The Red Youth Front is a communist youth organization that is based in Quebec

Quebec

Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....

 and Toronto

Toronto

Toronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from...

 and advocates socialism

Socialism

Socialism is an economic system characterized by social ownership of the means of production and cooperative management of the economy; or a political philosophy advocating such a system. "Social ownership" may refer to any one of, or a combination of, the following: cooperative enterprises,...

, abolition of social classes, protection of the environment, repression of racism

Racism

Racism is the belief that inherent different traits in human racial groups justify discrimination. In the modern English language, the term "racism" is used predominantly as a pejorative epithet. It is applied especially to the practice or advocacy of racial discrimination of a pernicious nature...

, sexism

Sexism

Sexism, also known as gender discrimination or sex discrimination, is the application of the belief or attitude that there are characteristics implicit to one's gender that indirectly affect one's abilities in unrelated areas...

 and homophobia

Homophobia

Homophobia is a term used to refer to a range of negative attitudes and feelings towards lesbian, gay and in some cases bisexual, transgender people and behavior, although these are usually covered under other terms such as biphobia and transphobia. Definitions refer to irrational fear, with the...

, youth rights and worker's rights. The RYF Manifesto begins by asserting that it is "a group for all those who are tired of being ignored, of getting robbed by the employers and being told what to do by the government, schools and police. We're sick of this rotten society which has nothing better to offer us than minimum wage at Tim Hortons

Tim Hortons

Tim Hortons Inc. is a Canadian fast casual restaurant known for its coffee and doughnuts. It is also Canada's largest fast food service with over 3000 stores nationwide. It was founded in 1964 in Hamilton, Ontario, by Canadian hockey player Tim Horton and Jim Charade, after an initial venture in...

, McDonald's

McDonald's

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 or video clubs!".

Their stated goal is the creation of a Socialist state

Socialist state

A socialist state generally refers to any state constitutionally dedicated to the construction of a socialist society. It is closely related to the political strategy of "state socialism", a set of ideologies and policies that believe a socialist economy can be established through government...

 in Canada

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

, and they refuse the use of electoral processes to achieve this goal, believing them to be useless: "We reject the electoral farce because it offers absolutely no real hope of change for the oppressed people." They specifically draw likenesses in their manifesto between their organization and the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) as well as the 2005 civil unrest in France

2005 civil unrest in France

The 2005 civil unrest in France of October and November was a series of riots by mostly Muslim North African youths in Paris and other French cities, involving mainly the burning of cars and public buildings at night starting on 27 October 2005 in Clichy-sous-Bois...

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Manifesto and Platform

While the RYF has a two pages long manifesto

Manifesto

A manifesto is a public declaration of principles and intentions, often political in nature. Manifestos relating to religious belief are generally referred to as creeds. Manifestos may also be life stance-related.-Etymology:...

 advocating a communist revolution

Communist revolution

A communist revolution is a proletarian revolution inspired by the ideas of Marxism that aims to replace capitalism with communism, typically with socialism as an intermediate stage...

in Canada, its platform as a political entity is listed in five points, which they expound on in greater detail.

1. The RYF struggles for the abolition of social classes.

2. The RYF is revolutionary and socialist.

3. The RYF supports all anti-imperialist struggles.

4. The RYF opposes racism, sexism, homophobia, narrow-minded nationalism and all forms of discrimination based on age.

5. The RYF wants to fight environmental destruction

Their manifesto ends with the lines:
Down with the old capitalist regime!
Down with the imperialist world order!
Long live the Red Youth Front!
Long live the socialist revolution!