The Young Communist League (YCL) is devoted to the interests of all young people, as well as the revolutionary struggle of the American working class and the transformation of America into a socialist society through mass democratic struggle. The YCL stands with all young people in the struggle to realize their highest aspirations: to live in peace and freedom, to work and love, to create and celebrate. Only by eliminating capitalism and the evils that grow out of it, racism, gender and sexual discrimination, class exploitation, poverty and war, will the rights of young people be fully guaranteed. Coming out of the militant upswing in activism around anti-capitalist struggle and the movement for black lives, a clear need for a revolutionary youth movement was felt, and in the 2019 convention of the CPUSA, the membership voted to re-form the Young Communist League of the United States of America. YCL has a storied and important history and its relevance is felt today more than ever. Across New York State, youth activists from the People’s Climate March, Fight for 15, and the Black Lives Matter movement, as well as organizers from socialist, labor, electoral, student spaces, have come together to build a party for the working class and fight for a state, country, and world that works for the people instead of the corporate oligarchs and capitalist ruling class.
