Youth for International Socialism
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Youth for International Socialism (YFIS) is an international Marxist youth organization. They work along with the International Marxist Tendency
International Marxist Tendency
The International Marxist Tendency is an international socialist organisation based on the ideas of Marx, Engels, Lenin, and Trotsky. The late Ted Grant was its chief theoretician and the person who built the organisation since its beginning. Currently, Alan Woods and Lal Khan are its best known...
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YFIS was founded by John Peterson, now head of the Workers International League. It acts as a Trotskyist youth group and educational organization. In other words, it is a training program for membership in the International Marxist Tendency.