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, (Delivered at the Second Congress of the Communist Youth International) by Leon Trotsky
Manifesto of the Second Congress of the Young Communist International

Unity in the Movement of Proletarian Youth, by B. Ziegler, International Press Correspondence, Vol. 1, No. 11, November 25, 1921

3rd Bureau Session, March 1922

A Conference of the Young Communist International, by Otto Unger, International Press Correspondence, Vol. 2, No. 20, March 14, 1922
The Third Bureau Session of the Young Communist International, International Press Correspondence, Vol. 2, No. 37, May 16, 1922

Appeal of the Young Communist International on Juvenile Labor, International Press Correspondence, Vol. 2, No. 23, March 24, 1922
The Fight Against the Pauperization of the Working Youth, Open Letter of the Y.C.I.
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
The Third Congress of the Young Communist International, by Martin Abern
The Work of the Communist Youth of the World, by Martin Abern

January 15th: The Murder of Karl Liebknecht and Rosa Luxemburg, 1919, 1923
CYI Address to the Second Convention of the Young Workers League of America, Young Worker, June 1923
CYI Address to the National Executive Committee of the Young Workers League of America, June 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 Fourth Congress of the YCI, by Harry Gannes, Young Worker, July 1, 1924
Fourth World Congress of the Y.C.I. Closes, Young Worker, September 15, 1924
The International Communist Youth, A Review of the Fourth Congress, John Williamson, Daily Worker Magazine Supplement, September 26, 1924
The Fourth Congress of the Young Communist International, Part I; Part II, John Williamson, Young Worker, October 1, 15, 1924

YCI Address to the New York District Executive Committee of the Young Workers League of America, Young Worker, December 1, 1924
These of the Fifth Comintern Congress on the Y.C.I., The Communist International, Vol. 2, No. 7, December 1924-January 1925
For Leninism! Against Trotskyism!: Statement of the Executive Committee of the Y.C.I., Part I; Part II, Young Worker, February 15 and 28, 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
5th Bureau Decision on the American League
A Letter from the Y.C.I. to the American League on the End of the Factional Struggle
The American League and the Y.C.I. Bureau Session, by Max Shachtman, The Young Worker, May 30, 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

5th 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

Sixth Plenum of the Enlarged Executive Committee of the Young Communist International, [Sessions 1-9] International Press Correspondence, November 25, 1926
Sixth Plenum of the Enlarged Executive Committee of the Young Communist International, [Session 17] International Press Correspondence, December 9, 1926
The YCI Plenum, by John Williamson, Young Worker, January 15, 1927
Highlights of the Sixth Y.C.I. Plenum, Part I; Part II, Herbert Zam, Young Worker, February 1 and 15, 1927
Winning the Youth, [on the 6th Plenum] Herbert Zam, The Communist, Vol. 6, No. 2, April 1927

7th Plenum of the Executive Committee, June 1927

Resolution of the Plenum of the E.C.Y.C.I. on the Plenum of the E.C.C.I., International Press Correspondence, July 28, 1927
Resolution of the Plenum of the Y.C.I. on the Y.C.I. and the Struggle Against the Imperialist War, International Press Correspondence, August 4, 1927
Resolution of the Plenum of the Y.C.I. on the British Young Communist League, International Press Correspondence, August 4, 1927
Resolution of the Plenum of the Y.C.I. on the Young Workers' League of America, International Press Correspondence, August 11, 1927

Y.C.I. Manifesto: 4th August 1914 - 4th August 1927, International Press Correspondence, August 4, 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
Special Number of International Press Correspondence on the 20th Anniversary of the Founding of the Youth International, International Press Correspondence, August 17, 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

Fifth Congress of the Communist Youth International, [first through third sessions] International Press Correspondence, September 6, 1928
Fifth Congress of the Communist Youth International, [fourth through tenth sessions] International Press Correspondence, September 14, 1928
Fifth Congress of the Communist Youth International, [16th through 20th sessions] International Press Correspondence, September 28, 1928
Fifth Congress of the Communist Youth International, [continuation of [closing] 20th session; first full meeting on new E.C.] International Press Correspondence, October 5, 1928
Resolution of the Fifth Congress of the Communist Youth International on the Report of the Executive Committee, International Press Correspondence, November 9, 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
Resolution of the Young Communist International on Japan, [extract] International Press Correspondence, January 18, 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
Open Letter of the E.C.Y.C.I. to all members of the Y.C.L. of Great Britain, International Press Correspondence, October 25, 1929
Resolution of the E.C.Y.C.I. on the Results of the XV. International Youth Day, International Press Correspondence, October 25, 1929
Ten Years of the Young Communist International, International Press Correspondence, Vol. 9, No. 65, November 22, 1929

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

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
Statement of Young Communist International on Progress Since Plenum, Young Worker, June 19, 1930
YCI Letter to the 6th National Convention of the Young Communist League of the United States, [excerpts] Part I; Part II, Young Worker, August 3, 31, 1931
Decision oi the Secretariat of the E.C.Y.C.I. on the Case of Comrade Oschi, International Press Correspondence, January 28, 1932