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Youth fight for a future

Callum Joyce, Young Socialists and CWU member On 13 August, members of Young Socialists will be organising across the country to fight back against the cost-of-living crisis and the dismal prospects available to young people. In Oxford we will be running a campaign stall to discuss with local working-class people and students and help spread […]

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Youth unemployment campaign to host online rally

Young Socialists press release – 15/10/20 On Sunday 25 October, student and young worker activists will be coming together from across the country in a rally hosted by the Young Socialists and Socialist Students to discuss the fight against the mounting youth unemployment crisis, which has reached 13.1% between June and August it has been […]

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Comment: don’t punish working class youth on A – Level results day!

The Young Socialists received the below email from an A-Level student on results day. He has given us permission to publish his letter here. Hello, I am an 18 year old student who has had their future undermined and made a political point out of. I am disgusted at how our government attacks the state […]

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After Scottish government U-turn, Young Socialists fight for our future on A-Level results day

Young Socialists press release for immediate use – 11/08/20 Protest at Downing Street, Saturday 15 August, 12 noon Plus nearly 20 actions in 12 towns and cities across the country. On Thursday 13 August thousands of young people will be receiving A-level results. It has been reported that a large proportion of these results – […]

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Class of Covid prepares to fight for our future!

Young Socialists press release 04/08/20 On school exam results day in Scotland – youth organisation announces protests for Thursday 13 August. Next Thursday, 13 August, Young Socialists is organising a series of protests and actions around the country when thousands of students will be finding out their A Level results. Theo Sharieff, a Young Socialists […]

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Workers and young people need planning for jobs, not handouts for bosses

Josh Asker, Southampton Young Socialists Like every aspect of the government’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic, Rishi Sunak’s “plan for jobs” is more headline than substance, and doomed to fail in its stated aims. The Tory chancellor’s summer statement set “a clear goal: to protect, support and create jobs.” The very next day, Boots and […]

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Young people fighting back: Jobs and homes, not racism

Deji Olayinka, Birmingham Young Socialists The last few weeks’ Black Lives Matter demonstrations have brought young, working-class people onto the streets, enraged by racism and police brutality – but also by all the problems facing young people. The Socialist Party has most often been the only organised political force on the protests. So what is […]

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Youth without a future: fight for jobs and homes – fight for socialism!

Theo Sharieff, Young Socialists Millions of working-class and young people are being made to shoulder the cost of the Covid-19 pandemic and a new economic crisis with their jobs, pay and futures. But the magnificent mass movement against racism has shown that young people are ready to fight back. The extent of the new economic […]