Jonge Socialisten
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The Dutch Young Socialists within the PvdA is the youth section of the Dutch
social democratic
party Partij van de Arbeid (PvdA).
JS used to be a democratic socialist
organisation that promotes the full participation of young people in society. Since 2007 however, the JS is no longer a democratic socialist youth organisation. They adapted social democracy
as their ideology.
The JS has a very diverse and active memberbase and is entirely run by young people. They organise trainings on different topics ranging from intercultural learning, European integration, human rights, theater, etc. They have debates, public awareness campaigns and excursions and also publish their own magazine, called Lava.
JS is a member organisation of IUSY (International Union of Socialist Youth) and ECOSY
(European Community of Socialist Youth).
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
social democratic
Social democracy
Social democracy is a political ideology of the center-left on the political spectrum. Social democracy is officially a form of evolutionary reformist socialism. It supports class collaboration as the course to achieve socialism...
party Partij van de Arbeid (PvdA).
JS used to be a democratic socialist
Democratic socialism
Democratic socialism is a description used by various socialist movements and organizations to emphasize the democratic character of their political orientation...
organisation that promotes the full participation of young people in society. Since 2007 however, the JS is no longer a democratic socialist youth organisation. They adapted social democracy
Social democracy
Social democracy is a political ideology of the center-left on the political spectrum. Social democracy is officially a form of evolutionary reformist socialism. It supports class collaboration as the course to achieve socialism...
as their ideology.
The JS has a very diverse and active memberbase and is entirely run by young people. They organise trainings on different topics ranging from intercultural learning, European integration, human rights, theater, etc. They have debates, public awareness campaigns and excursions and also publish their own magazine, called Lava.
JS is a member organisation of IUSY (International Union of Socialist Youth) and ECOSY
Ecosy
ECOSY - Young European Socialists is an association of social-democratic youth organisations in the European Union. The most widely accepted pronunciation of ECOSY is as a single word with short "e" and short "o"....
(European Community of Socialist Youth).