CYM Host Anti-Militarism School
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Events
CYM concert raises funds for Syrian earthquake relief
On 28 June, the Connolly Youth Movement hosted a concert to raise funds for Syrian earthquake relief. The line up of Onion Boy, Local Boy, and Peer Pleasure entertained crowds in attendance. Through ticket sales and donations on the night, €500 was raised, which will be donated to provide vital resources to communities in need
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Connolly Youth Movement Marches for May Day
Connolly Youth Movement members across Ireland marched in celebration of International Workers’ Day last weekend. Marches in Belfast, Cork, and Dublin were led by CYM activists, who dedicated the marches’ messages to the continued struggles of oppressed peoples around the world. “We express our messages of continued solidarity with the oppressed people across the world,
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Students (and their Parents) are still paying full fees for a fraction of the education
The Republic of Ireland has the highest student contribution fee in the EU, with our peers in the North paying even more. #WhatAmIPayingFor
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Remembering Fidel – Defending Cuba
On the 25th of November, Cuban Ambassador to Ireland, Hugo René Ramos Milanés, addressed the Connolly Youth Movement at a talk held to remember Fidel Castro, on the 4th anniversary of his death.
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The Eve of Pride – A Radical, Virtual Conversation
The grounding of queer organising in queer history is essential.
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Freedom of Discussion, Unity of Action – CYM 2020 Ard Fheis
Nobody’s voice was above any other. Our mandate comes from ourselves, open debate and discussion drawing us to unity. I challenge the reader to find a political organisation on our island that operates in so democratic a manner.
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Those in Britain Supporting Ireland’s 32 County Socialist Republic
Below is an excerpt from the speech given by a CYM delegate at the Youth Communist League’s 49th Congress in Croyden, London, 2018. Go raibh maith agaibh, mo chomrádaí. A spectre is haunting Europe – the spectre of Brexit, and let it! Think tanks in a frenzy, bourgeoisie ordering Irish passports, Murdoch press defeated in
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Summer School 2018
The first lecture was about LGBT activism given by Adam Murray, a Community Development Officer for Cara-Friend, an LGBT charity in Northern Ireland, and is Secretary for ICTU LGBT and a member of NIPSA LGBT. Adam talked about working class solidarity with LGBT issues in the past, and a history of discrimination of LGBT in
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Left Hook: Queer Space Communism – Upcoming Event
Calling all Commie Queers, Leninist Lesbians and Republican Deviants! Feast your eyes and ears on Dublin’s most spectacular lefty night of the year as Left Hook returns with ‘Queer Space Communism’, this May 9th. A gay variety show of music, dance, burlesque and spoken word featuring some of the cities most loved/hated LGBTQ+ politicos! Throw
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