Young Communist International
1919 – 1943
Historical Works
The Foundation of the Youth International, Julius Alpari, 1927
Organizational History of the Young Communist International
The Young Communist International and Its Origins, by Viktor Vladimirovich Privalov
Revolutionary Vanguard: The Early Years of the Communist Youth International, 1914-1924, by Richard Cornell
A Short History of the Young Communist International 1927
Primary Documents
First Congress, November 1919
- The Berlin Congress of the International of Youth, The Communist International, Nos. 11-12, June-July 1920
- Concerning the Mutual Relations between the Communist International and the International of Communist Youth, The Communist International, Nos. 11-12, June-July 1920
- The Program of the Young Communist International
- Letter from the Executive Committee of the Communist International of Youth to the First Congress of Communist Students, The Communist International, Nos. 11-12, June-July 1920
- Greeting from the Executive Committee of the Communist International to the Communist International of Youth, The Communist International, Nos. 11-12, June-July 1920
Remove the Frontiers!: An Appeal for the International Organization of all Young Workers, by the Executive Committee, Young Communist International, 1920
After the Congress of Communist Youth. A Sketch of the Activities of the Executive Committee of the International of Communist Youth, The Communist International, No. 13, 1920
The International of Youth, by Lazar Shatzkin, The Communist International, No. 13, 1920
The Communist International and the Communist Youth Movement, Resolution of the Third Congress of the Communist International, 1921
Communist Youth at the Third Congress of the Young Communist International, W. Munzenberg, Moscow, No. 22, June 22, 1921
Second Congress, July 1921
- The Second Congress of the Young Communist International, L. Shatskin, Moscow, No. 8, June 2, 1921
- Invitation to the Second Congress of the Young Communist International, Moscow, No. 31, July 2, 1921
- Agenda of the Second Congress of the Young Communist International, Moscow, No. 31, July 2, 1921
- The Second Congress of the Young Communist International, W. Munzenberg, Moscow, No. 38, July 10, 1921
- Opening Session of the Second Congress of the Young Communist International, Moscow, No. 40, July 13, 1921
- Report on "The Balance Sheet" of the Third Congress of the Communist International, by Leon Trotsky
Unity in the Movement of Proletarian Youth, by B. Ziegler, International Press Correspondence, Vol. 1, No. 11, November 25, 1921
A Conference of the Young Communist International, by Otto Unger, International Press Correspondence, Vol. 2, No. 20, March 14, 1922
Appeal of the Young Communist International on Juvenile Labor, International Press Correspondence, Vol. 2, No. 23, March 24, 1922
The Third Bureau Session of the Young Communist International, International Press Correspondence, Vol. 2, No. 37, May 16, 1922
The United Front and the Young Communist International, International Press Correspondence, Vol. 2, No. 61, July 25, 1922
Young Communist International Appeal: To the Working Youth of All Countries! To the Adult Working Class!, International Press Correspondence, Vol. 2, No. 90, October 20, 1922
Third Congress, December 1922
- The Agenda of the Third Congress International Press Correspondence, Vol. 2, No. 97, November 10, 1922
- Results of the Realization of the Decisions of the Second Congress [extract]
- Resolutions and Theses
- Report and Resolutions of the Third Congress on the YCI Program
- Third Congress of the Y.C.I., by Jacques Doriot, The Communist International, No. 24, 1923
January 15th: The Murder of Karl Liebknecht and Rosa Luxemburg, 1919, 1923
From Isolation to the Masses. A Textbook for Young Communist Leagues, by R. Gyptner 1923
4th Bureau Session, July 13-20, 1923
- Agenda of the Fourth Bureau Session of the YCI, International Press Correspondence, Vol. 3, No. 34, April 26, 1923
- Marching Forwards, [on the Fourth Bureau Session of the YCI] by R. Schuller, International Press Correspondence, Vol. 3, No. 57, August 23, 1923
- Resolution and Theses of the Fourth Bureau Session of the YCI, July 1923
- The Fourth Bureau Session, Harry Gannes, Young Worker, Vol. 2, No. 10, October 1923
Resolution of the Communist Youth International concerning the War Peril and the Duties of the C.Y.I., International Press Correspondence, Vol. 4, No. 26, April 24, 1924
From Third to Fourth: A Report on the Activities of the YCI Since the Third World Congress May 1924
Fourth Congress, July 1924
- Convocation of the Fourth Congress, International Press Correspondence, Vol. 4, No. 25, April 17, 1924
- International Communist Youth to Meet, Harry Gannes, Daily Worker, May 16, 1924
- The Tasks of the Fourth Congress of the CYI, by Otto Unger, International Press Correspondence, Vol. 4, No. 33, June 12, 1924
- The Fourth World Congress of the CYI, by R. Schuller, International Press Correspondence, Vol. 4, No. 65, September 11, 1924
- Congress of Young Communist International Reports Membership of Over a Million, Daily Worker, August 8, 1924
- Resolutions of the Fourth Congress
- The International Communist Youth, A Review of the Fourth Congress, John Williamson, Daily Worker Magazine Supplement, September 26, 1924
These of the Fifth Comintern Congress on the Y.C.I., The Communist International, Vol. 2, No. 7, December 1924-January 1925
5th Bureau Session, April 7-13, 1925
- The Results of the Session of the [Fifth] Enlarged Executive of the YCI, by V. Vuyovitch, International Press Correspondence, Vol. 5, No. 40, April 29, 1925
- Resolutions of the Fifth Enlarged Plenum of the Executive Committee of the YCI 1925
Young Communist International Approves Unity Resolution [of Young Workers League of America], Daily Worker, December 1, 1925
Youth in the Class Struggle. Being a Short History of the Young Communist Movement, by Arvid Vretling 1926
Plenum of the Executive Committee, March 1926
- Enlarged Executive Sessions of the Young Communist International, Daily Worker, April 17, 1926
- The Plenum of the Executive Committee of the Young Communist International, Herbert Zam, June 1926
6th Plenum of the Executive Committee, November-December 1926
- Winning the Youth, [on the 6th Plenum] Herbert Zam, The Communist, Vol. 6, No. 2, April 1927
The Young Communist international, Only Successor of the First Youth international, Manifesto of the E.C. of the Y.C.I. on the 20th Anniversary of the Founding of the Youth International, Daily Worker, September 16, 1927
After Twenty Years. The History of the Youth International, by William Rust, 1927
A Short History of the Young Communist International 1927
The Young Communist International in the East, 1927
Young Workers Attack Trotsky Oppostionists, Youth Communist Int’l Supports USSR Party, Daily Worker, December 30, 1927
Communist Youth International: Report on Activities Between the Fourth and Fifth Congresses, 1924-1928, August 1928
Fifth Congress, August-September 1928
- Youth Congress Stresses Tasks, Daily Worker, September 3, 1928
- Call for End of Factionalism, Daily Worker, September 11, 1928
- Red Youth Congress Views Colonial Work, Daily Worker, September 15, 1928
- Youth Congress Gets U.S. Report, Daily Worker, September 20, 1928
- Youth Meet Hits Fractionalism, Daily Worker, September 21, 1928
- Youth Congress Hears Reports, Daily Worker, September 22, 1928
- Programme of the Young Communist International
- Results of Two Congresses. An abridged report on the 6th Congress of the Communist lnternational and the 5th Congress of the Young Communist International
C.Y.I. Condemns Factionalism! Letter of the Executive Committee of the Young Communist International to the Young Workers (Communist) League of America, Young Worker, Vol. 7, No. 1, January 1929
Letter of the Executive Committee of the Young Communist International to the Young Workers (Communist) League of America, [against Trotskyism] Young Worker, Vol. 7, No. 2, February 1929
The YCI in the First Decade of the Comitern, R. Chitarow, International Press Correspondence, Vol. 9, No. 14, March 15, 1929
Stand Ready! The Call of the First International Children's Congress to all Proletarian Children, August 1929
Ten Years of the Young Communist International, International Press Correspondence, Vol. 9, No. 65, November 22, 1929
Young Communist Int. Issues Call Against Wall Street, Rubio Gov't, Shows Young Communist League of Mexico Is Fighting Mexican Militarism, Daily Worker, January 31, 1930
Long Live the Struggle for a Soviet India!, Open Letter of the Young Communist International, Daily Worker, February 1, 1930
Enlarged Plenum of the Executive Committee, November-December 1929
- Speeches and Reports to the Plenary Session of the Y.C.I., International Press Correspondence, Vol. 10, No. 15, March 21, 1930
- Theses of the Enlarged Plenum of the Executive Committee of the Young Communist International, Daily Worker, January 14 and 15, 1930
Plenum of the Executive Committee, December 1932
- Marxism vs. Social Democracy, [Address to Plenum Executive Committee YCI] by Bela Kun, December 1932
- Social Democracy - Stepping Stone to Fascism or Otto Bauer's Latest Discovery [Address to Plenum Executive Committee, YCI] by D. Z. Manuilsky, December 1932
Where to Begin? How to Build a Mass Young Communist League, F. Fuernberg
'Social Democracy in Words Claims to Lead to Socialism, In Reality Leads You to Fascism,' Second Appeal of the Y.C.I. for unity in struggle against fascism and war, Daily Worker, June 10, 1933
Struggle or Go Down: The Right of Youth Independence in the Fight for Socialism, by V.E. Chemadanov, 1934
Plenum of the Executive Committee, January 1934
- Young Communists and the Path to Soviet Power, by V.E. Chemadanov
To the Unemployed and Employed Youth, Young Peasants, Soldiers and Sailors of the World!, Daily Worker, August 18, 1934
Young Communist International Appeals to the Young Socialists, Daily Worker, November 19, 1934
Y.C.I. Celebrates 15th Anniversary, Daily Worker, December 4, 1934
The Fifteenth Anniversary of the Young Communist International, The Communist International, Vol. 12, No. 1, January 5, 1935
Appeal to Socialist Youth For Joint Fight on Fascism Is Made by Leader of Y.C.I. [at 7th Comintern Congress], Daily Worker, August 23, 1935
Sixth Congress, September-October 1935
- Young Communists of the World Meet, Daily Worker, September 27, 1935
- Youth Against Fascism, Speech by Georgi Dimitrov
- Youth Marches Toward Socialism. Report to the Sixth Congress, by Wolf Michal
- Y.C.I. Congress Calls on World Youth to Unite Against War, Daily Worker, September 30, 1935
- The Tasks of the United Front of the Youth. (Resolution Adopted on the Report of Wolf Michal), The Communist International, Vol. 12, Nos. 21-22, November 5, 1935
- On Amendments to the Program and the Preparation of New Statutes for the Young Communist International, The Communist International, Vol. 12, Nos. 21-22, November 5, 1935
- YCI: On the Results of the Seventh Congress of the Comnmunist International, The Communist International, Vol. 12, Nos. 21-22, November 5, 1935
- The Training of the Soviet Youth in the Struggle for Socialism, The Communist International, Vol. 12, Nos. 21-22, November 5, 1935
- United We Stand. Report on the Sixth Congress, C.Y.I., by Gil Green, 1935
The Road to Mass Organization of Proletarian Children, 1938
Periodicals
The International of Youth, Number 1, 1925
International of Youth, Volume 1, Numbers 8-9, November-December 1934
World Youth Review, 1939