World Federation of Democratic Youth

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 democratic 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.

When the USSR and the Eastern Bloc collapsed, WFDY entered a crisis. In the vaccum 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.

The WFDY Headquarters are in Budapest, Hungary.

The main event of WFDY is the World Festival of Youth and Students. The 16th WFYS is due to be held in Venezuela 2005.

1 Member organizations of WFDY (Incomplete list)
2 External links
- 2.1 Members Organizations
- 2.2 Previous member organizations

Member organizations of WFDY (Incomplete list)

Africa

Juventude do Movimento Popular da Libertação de Angola, Angola (Youth of MPLA)
National Union of Eritrean Youth and Students, Eritrea
Organização da Juventude Mozambicana, Mozambique (Youth of FRELIMO)
SWAPO Youth League, Namibia (Youth of South-West Africa People's Organisation)
Mouvement de la Jeunesse Démocratique, Senegal
African National Congress Youth League, South Africa (Youth of African National Congress)
South African Student Congress, South Africa
Sudanese Youth Union, Sudan (Youth of Communist Party of Sudan)
Umoja Wa Vijana, Tanzania (Youth of Chama Cha Mapinduzi)
Unión de Juventud de Saguia el Hamra y Río de Oro, Western Sahara (Youth of Polisario Front)
United National Independent Party Youth League, Zambia (Youth of United National Independence Party)
ZANU-PF Youth League, Zimbabwe (Youth of Zanu-PF)

Asia & Pacific

Resistance, Australia (Youth of Democratic Socialist Party)
Bangladesh Students Union, Bangladesh (Students of Communist Party of Bangladesh)
Bangladesh Youth Union, Bangladesh (Youth of Communist Party of Bangladesh)
Democratic Youth of Bhutan, Bhutan
Students Union of Bhutan, Bhutan
All Burmese Student’s Democratic Front, Burma
All Burma Student League, Burma
Kim Il Sung Socialist Youth League, DPRK (Youth of Workers Party of Korea)
All India Students Federation, India (Students of Communist Party of India)
All India Youth Federation, India (Youth of Communist Party of India)
All India Youth League, India (Youth of All India Forward Bloc)
Democratic Youth Federation of India, India (Youth of Communist Party of India (Marxist))
Tudeh Youth, Iran (Youth of Tudeh Party of Iran)
Democratic Youth League of Japan, Japan (Youth of Japanese Communist Party)
Japan League of Socialist Youth, Japan
Korean Youth League in Japan, Japan
7th-term Hanchongryon (South Korean Federation of University Student Council), South Korea
Union of Lao People’s Revolutionary Youth, Laos (Youth of Lao People's Revolutionary Party)
All Nepal National Free Students Union, Nepal (Students of Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist))
Democratic National Youth Federation, Nepal (Youth of Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist))
Nepal National Youth Federation, Nepal (Youth of Nepalese Communist Party (United))
Communist Youth Federation, Sri Lanka (Youth of Communist Party of Sri Lanka)
Socialist Students Union, Sri Lanka (Youth of Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna)
Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union, Vietnam (Youth of Communist Party of Vietnam)
Vietnamese Youth Federation, Vietnam

Europe & North America

Young Communist League Armenia, Armenia
Young Communist League Azerbaijan, Azerbaijan
Kommunistische Jugend Österreich, Austria (Youth of Communist Party of Austria)
Leninist Communist Youth Union of Belorussia, Belarus (Youth of PKB)
Bulgarian Socialist Youth Union, Bulgaria
Komunistický Svaz Mládeže, Czech Republic (Youth of Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia)
United Democratic Youth Organization, Cyprus (Youth of AKEL)
Kommunistisk Parti i Danmark – Ungdom, Denmark (Youth of Communist Party in Denmark)
Kommunistinen nuorisoliitto ry, Finland (Youth of Communist Party of Finland)
Mouvement de la Jeunesse Communiste de France, France (Youth of French Communist Party)
Union Nationale des Etudiantes de France, France
Freie Deutsche Jugend, Germany
Sozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterjugend, Germany (Youth of German Communist Party)
Communist Youth of Greece, Greece (Youth of Communist Party of Greece)
Baloldali Front – Kommunista Ifjúsági Szövetség, Hungary (Youth of Workers Party)
Workers Party Youth, Ireland (Youth of Workers Party)
Giovanni Comuniste e Comunisti, Italy (Youth of Communist Refoundation Party)
Norges Kommunistiske Ungdomsforbund, Norway (Youth of Communist Party of Norway)
Juventude Comunista Portuguesa, Portugal (Youth of Portuguese Communist Party)
Союз Коммунистической Молодежи, Russian Federation (Youth of Communist Party of the Russian Federation)
Socialistický Zväz Mladých, Slovakia (Youth of Communist Party of Slovakia)
Collectivos de Jovenes Comunistas de España, Spain (Youth of Partido Comunista de los Pueblos de España)
Col·lectius de Joves Comunistes – Joventut Comunista, Spain (Youth of Catalan PCC)
Unión de Juventudes Comunistas de España, Spain (Youth of Communist Party of Spain)
Sveriges Kommunistiska Ungdomsförbund, Sweden (Youth of Communist Party of Sweden)
Young Communist League, Britain (Youth of Communist Party of Britain)
Young Socialists, Britain (Youth of Communist League)
Young Communist League, USA (Youth of Communist Party, USA)
Young Socialists, USA (Youth of Socialist Workers Party)

Latin America & Caribean

Federación Juvenil Comunista, Argentina (Youth of Communist Party of Argentina)
League of Progressive Youth, Barbados
Juventud Comunista de Bolivia, Bolivia (Youth of Communist Party of Bolivia)
Juventude Revolucionaria 8 de Octubro, Brazil (Youth of MR-8)
Juventude do PDT, Brazil (Youth of Democratic Labour Party)
Juventude do PMDB, Brazil (Youth of Party of the Brazilian Democratic Movement)
União da Juventude Comunista, Brazil (Youth of Brazilian Communist Party)
União da Juventude Socialista, Brazil (Youth of Communist Party of Brazil)
Juventude Socialista Brasileira, Brazil (Youth of Brazilian Socialist Party)
Juventudes Comunistas, Chile (Youth of Communist Party of Chile)
Juventud Comunista de Colombia, Colombia (Youth of Colombian Communist Party)
Unión de Jóvenes Comunistas, Cuba (Youth of Communist Party of Cuba)
Federación Estudiantes Universitarios, Ecuador
Juventud Socialista Ecuatoriana, Ecuador (Youth of Socialist Party of Ecuador)
Juventud del Frente Farabundo Martí para la Liberación Nacional, El Salvador (Youth of Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front)
Maurice Bishop Youth Movement, Grenada
Juventud URNG, Guatemala (Youth of URNG)
Guyana Youth and Students Movement, Guyana
Juventud Popular Socialista, Mexico (Youth of Popular Socialist Party)
Casa de la Juventud del Paraguay, Paraguay
Juventud Comunista Peruana, Peru (Youth of Peruvian Communist Party)
Juventud del Movimiento 26 de Marzo, Uruguay (Youth of 26 March Movement)
Juventud Comunista de Venezuela, Venezuela (Youth of Communist Party of Venezuela)

Middle East:

Union de la Jeunesse Algérienne, Algeria (Youth of FLN)
National Union of Algerian Students, Algeria (Students of FLN)
Bahrain Youth Association "al-Shebiba", Bahrain (Youth of Progressive Democratic Tribune)
Union of Progressive Youth of Egypt, Egypt (Youth of Tajammu)
Democratic Youth Federation of Iraq, Iraq (Youth of Iraqi Communist Party)
General Union of Students in Iraqi Republic, Iraq
Young Communist League of Israel, Israel (Youth of Communist Party of Israel)
Union of Lebanese Democratic Youth, Lebanon (Youth of Lebanese Communist Party)
General Union of Jamahiriya Students, Libya
Istiqlal Party Youth, Morocco (Youth of Istiqlal Party)
USFP Jeunesse Ittihadiya, Morocco (Youth of Socialist Union of Popular Forces)
Jeunesse Socialiste, Morocco (Youth of Party for Progress and Socialism)
General Union of Palestine Students, Palestine
Union of Democratic Youth of Syria-Khaled Baghdash, Syria (Youth of Syrian Communist Party)

Former members

Democratic Youth Organization of Afghanistan
Juventud Intrasigente Argentina
Juventud Socialista Autentica, Argentina
Eureka Youth League, Australia
Graffiti Jeugendsdienst, Belgium
Jeunesse Communiste de Belgique, Belgium
Confederación Universitaria Boliviana, Bolivia
Juventude do PCB, Brazil
Dimitrov Komsomol, Bulgaria
People's Revolutionary Youth Union of Kampuchea, Cambodia
Young Communist League of Canada
Juventud de la Izquierda Cristiana de Chile
Juventud del MIR, Chile
Juventud Rebelde Miguel Enríquez, Chile
Unión de Jóvenes Socialistas, Chile
Federacion Juvenil Obrera, Colombia
Juventud de la Alianza Nacional Popular, Colombia
Juventud del Poder Popular, Colombia
Unión Nacional de los Estudiantes Secundarios, Colombia
Unión de Jóvenes Patrióticas, Colombia
Juventud del Pueblo Costarriquense, Costa Rica
Juventudes Patrióticas, Costa Rica
Juventud Vanguardista Costarriquense, Costa Rica
Svaz Mládeže, Czechoslovakia
Juventud Revolucionaria Dominicana, Dominican Republic
Unión Democrática Orlando Martínez, Dominican Republic
Departamento Juvenil del Central de Trabajadores de Ecuador
Juventud Comunista de Ecuador
Asociación General de Estudiantes Universitarios de El Salvador
Færøske Socialister, Faroe Islands
Democratic Youth League of Finland
Finnish Union of Democratic Pioneers, Finland
Sozialistischer Jugendverband Karl Liebknecht, Germany
Greek Communist Youth (Internal), Greece
Union de la Jeunesse Communiste Guadeloupe
Juventud Patriotica del Trabajo, Guatemala
Young Socialist Movement, Guyana
Jeunesse Communiste de Haiti
Federación de la Juventud Comunista, Honduras
Revolutionary Communist Youth League, Iceland
Connolly Youth Movement, Ireland
Federazione Giovanile Comunista Italiana, Italy
Young Communist League of the Workers' Party, Jamaica
Jeunesse Communiste Luxembourgoise, Luxemburg
Union de la Jeunesse Communiste Martinique
Frente Juvenil Revolucionario, Mexico
Juventud Socialista de los Trabajadores, Mexico
Revolutionary Youth League (REVSOMOL), Mongolia
Algemeen Nederlands Jeugd Verbond, Netherlands
Juventud Sandista 19 de Julio, Nicaragua
Kommunista Ifjúsági Szövetség, Hungary
Juventud del PRD, Panama
Juventud Popular Revolucionaria, Panama
Federación Juvenil Comunista de Paraguay
CGTP Sección Juvenil, Peru
Juventud Aprista Peruana, Peru
Juventud Mariateguista, Peru
Zwi?zek Socjalistycznej M?odzie?y Polskiej, Poland
Federación Universitaria para la Indpendencia, Puerto Rico
Juventud Comunista de Puerto Rico
Juventud Socialista de Puerto Rico
Federazione Giovanile Comunista San Marino
Congress of Sama Samaja Youth Leagues, Sri Lanka
Federation of Communist and Progressive Youth, Sri Lanka
Vanguard Youth Organization, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
National Youth Movement, Surinam
Ung Vänster, Sweden (1975-1992)
Jeunesse Communiste Suisse, Switzerland
Juventud Socialista del Uruguay
Committee of Youth Organizations of the USSR
Vsesouznyj Leninskij Kommunisticheskij Souz Molodezhi, USSR
Juventud Socialista-MEP, Venezuela

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