Challenge Magazine

Members from across @yclbritain have been collaborating over the past months, building a new version of Back to Basics, the YCL's primer on all fundamental Marxist-Leninist concepts and theory. While we wait for physical copies to be printed, we are excited to share this online…

The Gaza ceasefire proposal: a test of intentions Fouad Baker provides insight on the recent Gaza ceasefire proposal 🇵🇸🕊️ challenge-magazine.org/2025/07/14/the…

Iran is changing the rules of the game Fouad Baker analyses the recent Israeli attack on Iran and future prospects in the region 🇮🇷 challenge-magazine.org/2025/07/11/ira…

From containment to confrontation, from cold to hot: the US drive to war on China Carlos Martinez examines the USA's strategy to undermine China, and how the Trump administration's recent escalation has backfired. challenge-magazine.org/2025/07/10/fro…

Back to Basics part 19: The DPRK This installment of BtB looks at the DPRK, or North Korea, how communism took shape during and after the Korean War, and the marked achievements made by the regime in terms of living standards. challenge-magazine.org/2025/04/18/19-…

Back to Basics part 18: Vietnam The next section of BtB focuses on Vietnam, its heroic struggle for reunification, and its development as a socialist state over the 20th century. challenge-magazine.org/2025/04/18/18-…

Communist Youth of Bolivia: Statement on the structural crisis and escalation of violence in Bolivia Bolivia's communist youth break down the causes of the crisis in their country and the measures needed to emerge from this 🇧🇴 🚩 challenge-magazine.org/2025/07/03/com…

Back to Basics part 17: The USSR We shall now examine the communist states through history and the present day, starting with the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, and what Marxist-Leninists can learn from its legacy. challenge-magazine.org/2025/04/18/17-…

Back to Basics part 16: The Environmental Struggle This section of BtB explains the communist understanding of environmentalism, and that addressing the ecological crisis necessitates an overthrow of the capitalist economic system. challenge-magazine.org/2025/04/18/16-…

Back to Basics part 15: Sex and Identity Following from the previous section on women's liberation, we explore how Marxist-Leninists have comprehended the LGBT movements through history, and the key ideological distinctions that have been set out. challenge-magazine.org/2025/04/18/15-…

Back to Basics part 14: The Women's Struggle In the next part of BtB, we look at how Marxists understand women's liberation, and the key differences between liberal feminism and communism. challenge-magazine.org/2025/04/18/14-…

For peace and socialism Emma Richards delivers the June political report of the YCL Central Committee challenge-magazine.org/2025/06/30/for…

Back to Basics part 13: The Anti-Racist Struggle In this next essay, we establish the Marxist-Leninist analysis of racism, how it is impacted by capitalism and some of the common pitfalls that 'the left' can make in understanding it. challenge-magazine.org/2025/04/18/13-…

Back to Basics part 12: The Industrial Struggle In the next installment of BtB, we examine the history of the workers' movement alongside the development of capitalism in Britain, and how Marx understood the role of industrial action. challenge-magazine.org/2025/04/18/12-…

Interview with Syrian Democratic Youth Union - part 2 This half of the interview discusses the status of the SDYU under the new regime, and the importance of international solidarity 🌍🚩✊ challenge-magazine.org/2025/06/02/int…

Back to Basics part 11: The Communist Party This essay sets out the necessity of a Communist Party, and some of the lessons Leninists have been informed by through our history. challenge-magazine.org/2025/04/18/11-…

On the new regime in Syria: interview with Syrian Democratic Youth Union – part 1 Nathan Hennebry speaks with a representative of the SDYU, to discuss the new HTS regime challenge-magazine.org/2025/05/30/on-…

Back to Basics part 10: The National Question In the next part of BtB, we look at how the Leninist understanding of nations is applied to Britain, and how the history of our respective countries has informed our party line. challenge-magazine.org/2025/04/18/10-…

Back to Basics part 9: The State This next essay in the series uses case studies to examine the role of the state at different stages of history, and its role in the socialist revolution. challenge-magazine.org/2025/04/18/9-t…

Back 2 Basics part 8: Class “The exploiting classes need political rule to maintain exploitation, i.e., in the selfish interests of an insignificant minority against the vast majority of all people. The exploited classes need political rule in order to completely abolish all…