Connolly Youth Movement

About

The Connolly Youth Movement is the communist youth organisation of Ireland. We operate across all 32 counties, with branches in major cities throughout the country, from Derry to Cork. We are a revolutionary organisation, committed to the overthrow of capitalism and the radical transformation of society.

Our political activity and strategy are guided by Marxism-Leninism and Socialist-Republicanism. We organise young people wherever they are, whether in workplaces, communities, schools, or universities. As internationalists who recognise that the struggle against imperialism is a global one. We are active members of the World Federation of Democratic Youth founded in 1949 in the wake of the defeat of Fascism, and are participants in the Meeting of European Communist Youth Organisations(MECYO). The CYM extends our solidarity and support to all peoples who are struggling against oppression and exploitation across the world.

The CYM serves as a training ground for the next generation of revolutionaries who will lead the Communist Party as the vanguard of the revolutionary movement of Ireland’s working class and youth. We educate our members through political study, practical organising and experience. We expect our membership to engage with the broader class struggle as a vehicle for deepening the roots of the communist struggle and further engaging the working class.

In the world where the contradictions of capitalism and imperialism are becoming more acute, the struggle for a new society of progress, peace and the liberation of the working class and youth is more necessary than ever. The overthrow of capitalism and the construction of socialism is the only path to this new society. If you are a young person committed to class struggle, solidarity and revolutionary action, join us in building the movement capable and willing to win socialism in our lifetime.

Forward is the newspaper of the CYM, first produced in the 1970s, it has been carried forward to this day as a vehicle to spread class conscious analysis on topical issues at hand