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YCL 8th National Convention May 2006
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Our Future, Our Fight: Youth Beat Back the Ultra-Right!
Young Communist League, USA
Eighth National Convention
May 27-29, 2006 * New York City
Our Future, Our Fight: Youth Beat Back the Ultra-Right
On Memorial Day Weekend members of the Young Communist League, USA refused to sit back while ultra-right attempts to destroy our future by holding our 8th National Convention in Brooklyn, New York. During the weekend, over 250 delegates and guests from Oakland, Chicago, Maine, Providence, Florida, St. Louis, New York and many other communities came together to celebrate the successes of the YCL in the last 4 years and to plan how to move the YCL forward in the struggle for peace, jobs and education for young people.
Convention highlights include:
Convention-goers attended “War and Peace”, an art exhibit and hip-hop performance co-sponsored by Dynamic Magazine, World Up and Upper Playground
Convention-goers demonstrated outside of a Brooklyn military recruitment center demanding money for schools, jobs and not for war
Convention adopted a national Action Plan, a document that provides a foundation for our work over the next 4 years
Convention approved resolutions covering our approach to the struggle of immigrants, the struggle for peace, and aid to survivors of Hurricane Katrina
Convention elected of new National Council and National Coordinator, Erica Smiley
The convention opened with a rousing speech from out-going National Coordinator Jessica Marshall, setting the tone for the rest of the weekend by noting “This country needs a radical youth organization, a strong and vibrant multi-racial organization. The YCL knows that unity is not a secondary vision. We are not victims, we are fighters!” Also addressing the convention were Congressman Major Owens (D-NY) who welcomed us to Brooklyn “on behalf of all the progressive forces of the nation and world”, Jarvis Tyner, executive Vice Chair of the Communist Party USA who reminded us that “Tomorrow is Yours”, and international guests from the World Federation of Democratic Youth (WFDY), YCL of Canada, YCL of Greece, YCL of Israel and the Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front (FMLN) of El Salvador.
Throughout the weekend YCL members and guests participated in workshops on topics ranging from issues such as “Youth and the Poverty Draft”, skills-building sessions on how to get involved in the upcoming elections to ideological workshops highlighting the YCL’s approach to fighting racism, the struggle women’s equality and the fight for democracy.
As we all return home, pumped from the Convention and ready to hit the streets in the upcoming elections, we invite you to join us in the fight for the rights of young people and for a better future for all youth. You can do this in many ways, signing up for the upcoming YCL School where you can dive deeper into the many ideological questions raised at the convention, you can participate in our elections work, and be a part of implementing our Action Plan in so many ways.
But before you do anything, consider joining the YCLUSA.
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Youth Stand Up for PEACE, DEMOCRACY and JUSTICE on April 29th!
CALLING ALL YOUTH
On Saturday, April 29th, 2006 we will gather in New York City with people from all over the country to demand Peace, Justice and Democracy for our generation and for all the world's people! Join us in showing the White House and Congress that youth and students will not stand by and watch them destroy the hopes and dreams of our generation!
For more information, check out March for Peace Justice and Democracy
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Cover - 2006/Issue 11
-The REAL story of what is happening in Iraq and New
Orleans.
-The youth and labor movement in the Philippines and their
fight against the brutal murders of union leaders.
-Our Culture Section returns strong as ever. We sit down
one-on-one with two of the Bay Area’s finest:
rapper/producer Paris and singer Goapele.
-And much more!
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The dead in Fallujah being buried long after the fighting ceased.
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The war and occupation of Iraq has been a disaster: for the Iraqi people, for the US people, and for the hope of peace in the Middle East. As the price tag for the war passes the $200 billion mark, and the Iraqi and US death tolls rise, at least 53% of people in the US confirm that they believe the war in Iraq is going badly, according to a recent Gallup poll. Even as opposition grows, the message from the White House is “stay the course.” But accord- ing to Congressman John Murtha, a conservative Democrat who originally supported the war, “the presence of U.S. troops in Iraq is impeding progress ... we need to turn Iraq over to the Iraqis.”
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8th National Convention of the Young Communist League, USA - May 27-29, NYC
Over Memorial Day weekend 2006, youth from around the country came together to fight back against the Bush Agenda and to build a future of peace, jobs and education for young people! Click here for highlights from the 8th National Convention of the YCL!
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NATIONAL DAY OF RESISTANCE - MARCH 16, 2006
On Mar. 16, JOIN the NATIONAL YOUTH AND STUDENT PEACE COALITION in organizing a national youth-led day of action against the war! In March of 2003, NYSPC activists led 500 student actions to stop the war. Three years and thousands of deaths later, NYSPC is calling for actions across the country to demand an end to this disastrous occupation, and we urge young people everywhere to call upon Congress to fund BOOKS NOT BOMBS!
Click here to find out how you can organize an action on your campus or in your community.
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Download the YCL's pamphlet that explains Bush's attack on Social Security and how to fight to save Social Security!
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The Young Communist League, USA is a multi-racial, working-class organization made up of youth who believe we can build a better world. We come from a variety of backgrounds, just like the young people of our country: we are employed and unemployed workers, we are high school and college students, we are Black, white, Latino, Asian, and Native American, we are gay and straight, we are women and men.
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cover - 2005/December
In this issue you’ll read about the growing movement to end the invasion of military recruiters into our high schools and college campuses, demanding an end to the militarization of our schools and REAL alternatives to the military.
You’ll also find an interview with the United States Students Association discussing the attack on Affirmative Action and how the right wing is working to limit access to higher education for young people of color and women.
Our international section features a special article from Israel/Palestine on the Gaza Strip evacuation and a story on the struggle for university reform in Brazil.
We didn’t pull any punches with our cultural section either. This Dynamic features cover art by Shepard Fairey - the renowned "OBEY GIANT" artist, an exclusive interview with Chicago’s up-and-coming rapper Rhymefest, amazing music from all over the globe, and much more!
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Predicted as the largest ever grassroots based film release, the documentary Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price is set to open at 7,000 locations around the country Nov. 13-19. Wal-Mart executives, apparently terrified of the new negative publicity on top of an already burgeoning anti-Wal-Mart movement, have launched an attack campaign against the movie.
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In February 2004, Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon surprised all of Israel, and perhaps the world, when he announced his readiness to dismantle -- under the veil of his “disengagement” plan -- 17 Israeli settlements in the Gaza Strip. Another surprise was that he actually put his words into action over the course of two weeks in August 2005. All of Israel’s soldiers and settlers left the Gaza strip. Four more West Bank settlements were dismantled later.
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What if someone were to offer you stability, employment, a college education, community, personal development and a chance to see the world? What would you say? What if in your community, there were no jobs, the public schools sucked, you did not have enough money for college and your future was uncertain? Would this influence your decision? This scenario gets played out everyday across the country between young people and military recruiters.
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Irene Schwoefferman is the Director of the Student of Color Campus Diversity Project of the United States Student Association (USSA). The United States Student Association is the country's oldest and largest national student organization, representing millions of students. USSA believes education is a right and works on building grassroots power among students to win concrete victories that expand access to education at the federal, state and campus level.
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Welcome to the final issue of Dynamic for 2005!
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Click here to read our new counter recruitment pamphlet. Scroll down to the bottom of the page to find a downloadable version to print and use in your area.
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Click here to download the YCL's newly revised and updated study guide for the Communist Manifesto to use for study with your club!
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National \\\"Not Your Soldier\\\" Youth and Student Day of Action
Thursday, November 17th at a high school or college campus near you....
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I recently had the chance to interview Jeff Chang, a well known activist and historian of Hip Hop culture. His new book, Can’t Stop, Wont Stop, chronicles the history and development of Hip Hop. I found information in Can’t Stop that you can’t find most places.
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Cover - 2005/August
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Photo courtesy of Jose Garcia, Jose is fourth from the right
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Dynamic interviewed a few YCL members who explained why they joined and what the YCL means in their lives. These YCL members have found a place to affirm their principles, learn and ask questions, and gain the skills it takes to change the system.
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Voices from the Movement read about: Youth Rights Media, S.T.A.T.E., Campaign to Stop Killer Coke, Locking Up Innocent Immigrants
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