Communist Youth of Greece
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Communist Party of Greece
Founded in 1918, the Communist Party of Greece , better known by its acronym, ΚΚΕ , is the oldest party on the Greek political scene.- Foundation :...
(KKE).
It publishes the monthly newspaper Odigitis (Greek: Οδηγητής, "guider") and hosts Odigitis festival
Odigitis festival
Odigitis festival , a series of annual festivals organized in most of the major towns and cities of Greece by the Communist Youth of Greece ....
s in most of the major towns and cities of Greece
Greece
Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....
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KNE is a member of the World Federation of Democratic Youth
World Federation of Democratic Youth
The World Federation of Democratic Youth is a progressive youth organization, recognized by the United Nations as an international youth non-governmental organization. WFDY describes itself as an "anti-imperialist, left-wing" organisation...
.
Organisation
KNE is following the organisational structure described as democratic centralismDemocratic centralism
Democratic centralism is the name given to the principles of internal organization used by Leninist political parties, and the term is sometimes used as a synonym for any Leninist policy inside a political party...
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History
KNE was founded in 22 August 1968, with a decision of Politburo of the Central Committee of the KKE, during the Greek military junta of 1967-1974Greek military junta of 1967-1974
The Greek military junta of 1967–1974, alternatively "The Regime of the Colonels" , or in Greece "The Junta", and "The Seven Years" are terms used to refer to a series of right-wing military governments that ruled Greece from 1967 to 1974...
, as an organization of youth with revolutionary and communist features.
It was the historical continue of OKNE (Organization of Communist Youth of Greece), of all the organizations of youth which had already took part in people's struggle in Greece, such as EPON (United Panhellenic Organization of Youth), DNE (Democratic Youth of Greece), D.N.Lampraki (Democratic Youth "Lamprakis").
The period of 1989-1991, a deep crisis shocked KNE. It was a crisis with two phases: in 1989 with a split, and in 1991 with its dissolution and the attempt of its diffusion in Synaspismos Youth League. Finally, with the efforts of some hyndreds of members and KKE's help, KNE survived and in March of 1993, the 6th Congress of the Organization took place.
In late 2000's, KNE decided to constitute MAS (Front of Students' Struggle), which was finally founded by students' organizations in Athens, 6th November 2009.
The congresses of KNE
- 1st Congress (19–22 February 1976)
- 2nd Congress (4–7 April 1979)
- 3rd Congress (14–18 December 1983)
- 4th Congress (1–5 June 1988)
- 5th Congress (25–27 January 1990)
- 6th Congress (19–21 March 1993) "The hope is in our struggle, with KKE we open the road to the future"
- 7th Congress (1–4 May 1997) "Youth's counter-attack to imperialism, with KKE for Socialism"
- 8th Congress (21–23 December 2001) "Youth dynamic in struggle with working class and the people,for the Front, for the Socialism"
- 9th Congress (12–14 May 2006) - Resolution
- 10th Congress (7-9 May 2010) - "Communism is the youth of the world, KNE our organization"
Odigitis festival
Odigitis festival is a series of annual festivals organized in most of the major towns and cities of GreeceGreece
Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....
by the KNE
External links
- Communist Youth of Greece (KNE) official site
- Odigitis newspaper