:
We can also tell you Young Communist League is a
If you know more about Young Communist League, you can add more facts here »
Similar topics in Freebase
-
United Kingdom Independence Party
The United Kingdom Independence Party (commonly known as UKIP, pronounced /ˈjuːkɪp/ roughly yoo-kip) is a conservative, eurosceptic political party. Its principal aim is the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union. UKIP currently holds thirteen seats in the European Parliament and... -
Alliance for Green Socialism
The Alliance for Green Socialism (AGS) is a socialist and environmentalist political grouping operating across the United Kingdom (although its most active membership is in West Yorkshire, particularly in City of Leeds). It was formed in 2003 following a merger between the Leeds Left Alliance ... -
Xtraordinary People Party
The Xtraordinary People Party is a minor political party in the United Kingdom. Led by Kate Griggs, the party aims to increase awareness of dyslexia. In the 2005 UK general election, Kate Griggs stood against Ruth Kelly in Bolton West and received 74 votes, 0.2% of the total. -
Christian Peoples Alliance
The Christian Peoples Alliance is a Christian democrat political party in the United Kingdom. Founded in its present form during the late 20th century, it grew out of a cross-party interest group known as the Movement for Christian Democracy. The party operates all over Great Britain and has... -
Anti-Parliamentary Communist Federation
The Anti-Parliamentary Communist Federation (APCF) was a communist group in Britain. It was founded by the group around Guy Aldred's Spur newspaper - mostly former Communist League members - in 1921. They included John McGovern. The group sent delegates to the Third Congress of the Comintern, but... -
Imperial Fascist League
The Imperial Fascist League (IFL) was a British fascist political movement founded by Arnold Leese in 1929. The IFL was a small group with never more than a few hundred members, including its Fascist Legions who wore black shirts (modelled on the Milizia Volontaria per la Sicurezza Nazionale in... -
British Union of Fascists
The British Union of Fascists (BUF) was a political party in the United Kingdom formed in 1932 by a former Labour government minister and former MP of the Conservative Party, Sir Oswald Mosley. Oswald Mosley had been a minister in Ramsay MacDonald's Labour government advising on rising unemployment... -
Men's Representative Party
The Men's Representative Party is a minor British political party, which was registered on June 7th 2006. The MRP claim to be Britain's first political party for men. Their policies are listed as follows: -
Alliance for Change
The Alliance for Change is a political organisation in the United Kingdom. Founded in early 2005, its aim is to provide an electoral slate on which independent candidates and those from minor parties can stand. It believes that this method will provide its candidates with more publicity and allow... -
Independent Irish Party
The Independent Irish Party (1852-1858) was an Irish political party founded in July 1852 by 40 Liberal Irish MPs who had been elected to the Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. It is sometimes mentioned as the Irish Independent Opposition Party, and colloquially known as...