Category: Red Youth

7th November 2016 marks the 99th Anniversary of the Great Socialist October Revolution, and this profoundly significant event in human history, and the progressive calendar, was celebrated by CPGB-ML members and supporters this weekend, in Saklatvala Hall, Southall.

Our speakers and guests paid moving tribute to the world significance of the Bolsheviks’ struggle in Russia, and the Soviet Union, and the lasting impact it has had on our world – and their respective countries, revolutions and struggles.

In the words of Lenin: “The workers of the whole world greet us, applaud us for breaking the iron ring of imperialist ties … for raising the banner of peace, the banner of socialism for the whole world to see” Continue reading “October Revolution 1917 – 2016” →

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Protest NatWest bank’s attempt to gag the free press: TODAY – Tuesday 18th October 2016; 4-6pm

LONDON: NatWest HQ. 135 Bishopsgate, London EC2M 3UR

BIRMINGHAM: NatWest offices. 1 St Philips Place, Birmingham B3 2PT

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NatWest – the bank that likes to say: No! – is trying to gag Russia Today (RT), the fastest growing and most popular independent and objective media source available to the people of Britain.

It cannot be considered a coincidence that this attack coincides with the US-UK ruling class escalation of conflict with Syria, at a time when Russia is the main backer of the democratically elected Syrian government headed by Dr Bashar Al-Assad, and RT is exposing the truth about the Anglo-American dirty war on Syria. Not least because the British state is the major shareholder, and effectively owns and operates RBS (of which NatWest is a subsidiary).

Continue reading “PROTEST TODAY! Don’t let NatWest bank gag RT -YOU are the intended victim of a misinformation campaign!” →

Recently Red Youth attended a political summer camp with Swedish comrades from the Kommunistiska Partiet and the youth organisation Revolutionär Kommunistisk Ungdom.

Our Swedish comrades were incredibly welcoming and, over the course of a week, many discussions took place about the respective political situations in Sweden and Britain, on wider global issues, and tactics and strategies for building a revolutionary Marxist-Leninist party.

The summer camp features a healthy mix of political presentations & discussion, sport, music, and relaxation, all taking place in a supremely comradely environment with party members, youth, and supporters from all over Sweden.

Red Youth took the opportunity to interview Robert Mathiasson, Chair of the Communist Party of Sweden, about the EU and Brexit.

Continue reading “Swedish Communist Party Chair talks Brexit” →

This video was filmed at a meeting held in Southall, west London, in the run-up to Fidel Castro’s 90th birthday. His anniversary was rightly celebrated by the people of Cuba – and is particularly remarkable in view of the literally hundreds of attempts to assassinate him made by US imperialism. After all, Mainland USA lies just 90 miles from the coast of Cuba, and their Navy continue to illegally occupy Guantanamo Bay, on the eastern point of the island.

Continue reading “Cuba defends Socialism in the Americas” →

Harpal Brar, Chairman of the CPGB-ML, introduces the North Korean Ambassador to the UK, Hyon Hak Bong, at an international celebration held recently in the party’s London HQ in Ealing Southall.

The celebration is held annually to mark the importance of international solidarity to the working people in our diverse struggles, and in particular, the anniversary of the victory of the North Korean people over the US imperialists on 27 July 1953, and the storming of the Moncada barracks, on 26th July of the same year, by Castro and his comrades, that gave rise to a powerful revolutionary movement that went on to sweep the Caribbean island of the fascistic Batista regime, and spread Socialism and the message of the October revolution to the shores of the Americas.

Harpal and Ambassador Hyon make some profound comments on the current ratcheting up of tension, including nuclear threats, on the Korean Peninsula. Crucially, they put this situation into its correct historical context – something that our media pundits fear and scrupulously avoid, as it immediately puts the lie to the imperialist narrative of ‘defending the south against the megalomaniacal and unstable regime in the north’. Continue reading “Life in Korea is neither peace nor war” →

In this video – still images from which have been ripped by Reuters and syndicated internationally without our permission or acknowledgment – Comrade Yongho Thae, former Mister from the London Embassy of the DPRK (North Korea), speaks about the significance of the Great Socialist October Revolution, at the CPGB-ML’s meeting to celebrate its 98th Anniversary, held on November 7th 2015 in Saklatvala Hall, Southall.

News has reached us – as you, no doubt – that Thae has recently deserted his post and defected to the imperialist camp. This no doubt reflects some deep difficulties he felt he could not resolve, and is a personal tragedy for Thae and his family. We knew him and are saddened by his decision, which came apparently ‘out of the blue’.

It does not undermine his words and message in this speech, however, in which he pays tribute to the internationalism of the October revolution, and expresses his opinion that socialism remains the future of humanity. We invite all who have learned something of Thae to watch this and understand his speech.

Continue reading “North Korean Minister Thae Defects – imperialist media gloat, but they have won nothing” →