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The World Federation of Democratic Youth is a youth organization, recognized by the United Nations as an international youth non-governmental organization. WFDY was founded in London in 1945. WFDY was formed as a broad international youth movement, organized in the context of the end of the Second World War. But at the beginning of the Cold War, almost all Western organizations pulled out of WFDY due to its association with Soviet-aligned socialist and Communist parties. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (694x679, 353 KB) Licensing File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (694x679, 353 KB) Licensing File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Main articles: League of Nations and History of the United Nations The term United Nations was coined by Franklin D. Roosevelt during World War II, to refer to the Allies. ... A non-governmental organization (NGO) is an organization that is not part of a government and was not founded by states. ... London is the capital city of the United Kingdom and of England. ... 1945 (MCMXLV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... Combatants Allied Powers Axis Powers Commanders {{{commander1}}} {{{commander2}}} Strength {{{strength1}}} {{{strength2}}} Casualties 17 million military deaths 7 million military deaths {{{notes}}} World War II, also known as the Second World War (sometimes WW2 or WWII or World War Two), was a mid-20th century conflict that engulfed much of the... For the generic term for high-tension and / or indirect struggle between states, falling short of actual open hostilities, see cold war (war). ... Communism refers to a conjectured future classless, stateless social organization based upon common ownership of the means of production, and to a variety of political movements which claim the establishment of such a social organization as their ultimate goal. ...


When the USSR and the Eastern Bloc collapsed, WFDY entered a crisis. In the vacuum of power created by the disappearance of the most important member organization, the Soviet Komsomol, conflicts emerged on the character of the Federation. Some wanted a more apolitical structure, whereas others were more inclined to an openly leftist federation. WFDY did however, survive the crisis of 1989-1992, and is today an active international youth organization that holds regular activities. Eastern bloc During the Cold War, the Eastern Bloc (or Soviet Bloc) comprised the following Central and Eastern European countries: Bulgaria, Romania, Hungary, East Germany, Poland, Albania (until the early 1960s, see below), the Soviet Union, and Czechoslovakia. ... Komsomol (Комсомол) is a syllabic abbreviation word, from the Russian Kommunisticheski Soyuz Molodiozhi (Коммунистический союз молодёжи), or Communist Union of Youth. The organisation served as the youth wing of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union ( CPSU), the youngest members being fourteen years old, the upper limit for an age... 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ...


The WFDY Headquarters are in Budapest, Hungary. Nickname: Pearl of the Danubeor Queen of the Danube Motto: Official website: www. ...


The main event of WFDY is the World Festival of Youth and Students. The 16th WFYS was held in Venezuela 2005. World Festival of Youth and Students is an international event, organized by the World Federation of Democratic Youth jointly with the International Union of Students since 1947. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

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Member organizations of WFDY (Incomplete list)

Africa

The MPLA flag The Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola (Movimiento Popular de Libertação de Angola) is an Angolan political party that has ruled the country since independence in 1975. ... The Mozambican Liberation Front (FRELIMO, pronounced fray-LEE-moo; Portuguese: Frente de Libertação de Moçambique) is a political party that has ruled Mozambique since independence in 1975. ... The South West African Peoples Organization is a political party in Namibia. ... The Democratic League-Movement for the Labour Party (Ligue Démocratique-Mouvement pour le Parti du Travail) is a political party in Senegal. ... The African National Congress Youth League is the youth wing of the African National Congress. ... The African National Congress (ANC) is a centre-left political party, and has been South Africas governing party (in a coalition) since the establishment of majority rule in May 1994. ... CCM banner The Chama Cha Mapinduzi (Revolutionary State Party) is the ruling political party of Tanzania. ... The Party of Independence and Work (Parti de lIndépendence et du Travail) is a communist political party in Senegal. ... UJSARIO, sometimes written UJSario, Unión de Juventud de Saguia el Hamra y Río de Oro (The Youth Union of Saguia el Hamra and Río de Oro) is the youth organization of the Front Polisario. ... The Polisario, Polisario Front, or Frente Polisario, from the Spanish abbreviation of Frente Popular de Liberación de Saguía el Hamra y Río de Oro (Popular Front for the Liberation of Saguia el-Hamra and Rio de Oro) is a Sahrawi movement working for the independence of Western... The United National Independence Party is a political party in Zambia. ... The Zimbabwe African National Union - Patriotic Front (ZANU-PF) has been the ruling party in Zimbabwe since independence in 1980, led by Robert Mugabe, first as Prime Minister with the party simply known as ZANU, and then as President from 1988 after taking over ZAPU and renaming the party ZANU...

Asia & Pacific

Resistance is a socialist youth organisation with branches throughout Australia and its national headquarters in Sydney. ... The Democratic Socialist Perspective (DSP), is a Marxist political tendency within a broad Australian socialist grouping, the Socialist Alliance. ... The Socialist Alliance was founded in 2001 as an alliance of socialist organisations in Australia, initiated by the Democratic Socialist Party and the International Socialist Organisation and founded along with 6 other socialist groups. ... Poster of the CPB commemorating the 50th anniversary of its foundation (as part of the Communist Party of Pakistan The Communist Party of Bangladesh is a Communist party in Bangladesh. ... Poster of the CPB commemorating the 50th anniversary of its foundation (as part of the Communist Party of Pakistan The Communist Party of Bangladesh is a Communist party in Bangladesh. ... North Korea, officially the Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea (DPRK; Korean: Chosŏn Minjujuŭi Inmin Konghwaguk; Hangul: 조선민주주의인민공화국; Hanja: 朝鮮民主主義人民共和國), is a country in eastern Asia, covering the northern half of the peninsula of Korea. ... The Workers Party of Korea (WPK) is the ruling party of the Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea (DPRK), commonly known as North Korea. ... The All India Students Federations the first student union in India level. ... The Communist Party of India (CPI) is a political party in India. ... AIYF poster in Kerala All India Youth Federation is the youth wing of Communist Party of India. ... The Communist Party of India (CPI) is a political party in India. ... All India Youth League is the youth wing of All India Forward Bloc. ... Executive President Prime Minister The Union Ministries Legislative Parliament Rajya Sabha Chairman of the Rajya Sabha Lok Sabha Speaker of the House Judicial Supreme Court Chief Justice of the Supreme Court High Courts District Courts Constitution Fundamental Rights and Directive principles Regions States and territories Elections General Elections State Assembly... DYFI banner DYFI rally in Kolkata Democratic Youth Federation of India (in Hindi भारत कि जनवादी नौजवन सभा, Bharat ki Janvadi Naujavan Sabha), the youth organization of Communist Party of India (Marxist). ... The Communist Party of India (Marxist), or CPI(M), is a political party in India. ... The Tudeh Party of Iran (f. ... Democratic Youth League of Japan (日本民主青年同盟, Nihon Minshu Seinen Domei), a political youth movement in Japan. ... The Japanese Communist Party (JCP) (日本共産党), in Japanese known as Nihon Kyōsan-tō is a political party of Japan based on communism. ... The Lao Peoples Revolutionary Party (Laotian: Phak Pasason Pativat Lao) is the Communist Party of Laos. ... Categories: Stub | Nepali political parties | Communist parties ... Categories: Stub | Nepali political parties | Communist parties ... Communist Party of Nepal (United), a political party in Nepal. ... CPSL May Day poster in Kandy CPSL Kandy provincial election candidate, CYF President Raja Uswetakeiyyawa Communist Youth Federation The Communist Party of Sri Lanka is a communist political party in Sri Lanka. ... The Peoples Liberation Front (Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna) is a nationalist Marxist political party in Sri Lanka. ... Stamp featuring Ho Chi Minh commemorating the 70th anniversary of the Communist Party The Communist Party of Vietnam (Đảng Cá»™ng Sản Việt Nam) is the currently and indefinitely ruling, as well as the only legal political party in Vietnam. ...

Europe & North America

The Armenian Communist Party (Hayastani Komunistakan Kusaktsutyun) is a communist political party in Armenia. ... The Azerbaijan Communist Party (Azərbaycan Kommunist Partiyası) is a communist political party in Azerbaijan. ... The Communist Youth of Austria - Young Left (German: Kommunistische Jugend Österreichs - Junge Linke, abbr. ... The Communist Party of Austria (de: Kommunistische Partei Österreichs, or KPÖ) is a communist party from Austria. ... The Party of Communists of Belarus (Partya Kamunistov Belaruskaya) is a political party in Belarus, that opposes the regime of president Alexander Lukashenko. ... The Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia (Czech: Komunistická strana ÄŒech a Moravy) is a communist party in the Czech Republic. ... The Progressive Party of Working People (AKEL) (Greek: Ανορθωτικό Κόμμα Εργαζόμενου Λαού) is a socialist party in Cyprus. ... Communist Party in Denmark (in Danish: Kommunistisk Parti i Danmark), a political party in Denmark. ... The Communist Party of Finland (Finnish: Suomen kommunistinen puolue, Swedish: Finlands kommunistiska parti, abbreviated SKP) is a former political party endorsing communism in Finland. ... The current logo of the PCF. Note the absence of traditional communist imagery such as the hammer and sickle. ... The Free German Youth (Freie Deutsche Jugend or FDJ) was a youth movement in Germany, founded in 1936 to oppose Hitlers rule. ... Sozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterjugend (Socialist German Workers Youth), a political youth organization in Germany. ... Advertisement of the German Communist Party, Those who take nothing from the rich can give nothing to the poor. ... The Communist Youth of Greece, (Greek: Κομμουνιστική Νεολαία Ελλαδας, KNE) is the youth wing of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE). ... The Communist Party of Greece, better known by its acronym ΚΚΕ (Greek: Κομμουνιστικό Κόμμα Ελλάδας, Kommunistiko Komma Elladas), is the communist party in Greece. ... Note: if you are looking for Hungarian Workers Party (in Hungarian: Magyar Dolgozók Pártja), click the link. ... The Connolly Youth Movement or CYM, is an all-Ireland youth organisation affiliated to the Communist Party of Ireland and the World Federation of Democratic Youth. ... The Communist Party of Ireland (CPI; Irish: Páirtí Cumannach na hÉireann) is a small all-Ireland Marxist party. ... The Workers Party (in Irish Páirtí na nOibrithe) is an Irish left wing political party that evolved from Official Sinn Féin. ... The Communist Refoundation Party (Italian: Partito della Rifondazione Comunista) is an Italian reformed communist party. ... Norges Kommunistiske Ungdomsforbund (Young Communist League of Norway) is the youth league of Norges Kommunistiske Parti (NKP). ... The Communist Party of Norway (Norges Kommunistiske Parti) is a political party in Norway without parliamentary representation. ... Several JCP members in an anti-war demonstration The Portuguese Communist Youth (Portuguese: Juventude Comunista Portuguesa or JCP) is the youth organization of the Portuguese Communist Party and was founded in November 10 of 1979, after the unification of the Communist Youth League (Portuguese: União dos Jovens Comunistas or... PCPs official symbol, featuring the hammer and sickle and the Portuguese national colors, red and green. ... Communist Party supporters attend a May Day rally in Moscow The Communist Party of the Russian Federation (Коммунистическая партия Российской Федерации = КПРФ) is a Russian political party. ... Old party In the past, the Communist Party of Slovakia (Slovak: Komunistická strana Slovenska -- KSS) was a communist party in Slovakia. ... Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain (in Spanish: Partido Comunista de los Pueblos de España), a communist political party in Spain. ... PCC symbol Party of the Communists of Catalonia (in Catalan: Partit dels i les Comunistes de Catalunya) is a political party in Catalonia, Spain. ... PCE symbol The Communist Party of Spain (Partido Comunista de España or PCE) is the third largest political party of Spain. ... Young Communist League of Sweden (Sveriges Kommunistiska Ungdomsförbund) is the youth wing of the Communist Party of Sweden (SKP). ... The Communist Party of Sweden (Sveriges Kommunistiska Parti) is the continuation of Workers Party - the Communists (Arbetarpartiet Kommunisterna, abbreviated APK). ... The Young Communist League (YCL) is the youth division of the Communist Party of Britain. ... The Communist Party of Britain is a small socialist party operating in the United Kingdom, although it chooses not to be active in Northern Ireland where the Communist Party of Ireland works. ... The Young Socialists is the name given to the youth sections of several socialist and social democratic political parties. ... The Communist League was formed by a split in 1998 from Socialist Action which joined the American Socialist Workers Partys Pathfinder tendency. ... The Young Communist League, USA (YCL-USA) is the fraternal youth organization of the Communist Party, USA. It should not be confused with its British counterpart, also called the Young Communist League. ... The Communist Party of the United States of America (CPUSA) is one of several Marxist-Leninist groups in the United States. ... The Young Socialists is the name given to the youth sections of several socialist and social democratic political parties. ... There are various Socialist Workers Parties throughout the world. ...

Latin America & Caribbean

The Communist Party of Argentina (Spanish: Partido Comunista de la Argentina) is a communist party from Argentina. ... Communist Party of Bolivia (in Spanish: Partido Comunista de Bolivia) is a communist political party in Bolivia. ... The Democratic Labour Party (PDT) (Partido Democrático Trabalhista) is a center-left political party in Brazil. ... The Party of the Brazilian Democratic Movement (Portuguese: Partido do Movimento Democrático Brasileiro, PMDB) is the successor of the Brazilian Democratic Movement and an centrist, more or less liberal, party in Brazil that surprisingly has its roots in the Marxist MR-8 guerilla movement. ... The history of the Brazilian Communist Party (in Portuguese, Partido Comunista Brasileiro), best known by the abbreviation PCB, started with its foundation on March 25, 1922 in the city of Niterói, Rio de Janeiro. ... The Communist Party of Brazil (Partido Comunista do Brasil) is a political party in Brazil. ... The late President of PSB Miguel Arraes. ... The Communist Party of Chile (Spanish: Partido Comunista de Chile) is a Chilean political party that advocates communism. ... The Colombian Communist Party is the legal Communist party of Colombia. ... Logo of the UJC, showing Jose Marti, Camillo Cienfuegos and Che Guevara Founded in 1962, the Unión de Jóvenes Comunistas (UJC, English: Union of Young Communists) is Cubas political youth organisation. ... The Communist Party of Cuba (Spanish: Partido Comunista de Cuba, PCC) is the ruling party of Cuba. ... The Ecuadorian Socialist Party-Broad Front (Partido Socialista Ecuatoriano-Frente Amplio) is a political party in Ecuador. ... Schafik Handals political activities just before his death 24th January 2006 The Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front (in Spanish: Frente Farabundo Martí para la Liberación Nacional, FMLN) was a Marxist coalition of revolutionary movements that was established in El Salvador in 1980. ... Partido Guatemalteco del Trabajo Fuerzas Armadas Rebeldes Ejército Guerrillero de los Pobres Organización Pueblo en Armas The Guatemalan National Revolutionary Unity (in Spanish: Unidad Revolucionaria Nacional Guatemalteca) (initials: URNG) was a guerilla movement which emerged in Guatemala in 1982. ... Peruvian Communist Party (in Spanish: Partido Comunista Peruano), a communist party in Peru. ... PCV logo Communist Party of Venezuela (in Spanish: Partido Comunista de Venezuela) a communist political party in Venezuela. ...

Middle East:

The National Liberation Front , (Arabic: Jabhat al-Taḩrīr al-Waţanī, French: Front de Libération Nationale aka FLN) is a socialist political party in Algeria. ... The National Liberation Front , (Arabic: Jabhat al-Taḩrīr al-Waţanī, French: Front de Libération Nationale aka FLN) is a socialist political party in Algeria. ... Progressive Democratic Front - Bahrain (in Arabic: al-Minbar ad-Dimokrati at-Taqadumi - Bahrain, generally just called al-Minbar), a political outfit launched by the underground National Liberation Front - Bahrain in 2002. ... The Progressive National Unionist Party (Hizb al Tajamaa al Wataniyah al Tagadamm al Wahdwa) is a political party in Egypt. ... Iraqi Democratic Youth Federation (in Arabic: إتحاد الشبيبة الديمقراطي العراقي) is the youth wing of the Iraqi Communist Party. ... Since its foundation in 1934, the Iraqi Communist Party (in Arabic: الحزب الشيوعي العراقي) has dominated the left in Iraqi politics. ... The Union was founded in the 14th of April 1948 in public conference where the students were participated in his nation across democratic election, most to the Iraqi colleges, institutions and secondary schools and take name general union of Iraqi student. ... The Communist Party of Israel (known as Maki, an acronym for Miflaga Komunistit Yisraelit) was formed in 1948 by the remnant of the Communist Party of Palestine within the borders of the new state of Israel. ... One of the oldest multisectarian parties in Lebanon, the Lebanese Communist Party (LCP) was formed in 1924 by a group of intellectuals. ... The Independence Party (Istiqlal) Founded in the 1940s, Istiqlal is the nationalist party of Morocco. ... Politics of Morocco Categories: Moroccan political parties | Politics stubs ... The Party of Progress and Socialism (French: Parti du Progrès et du Socialisme) is a political party in Morocco. ... Map of the British Mandate of Palestine. ... The Syrian Communist Party evolved out of the Syrian-Lebanese Communist Party founded in 1924. ...

Former members

Democratic Youth Organization of Afghanistan, the main youth organization in Democratic Republic of Afghanistan, linked to the Peoples Democratic Party of Afghanistan. ... UJPRK symbol The Peoples Revolutionary Youth Union of Kampuchea was the youth organization of the Kampuchea Peoples Revolutionary Party (which governed Kampuchea/Cambodia during the 1980s). ... The Young Communist League of Canada was founded in 1923 as the youth wing of the Communist Party of Canada. ... Juventud del Poder Popular was the youth organization of the Colombian political movement Poder Popular during the 1980s. ... Unión de Jóvenes Patriotas (Union of Patriotic Youth), the youth organization of the Colombian leftist formation Patriotic Union (UP). ... Oyggjaframi (Advancement for the Islands) was a group operating to the political left founded by Faroese students in Denmark in 1962. ... Vasemmistonuoret ry. ... Sozialistischer Jugendverband Karl Liebknecht, (Socialist Youth League Karl Liebknecht), a left-wing youth organization in West Berlin during the Cold War. ... ANJV symbol Algemeen Nederlands Jeugd Verbond, a political youth movement in the Netherlands. ... Juventud Aprista Peruana, is the youth organization of Partido Aprista Peruano in Peru. ... The Polish Socialist Youth Union (Polish: ZwiÄ…zek Socjalistycznej MÅ‚odzieży Polskiej, ZSMP) is a youth group located inside Poland. ... Federazione Giovanile Comunista San Marino (Communist Youth Federation of San Marino), the youth organization of Partito Comunista Sammarinese. ... National Youth Movement was established in 1971, by Reverand Al Sharpton at the age of 16 years old. ... Young Left (Ung Vänster) is the youth organisation of the Swedish Left Party. ... 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1975 calendar). ... 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ... Komsomol (Комсомол) is a syllabic abbreviation word, from the Russian Kommunisticheski Soyuz Molodiozhi (Коммунистический союз молодёжи), or Communist Union of Youth. The organisation served as the youth wing of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union ( CPSU), the youngest members being fourteen years old, the upper limit for an age...

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Members Organizations

  • All Burma Students League
  • All Nepal National Free Students Union
  • ANC Youth League
  • Baloldali Front - Kommunista Ifjúsági Szövetség
  • Casa de la Juventud del Paraguay
  • Colectivos de Jóvenes Comunistas
  • Col·lectius de Joves Comunistes - Joventut Comunista
  • Democratic Youth Federation of India
  • Democratic Youth League of Japan
  • Freie Deutsche Jugend
  • General Union of Palestinian Students, UK Branch
  • Giovani Comuniste e Comunisti
  • Jeunesse Ittihadia, unclear whether it's the official page or not
  • Juventud Comunista Colombiana
  • Juventud Comunista de Venezuela
  • Juventude Comunista Portuguesa
  • Juventudes Comunistas de Chile
  • Juventude Socialista Brasileira
  • Juventude Socialista - PDT
  • Juventud Popular Socialista de Mexico
  • Juventud URNG
  • Kommunistinen nuorisoliitto ry
  • Kommunistische Jugend Österreichs
  • Komunistický svaz mládeže
  • Κομμουνιστική Νεολαία Ελλάδας
  • Kommunistisk Parti Danmark - Ungdom
  • National Union of Eritrean Youth and Students
  • Norges Kommunistiske Ungdomsforbund
  • Resistance
  • Союз Коммунистической Молодежи
  • South Africa Student Congress
  • Sozialistiche Deutsche ArbeiterJugend
  • Student Union of Bhutan
  • Sveriges Kommunistiska Ungdomsförbund
  • União da Juventude Socialista
  • Unión de Jóvenes Comunistas
  • Unión de Juventud de Saguia el Hamra y Río de Oro
  • Unión de Juventudes Comunistas de España
  • Union National des Étudiants de France
  • Workers Party Youth
  • Young Communist League, Britain
  • Young Communist League, Israel
  • Young Communist League, USA

Previous member organizations

  • Juventud Aprista Peruana
  • Sinistra Giovanile
  • Ung Vänster
  • Vasemmistonuoret
  • Związek Socjalistycznej Młodzieży Polskiej, Gdynia unit

Gdynia (pronounce: [:gdiɲia], German: Gdingen, Kashubian/Pomeranian: Gdiniô) is a city in the Pomeranian Voivodship of Poland and an important seaport at Gdansk Bay on the south coast of the Baltic Sea. ...

On standby

  • Youth for Rebirth Communist In France (JRCF)

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Democratic Youth League of Japan (日本民主青年同盟, Nihon Minshu Seinen Domei; abbreviated to 民青 Minsei), a political youth movement in Japan.
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