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Young people like me should be allowed to stand

Adam Gillman, Reading Young Socialists 14 years of austerity means that schools are crumbling, bus routes are cut, and youth services are almost non-existent. Austerity has caused an increase in crime, and violent crime too. This is not surprising. Austerity means worse and less services, and private companies taking over public services, running them for […]

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Young socialists against war

Build the walkouts against Israeli state terror! Build a socialist youth movement against war! Join the young socialists! Thousands of young people have been part of the millions who have marched in recent weeks against the murderous siege of Gaza by the Israeli state. We’re furious at the hypocrisy of the Tories, Starmer’s Labour Party […]

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Scotland summer campaign: “Raising a socialist programme wherever young people gather”

We say we need: free education, the scrapping of student debt and living grants for students, a £15 an hour minimum wage with no exemptions, trade union rights, rent controls and mass council house building programme, an end to this capitalism system of sexism, racism, LGBTQphobia, climate crisis and war. Join us to fight for […]

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Capitalism is a broken system. Join the fight for socialist change!

Read the text of our latest Young Socialists leaflet below! We’ll be out campaigning in towns and cities around the country this summer, organising young people in the fight for socialist change. If you would like to get involved with campaigns and meetings near you, get in touch with the Young Socialists today. This system […]

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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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Fight back for a socialist future

“Engaging in struggle is no longer a choice – it is fast becoming a necessity” Callum Joyce, Young Socialists and CWU member The future on offer to young people is dire. It includes unemployment, low-paid, unstable work and being saddled with thousands of pounds of student debt that will take decades to pay off. Rents […]

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Support the Summer Strikes!

Against the rising tide of bills and inflation, workers are fighting back in a strike wave that has now engulfed the entire country. Railway workers in the RMT union have ramped up the fight-back against the attacks on living standards by the bosses. In its first round of national strike action, the RMT brought the […]

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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 – […]