The Young Communist League was or is the name used by the youth wing of various Communist parties around the world. The name YCL of XXX (name of country) was generally taken by all sections of the Communist Youth International.
Examples of YCLs:
- Britain - Young Communist League
- Canada - Young Communist League of Canada
- France - Mouvement Jeunes Communistes de France
- Germany - Young Communist League of Germany
- Norway - Young Communist League of Norway
- Nepal - Young Communist League, Nepal
- Portugal - Young Communist League of Portugal
- Sweden - Young Communist League of Sweden
- U.S. - Young Communist League USA
- Russia - Revolutionary Communist Youth League (Bolshevik)
In the Soviet Union the YCL was known as the Komsomol.
The corresponding youth organization in China is usually translated as Communist Youth League.
Famous quotes containing the words young, communist and/or league:
“The young should be treated with respect.”
—Chinese proverb.
Confucian Analects.
“In communist society, where nobody has one exclusive sphere of activity but each can become accomplished in any branch he wishes, society regulates the general production and thus makes it possible for me to do one thing today and another tomorrow, to hunt in the morning, fish in the afternoon, rear cattle in the evening, criticize after dinner, just as I have a mind, without ever becoming hunter, fisherman, shepherd or critic.”
—Karl Marx (1818–1883)
“I am not impressed by the Ivy League establishments. Of course they graduate the best—it’s all they’ll take, leaving to others the problem of educating the country. They will give you an education the way the banks will give you money—provided you can prove to their satisfaction that you don’t need it.”
—Peter De Vries (b. 1910)