October 2025 – Challenge Magazine
Jax Tennyson recalls the legacy of revolutionary Burkinabe leader Thomas Sankara, 38 years after his death| Challenge Magazine
Jax Tennyson recalls the legacy of revolutionary Burkinabe leader Thomas Sankara, 38 years after his death| Challenge Magazine
Jax Tennyson recalls the legacy of revolutionary Burkinabe leader Thomas Sankara, 38 years after his death| Challenge Magazine
Jax Tennyson speaks with a member of the Russian Komsomol on the conflict in Ukraine| Challenge Magazine
Georgina Andrews writes on the inspiring life of anti-fascist fighter and YCL member Charlie Hutchison| Challenge Magazine
Fouad Baker analyses the recent Gaza ceasefire agreement| Challenge Magazine
A member of the Communist Party of Britain’s international commission met with Emad Al Malahi, a member of the Politburo of the Jordanian Democratic Popular Unity Party in Amman, to discuss their policies and the ongoing war in Gaza.| Challenge Magazine
"The Battle of Cable Street should be celebrated as a working class victory and history in Britain but also serve as a lesson in how we tackle the rise of racism and fascist forces today," writes Georgina Andrews| Challenge Magazine
Following the recent YCL Congress, Peter Stoddart and Robin Talbot reflect on the development of the League over the past few years| Challenge Magazine
Cole Thomson looks at the history of the European Union’s expansion into the former Eastern Bloc, and how the territory of Transnistria has become an embarrassing obstacle for Brussels.| Challenge Magazine
A member of the Communist Party of Britain’s international commission met with Emad Al Malahi, a member of the Politburo of the Jordanian Democratic Popular Unity Party in Amman, to discuss their policies and the ongoing war in Gaza.| Challenge Magazine
Can the state be abolished overnight? Or does it require a transition? Since the 19th century, this has been the lynchpin of the debate between anarchists and Marxists. In 1906, Stalin wrote a series of articles under the title Anarchism or Socialism? In them, he defines one of the key differences between anarchism and Marxism […]| Challenge Magazine
Matthew Miller delivers the April political report of the YCL Central Committee| Challenge Magazine
Roméo Bigué met the YCL in Scotland and joined them on their May Day march. He sat down with Eben Williams to introduce the JRCF's history and political line.| Challenge Magazine
James Hughes and Emma Richards introduce the 52nd Congress of the YCL, its importance, and its theme| Challenge Magazine
Josh Morris delivers the July political report of the YCL Central Committee| Challenge Magazine
In 1924, Vladimir Lenin, leader of the Bolshevik Party and main inspiration of the October Socialist Revolution, died having seen the formation of the world’s first socialist state and its survival amidst civil war. The USSR was at a crossroads. Expected revolutions in Germany, Italy, Poland, and other advanced capitalist countries had failed, leaving the […]| Challenge Magazine
“There can be no unity, federal or other, with liberal-labour politicians, with disruptors of the working-class movement, with those who defy the will of the majority. There can and must be unity among all consistent Marxists, among all those who stand for the entire Marxist body and for the uncurtailed slogans, independently of the liquidators […]| Challenge Magazine
British Marxists Labour: A Party Fit for Imperialism, R. Clough How the World Works: The Story of Human Labor from Prehistory to the Modern Day, P. Cockshott The Fight of Our Lives, Communist Party of Britain For Soviet Britain, Communist Party of Great Britain The British Road to Socialism (1951), Communist Party of Great Britain […]| Challenge Magazine
Fascism is a term many are familiar with, however, a call to not only identify but actively combat fascism is sirening. The early 20th Century harboured many events which resonate throughout modern-day society as a whole, and one such event was World War Two. WWII saw the allied forces combatting a parasitic, mindlessly violent disease: […]| Challenge Magazine
Matthew Miller delivers the April political report of the YCL Central Committee| Challenge Magazine
The recent Supreme Court ruling has merited a discussion on growth and impact of gender ideology on the left, and the importance of defending materialism in the workers' movement.| Challenge Magazine
Absolute Surplus Value: The amount of surplus value created by extending the working day, as opposed to relative surplus value. Actually Existing Socialism (AES): A term used to describe socialist nations which currently exist today, such as China, Cuba, the DPRK, Laos, and Vietnam. Adventurism: Political tactics or strategies performed without the consent and support […]| Challenge Magazine
For British communists, the role and influence of the Labour Party cannot be ignored, as it has historically been the major party backed by Britain’s working class. With the affiliation, but declining influence, of several large trade unions, for many workers it has been seen as the only viable reformist vote in much of the […]| Challenge Magazine
