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World Federation of Democratic Youth
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| Formation | 10 November 1945 (1945-11-10) |
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| Founded at | London |
| Headquarters | Budapest, Hungary |
President | Iacovos Tofari |
Vice President | Adnan Al Mokdad |
Secretary General | Yusdaquy Larduet |
| Affiliations | ECOSOC (General consultative status),(United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization) (UNESCO) |
| Website | www.wfdy.org |
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The World Federation of Democratic Youth (WFDY) is an international youth organization, recognized by the United Nations as an international youth non-governmental organization, and has historically characterized itself as anti-imperialist and left-wing. WFDY was founded in London in 1945 as a broad international youth movement, organized in the context of the end of World War II with the aim of uniting youth from the Allied nations behind an anti-fascist platform that was broadly pro-peace, anti-nuclear war, expressing friendship between youth of the capitalist and socialist nations. The WFDY Headquarters are in Budapest, Hungary. The main event of WFDY is the World Festival of Youth and Students. The last festival was held in Sochi, Russia, in October 2017. It was one of the first organizations granted general consultative status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council.
Contents
1 History
2 Pledge
3 Member organizations
3.1 Africa
3.2 Asia and the Pacific
3.3 Europe and North America
3.4 Latin America and Caribbean
3.5 Middle East
3.6 Former members
3.7 Observers
4 See also
5 References
6 External links
History
On 10 November 1945, the World Youth Conference, organized in London, founded the World Federation of Democratic Youth. This historic conference was convened at the initiative of the World Youth Council which was formed during World War II to encourage the fight against fascism by the youth of the allied nations. The conference brought together, for the first time in the history of the international youth movement, representatives of more than 30,000,000 young people of diverse different political ideologies and religious beliefs from 63 nations. It adopted a pledge for peace.
Shortly after, with the onset of the Cold War and Winston Churchill's Iron Curtain speech, the organization was accused by the US State Department of being a "Moscow front". Many of the founding organizations quit, leaving mostly youth from socialist nations, national liberation movements, and communist youth.[1] Like the International Union of Students (IUS) and other pro-Soviet organizations, the WFDY became a target and victim of CIA espionage as well as part of active measures conducted by the Soviet state security.[2][3][4][5]
The WFYD's first General Secretary, Alexander Shelepin, was a former leader of the Young Communist International which had been dissolved in 1943. Shelepin had been a guerilla fighter during World War II (after his work with the WFDY, he was appointed head of Soviet State Security).[2] Both the WFDY and IUS vocally criticized the Marshall Plan, supported the Czechoslovak coup d'état of 1948 and the new People's Democracies in Europe. They opposed the Korean War.[2]
The main event of the WFDY became the World Festival of Youth and Students, a massive political and cultural celebration for peace and friendship between the youth of the world. Most, but not all, of the early festivals were held in socialist nations in Europe. During the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s the WFDY's festivals were one of the few places where young people from the so-called "Free World" could meet youth struggling against apartheid from South Africa, or militant youth from Vietnam, Palestine, Cuba and other nations. Famous people who participated in festivals included Angela Davis, Yuri Gagarin, Yasser Arafat, Fidel Castro, Ruth First, Jan Myrdal and Nelson Mandela
When the Soviet Union and the Eastern Bloc collapsed, the WFDY entered a crisis. With the power vacuum left by the collapse of the most important member organization, the Soviet Komsomol, there were conflicting views of the future character of the organization. Some wanted a more apolitical structure, whereas others were more inclined to an openly leftist federation. The WFDY, however, survived this crisis, and is today an active international youth organization that holds regular activities.
Pledge
Guy de Boisson, President of the World Federation of Democratic Youth, speaks at the opening of the 2nd World Festival of Youth and Students (Budapest, 1949).
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We pledge that we shall remember this unity, forged in this month, November 1945
Not only today, not only this week, this year, but always
Until we have built the world we have dreamed of and fought for
We pledge ourselves to build the unity of youth of the world
All races, all colors, all nationalities, all beliefs
To eliminate all traces of fascism from the earth
To build a deep and sincere international friendship among the peoples of the world
To keep a just lasting peace
To eliminate want, frustration and enforced idleness
We have come to confirm the unity of all youth salute our comrades who have died-and pledge our word that skilful hands, keen brains and young enthusiasm shall never more be wasted in war— Pledge of the World Federation of Democratic Youth
Member organizations
Africa
| Country | Name | Notes |
|---|---|---|
 Angola | Juventude do Movimento Popular da Libertação de Angola | Youth wing of MPLA |
 Congo, Dem. Rep. | PPRD Youth League | Youth wing of the People's Party for Reconstruction and Democracy |
 Eritrea | National Union of Eritrean Youth and Students | |
 Ethiopia | Ethiopian Youth League | |
 Ghana | Democratic Youth League of Ghana | |
African Youth Command | ||
 Mozambique | Mozambican Youth Organisation | Youth wing of FRELIMO |
 Namibia | SWAPO Party Youth League | Youth wing of SWAPO |
 Senegal | Mouvement de la Jeunesse Démocratique | Youth wing of the Democratic League/Movement for the Labour Party |
UJDAN | Youth wing of the Party of Independence and Labour | |
 South Africa | African National Congress Youth League | Youth wing of the African National Congress |
South African Students Congress | ||
Young Communist League of South Africa | Youth wing of the South African Communist Party | |
 Sudan | Sudanese Youth Union | Youth wing of the Sudanese Communist Party |
 Tanzania | Umoja Wa Vijana | Youth wing of Chama Cha Mapinduzi |
| Senegal | Democratic Youth Union Alboury Ndiaye | Youth wing of the Party of Independence and Work |
 Western Sahara | Saharawi Youth Union | Youth wing of the Polisario Front |
 Zambia | United National Independence Party Youth League | Youth wing of the United National Independence Party |
 Zimbabwe | ZANU-PF Youth League | Youth wing of ZANU-PF |
Asia and the Pacific
| Country | Name | Notes |
|---|---|---|
 Australia | Resistance: Young Socialist Alliance | Youth wing of the Socialist Alliance |
 Bangladesh | Bangladesh Students Union | |
Bangladesh Youth Union | Youth wing of the Communist Party of Bangladesh | |
 Bhutan | Democratic Youth of Bhutan | Youth wing of the Bhutan National Democratic Party |
Students Union of Bhutan | ||
 India | Students Federation of India | Student wing of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
Democratic Youth Federation of India | Youth Wing of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
All India Students Federation | Student wing of the Communist Party of India | |
All India Youth Federation | Youth wing of the Communist Party of India | |
All India Youth League | Youth wing of the All India Forward Bloc | |
 Iran | Tudeh Youth | Youth wing of the Tudeh Party of Iran |
 Japan | Democratic Youth League of Japan | Youth wing of the Japanese Communist Party |
Japan League of Socialist Youth | ||
Korean Youth League in Japan | Youth wing of Chongryon | |
 Korea, DPR | Kimilsungist-Kimjongilist Youth League | Youth wing of the Worker's Party of Korea |
 Korea, Rep. | 7th-term Hanchongryun | |
 Laos | Lao People's Revolutionary Youth Union | Youth wing of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party |
 Myanmar | All Burma Students' Democratic Front | |
All Burma Students League | ||
 Nepal | All Nepal National Free Students Union | Student wing of the Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist) |
Youth Federation Nepal | Youth wing of the Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | |
Nepal National Federation of Students | Student wing of the Nepal Communist Party (United) | |
Nepal National Youth Federation | Youth wing of the Nepal Communist Party (United) | |
 Pakistan | Democratic Students Federation | Student wing of the Communist Party of Pakistan |
Pashtoonkhwa Students Organization | ||
 Philippines | ANAKBAYAN | |
 Sri Lanka | Communist Youth Federation | Youth wing of the Communist Party of Sri Lanka |
Federation of All Lanka(Ceylon) Youth League | Youth wing of Mahajana Eksath Peramuna | |
Socialist Students Union | Student wing of Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna | |
Socialist Youth Union | Youth wing of Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna | |
 Vietnam | Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union | Youth wing of the Communist Party of Vietnam |
Europe and North America
| Country | Name | Notes |
|---|---|---|
 Armenia | Young Communist League Armenia | Youth wing of the Armenian Communist Party |
 Azerbaijan | Young Communist League Azerbaijan | Youth wing of the Azerbaijan Communist Party |
 Austria | Communist Youth of Austria | |
 Belgium | COMAC | Youth wing of the Workers' Party of Belgium |
 Bulgaria | Bulgarian Socialist Youth Union | |
 Canada | Young Communist League of Canada | Affiliated with the Communist Party of Canada |
 Catalonia | Communist Youth of Catalonia | Youth wing of the Communists of Catalonia |
 Czech Republic | Communist Youth Union | Youth wing of the Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia |
 Cyprus | United Democratic Youth Organisation | Youth wing of the Progressive Party of Working People |
 Denmark | Ungkommunisterne | Shared youth organization of the Communist Party in Denmark and the Communist Party of Denmark |
 Finland | Communist Youth League | |
 France | Mouvement Jeunes Communistes de France | |
 Georgia | Young Communist League of Georgia | |
 Germany | Free German Youth | |
Socialist German Workers Youth | Youth wing of the German Communist Party | |
 Greece | Communist Youth of Greece | Youth wing of the Communist Party of Greece |
 Hungary | Baloldali Front | Youth wing of the Hungarian Workers' Party |
 Ireland | Connolly Youth Movement | Youth wing of the Communist Party of Ireland |
Workers Party Youth | Youth wing of the Workers' Party of Ireland | |
 Italy | Front of the Communist Youth | Youth wing of the Communist Party |
Giovani Comuniste e Comunisti | Youth wing of the Communist Refoundation Party | |
 Norway | Young Communists in Norway | Youth wing of the Communist Party of Norway |
Young Communist League of Norway | ||
 Portugal | Portuguese Communist Youth | Youth wing of the Portuguese Communist Party |
 Russia | Leninist Young Communist League of the Russian Federation | Youth wing of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation |
Revolutionary Communist Youth League (Bolshevik) | Youth wing of the Russian Communist Workers' Party of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union | |
Russian Communist Youth League | ||
 Slovakia | Socialistický Zväz Mladých | Youth wing of the Communist Party of Slovakia |
 Spain | Collectives of Communist Youth | Youth wing of the Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain |
Communist Youth Union of Spain | Youth wing of the Communist Party of Spain | |
 Sweden | Communist Youth of Sweden | Youth wing of the Communist Party of Sweden |
 United Kingdom | Young Communist League | Youth wing of the Communist Party of Britain |
Young Socialists | Youth wing of the Communist League | |
 Serbia | Young Communist League of Yugoslavia | Youth wing of the New Communist Party of Yugoslavia |
 United States | Young Communist League USA | Youth wing of the Communist Party USA |
Young Socialists | Youth wing of the Socialist Workers Party |
Latin America and Caribbean
| Country | Name | Notes |
|---|---|---|
 Argentina | Federación Juvenil Comunista | Youth wing of the Communist Party of Argentina |
 Barbados | League of Progressive Youth | |
 Bolivia | Juventud Comunista de Bolivia | Youth wing of the Communist Party of Bolivia |
 Brazil | Juventude Revolucionaria 8 de Outubro | Youth wing of the MR-8 |
Juventude do PDT | Youth wing of the Democratic Labour Party | |
Juventude do PMDB | Youth wing of the Party of the Brazilian Democratic Movement | |
Juventude Comunista Avançando | Youth wing of the Polo Comunista Luiz Carlos Prestes | |
União da Juventude Comunista | Youth wing of the Brazilian Communist Party | |
União da Juventude Socialista | Youth wing of the Communist Party of Brazil | |
Juventude Socialista Brasileira | Youth wing of the Brazilian Socialist Party | |
 Chile | Juventudes Comunistas | Youth wing of the Communist Party of Chile |
 Colombia | Juventud Comunista de Colombia | Youth wing of the Colombian Communist Party |
 Cuba | Unión de Jóvenes Comunistas | Youth wing of the Communist Party of Cuba |
 Ecuador | Federación Estudiantes Universitarios | |
Juventud Socialista Ecuatoriana | Youth wing of the Socialist Party of Ecuador | |
 El Salvador | Juventud del Frente Farabundo Martí para la Liberación Nacional | Youth wing of the Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front |
 Grenada | Maurice Bishop Youth Movement | |
 Guatemala | Juventud URNG | Youth wing of the URNG |
 Guyana | Guyana Youth and Students Movement | |
Walter Rodney Youth Movement | ||
 Mexico | Juventud Popular Socialista | Youth wing of the Popular Socialist Party |
 Nicaragua | Juventud del FSLN | Youth wing of the Frente Sandinista de Liberación Nacional |
 Paraguay | Casa de la Juventud del Paraguay | |
 Peru | Juventud Comunista Peruana | Youth wing of the Peruvian Communist Party |
 Uruguay | Juventud del Movimiento 26 de Marzo | Youth wing of the 26 March Movement |
 Venezuela | Juventud Comunista de Venezuela | Youth wing of the Communist Party of Venezuela |
United Socialist Party of Venezuela Youth | Youth wing of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela |
Middle East
| Country | Name | Notes |
|---|---|---|
 Algeria | Union de la Jeunesse Algérienne | Youth wing of the FLN |
National Union of Algerian Students | Students of the FLN | |
 Egypt | Union of Progressive Youth of Egypt | Youth wing of the Progressive National Unionist Party |
 Iraq | Democratic Youth Federation of Iraq | Youth wing of the Iraqi Communist Party |
General Union of Students in Iraqi Republic | ||
 Israel | Young Communist League of Israel | Youth wing of the Communist Party of Israel |
 Lebanon | Union of Lebanese Democratic Youth | Youth wing of the Lebanese Communist Party |
 Libya | National Youth Organization of Libya | |
 Bahrain | Shabeeba Society of Bahrain | Youth wing of the Progressive Democratic Tribune |
 Morocco | Istiqlal Party Youth | Youth wing of the Istiqlal Party |
USFP Jeunesse Ittihadiya | Youth wing of the Socialist Union of Popular Forces | |
Jeunesse Socialiste | Youth wing of the Party of Progress and Socialism | |
 Palestine | General Union of Palestine Students | |
Palestinian Democratic Youth Union | Youth wing of the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine | |
 Syria | Union of Democratic Youth of Syria-Khaled Baghdash | Youth wing of the Syrian Communist Party |
Syrian Democratic Youth Union | Youth wing of the Syrian Unified Communist Party | |
 Kuwait | Democratic Youth Forum | Youth wing of the KPM |
Former members
Afghanistan - Democratic Youth Organization of Afghanistan
Argentina - Juventud Intrasigente Argentina- Argentina - Juventud Socialista Auténtica
Australia - Eureka Youth League
Belgium - Graffiti Jeugendsdienst- Belgium - Jeunesse Communiste de Belgique
Bolivia - Confederación Universitaria Boliviana
Brazil - Juventude do PCB
Bulgaria - Dimitrov Komsomol
Byelorussian SSR - Leninist Communist Youth Union of Belarus
Catalonia - Col·lectius de Joves Comunistes - Joventut Comunista (Youth of Partit dels i les Comunistes de Catalunya)
Cambodia - People's Revolutionary Youth Union of Kampuchea
Chile - Juventud de la Izquierda Cristiana de Chile- Chile - Juventud del MIR
- Chile - Juventud Rebelde Miguel Enríquez
- Chile - Unión de Jóvenes Socialistas
China - Communist Youth League of China- China - All-China Youth Federation
Colombia - Federación Juvenil Obrera- Colombia - Juventud de la Alianza Nacional Popular
- Colombia - Juventud del Poder Popular
- Colombia - Unión Nacional de los Estudiantes Secundarios
- Colombia - Unión de Jóvenes Patriotas
Congo - Union de la jeunesse congolaise, Republic of Congo
Costa Rica - Juventud del Pueblo Costarriquense- Costa Rica - Juventudes Patrióticas
- Costa Rica - Juventud Vanguardista Costarriquense
Czechoslovakia - Svaz Mládeže, Czechoslovakia
Dominican Republic - Juventud Revolucionaria Dominicana- Dominican Republic - Unión Democrática Orlando Martínez
Ecuador - Departamento Juvenil del Central de Trabajadores de Ecuador- Ecuador - Juventud Comunista de Ecuador
El Salvador - Asociación General de Estudiantes Universitarios de El Salvador
Faroe Islands - Færøske Socialister
Finland - Democratic Youth League of Finland- Finland - Finnish Union of Democratic Pioneers
Germany - Socialist Youth League Karl Liebknecht
East Germany - Free German Youth
Greece - Greek Communist Youth (Internal)
Guadeloupe - Union de la Jeunesse Communiste Guadeloupe- France - Union nationale des étudiants de france-Solidarité Etudiante
Guatemala - Juventud Patriótica del Trabajo
Guyana - Young Socialist Movement
Haiti - Jeunesse Communiste de Haiti
Honduras - Federación de la Juventud Comunista
Iceland - Revolutionary Communist Youth League
Indonesia - People's Youth (Indonesia)
Italy - Italian Communist Youth Federation- Italy - Youth Federation of Italian Communists (Youth of the Party of Italian Communists)
Jamaica - Young Communist League of the Workers' Party (Workers Party of Jamaica)
Luxembourg - Jeunesse Communiste Luxembourgoise- Martinique - Union de la Jeunesse Communiste Martinique
Mexico - Frente Juvenil Revolucionario- Mexico - Juventud Socialista de los Trabajadores
Mongolia - Revolutionary Youth League (REVSOMOL)
Netherlands - Algemeen Nederlands Jeugd Verbond
Nicaragua - Juventud Sandista 19 de Julio
Hungary - Kommunista Ifjúsági Szövetség
Panama - Juventud del PRD- Panama - Juventud Popular Revolucionaria
Paraguay - Federación Juvenil Comunista de Paraguay
Peru - CGTP Sección Juvenil- Peru - Juventud Aprista Peruana
- Peru - Juventud Mariateguista
Poland - Związek Socjalistycznej Młodzieży Polskiej
Puerto Rico - Federación Universitaria para la Indpendencia- Puerto Rico - Juventud Comunista de Puerto Rico
- Puerto Rico - Juventud Socialista de Puerto Rico
San Marino - Federazione Giovanile Comunista San Marino
Sri Lanka - Congress of Sama Samaja Youth Leagues- Sri Lanka - Federation of Communist and Progressive Youth
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines - Vanguard Youth Organization
Surinam - National Youth Movement
Sweden - Ung Vänster (1975–1992)
Switzerland - Jeunesse Communiste Suisse
Tunisia - Destourian Youth
Turkey - İlerici Gençler Derneği
United States - Young Socialist Alliance
Uruguay - Juventud Socialista del Uruguay
Soviet Union - Committee of Youth Organizations of the USSR- Soviet Union - All-Union Leninist Young Communist League (Komsomol)
Venezuela - Juventud Socialista-MEP
Observers
Youth for Communist Rebirth In France (Youth of the Pole of Communist Rebirth in France)
Communist Youth Movement (Youth of the New Communist Party of the Netherlands)
Communist Youth of Luxemburg (Refounded youth organisation of the Communist Party of Luxembourg), Luxembourg
Revolutionary Communist Youth (Youth organization of the Communist Party), Sweden
See also
- Active measures
- Christian Peace Conference
- International Association of Democratic Lawyers
- International Federation of Resistance Fighters – Association of Anti-Fascists
- International Organization of Journalists
- International Union of Students
- Women's International Democratic Federation
- World Federation of Scientific Workers
- World Federation of Trade Unions
- World Peace Council
References
^ Richard Felix Staar, Foreign policies of the Soviet Union, Hoover Press, 1991, ISBN 0-8179-9102-6, p.84
^ abc The cultural Cold War in Western Europe, 1945-1960. Giles Scott-Smith, Hans Krabbendam. p. 169
^ A century of spies: intelligence in the twentieth century. Jeffrey T. Richelson. p. 252
^ Soviet foreign policy in a changing world, Volume 1986. Robbin Frederick Laird, Erik P. Hoffmann. p. 211
^ Europe since 1945: an encyclopedia, Volume 1. Bernard A. Cook. p. 212
External links
- Official website
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