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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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Thousands of youth and students from countries across the globe will convene in South Africa Dec. 13-21, to participate in the 17th World Festival of Youth and Students. The festival will take place in Johannesburg.
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CHICAGO-If African Americans, Latinos, first time voters and students defy predictions
and vote in large numbers November 2, Democrats can prevent a Republican takeover of
Congress. So said former President Bill Clinton at a jammed get-out-the-vote rally here
Oct. 26.
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This weekend the largest and most diverse political rally in modern history took place in DC. YCLers from all over the nation turned out to voice their message about jobs, education and peace for youth and America.
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Bea Lumpkin wife of labor hero Frank Lumpkin, former YCL member and champion of the working class struggle reminisces about her time with the Young Communist League. This is an excerpt from her upcoming biography...
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As accusations abound we tell you in our own words why we chose to support the One Nation Working Together Rally in DC!
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Bea Lumpkin wife of labor hero Frank Lumpkin, former YCL member and champion of the working class struggle reminisces about her time with the Young Communist League. This is an excerpt from her upcoming biography...
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photo courtesy of Courtney Buehner
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Michael Ladson was a student at the YCL school in Chicago 2010. In this article he elaborates on what he took from Jarvis Tyner's class on racism. He speaks about the S.B. 1070 law, the Tea Party, and institutionalized racism.
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John Bachtell teaching a class on the role of the YCL at the YCL school in Chicago 2010
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Remarks from Chicago Communist Party Organizer John Bachtell at the CPUSA National Conference on Youth Chicago 2010
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photo courtesy of onenationworkingtogether.org
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All over the nation YCLers are organizing in their community to get people to turn out for the One Nation Working Together Rally in DC October 2nd 2010. The message is jobs, jobs, JOBS!!!
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Jarvis Tyner teaching his class on racism at the YCL school in Chicago 2010
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The following is the opening address to the CPUSA National Conference on Youth in Chicago 2010. Young comrades traveled from all over the country to be in attendance and to discuss the major issues facing youth in America Today.
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Don't let the insurance companies and their cronies in Congress kill real healthcare reform! Organize on your campus, workplace or community to let Congress know that young people want real healthcare reform and we need a public option!
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Student debt is spiraling out of control! Private banks and lending institutions are making billions in profits from students who have to take out large loans to pay for higher education. The Senate is getting ready to vote on the Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act (SAFRA) that would reform student aid and make college more affordable! Get the facts about the bill and what you can do to bring down the debt!
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May 20th National Call-In Day for Employee Free Choice Act
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