Socialist Youth
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The names Socialist Youth or Socialist Youth League have been used by several political youth organizations around the world:
- IndiaIndiaIndia , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
- Democratic Youth Federation of IndiaDemocratic Youth Federation of IndiaDemocratic Youth Federation of India , is an Indian left-wing youth organization founded in 1980. DYFI, as it is popularly known, is politically linked to the Communist Party of India .The current general secretary of DYFI is Tapas Sinha and the president is P...
and Students' Federation of India - China - Communist Youth LeagueCommunist Youth LeagueThe Communist Youth League of China also known as the China Youth League is a youth movement of the People's Republic of China for youth between the ages of fourteen and twenty-eight, run by Communist Party of China. The league is organized on the party pattern. Its leader is its First Secretary...
(known as the Socialist Youth League of China 1920-1949) - Chile - Socialist YouthSocialist Youth (Chile)The Socialist Youth is a Chilean Youth Organization advocating socialism. Michelle Bachelet, Chile's former president, was a member of this organization.-External links:* *...
- Croatia - Socialist Youth of CroatiaSocialist Youth (Croatia)Young Socialists of Croatia is a left-wing youth organization in Croatia. It was formed in 1998 and is the largest socialist youth organization in Croatia.An elected member of the Young Socialists sits in the Presidency of Socialist Labour Party of Croatia....
- Denmark - Socialist Youth LeagueSocialist Youth League (Denmark, 1935)Socialistisk Ungdomsforbund , a leftist youth movement in Denmark 1935-1936. SUF was formed as a split from Danmarks Socialdemokratiske Ungdom. SUF published Revolte....
- Ireland - Socialist YouthSocialist Youth (Ireland)Socialist Youth is the youth section of the Socialist Party of Ireland. It has its strongest bases of support in Belfast, Dublin, Cork, Limerick and Galway.Socialist Youth has protested about issues such as Lebanon, Iraq, inequality and imperialism...
- Norway - Socialist YouthSocialist Youth (Norway)Socialist Youth is the youth league of the Socialist Left Party of Norway.The current head of the organisation is Olav Magnus Linge. SU considers itself a revolutionary party and wants to gain popular support for socialism in Norway. In this respect it differs from SV, the mother party.SU...
- Scotland - Scottish Socialist YouthScottish Socialist YouthScottish Socialist Youth is the youth wing of the Scottish Socialist Party. They are an anti-capitalist, anti-racist and anti-globalisation organisation. SSY stands for the creation of an independent, socialist Scotland....
- Spain - Socialist Youth of SpainSocialist Youth of SpainSocialist Youth of Spain is the youth organisation of the Spanish social democratic party Partido Socialista Obrero Español .-External links:*...
- Sweden - Socialist Youth LeagueSocialist Youth League (Sweden)The Socialist Youth League was the youth organization of the Swedish Socialist Party. The organization was formed in 1929. Initially it was known as the Communist Youth League . KUF changed name to SU in 1934.Along with its mother party, the youth league gradually developed a pro-Nazi position...
- Portugal - Juventude SocialistaSocialist Youth (Portugal)Socialist Youth is the youth organisation of the Portuguese socialist party Partido Socialista.-List of General Secretaries:*1975-1978 - Arons de Carvalho*1978-1981 - José Leitão*1981-1984 - Margarida Marques*1984-1990 - José Apolinário...
- United Kingdom - Socialist YouthLabour Party Young SocialistsThe Labour Party Young Socialists was the name of the youth section of the British Labour Party from 1965 until 1993. The LPYS was the most successful of the youth sections of the Labour Party in the post war period, at one point having nearly 600 branches and attendances at its national...
- United States - Socialist Youth LeagueSocialist Youth League (US)The Socialist Youth League was the youth group affiliated with the Workers Party, a splinter Trotskyist party led by Max Shachtman. The parent group changed its name to the Independent Socialist League in 1950. In February 1954, the Socialist Youth League merged with the a faction of the Young...