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IUSY is publishing a statement by the Youth of the Egyptian Social Democratic Party (Y SDP) on the establishment of the 30 June Front. The Front is a broad coalition movement responding to the widely shared disappointment and distrust in the current government led by the Muslim Brotherhood and President Mohamed Morsi.
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» Establishment of the ’30 June Front’
» Political Demands and Vision of the ’30 June Front’
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8-9 May 2013, Dortmund, Germany
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More than 100 delegates from 65 organizations from all around the world gathered in Dortmund for the IUSY World Council 2013. The World Council was marked by intense discussions on recent political events, updates to our political agenda and membership recommendations to the upcoming IUSY World Congress 2014.
After intensive and fruitful discussions the delegates at the Council adopted a series of political resolutions hightlighting the IUSY standpoint on important global challenges of today.
For the first time in the history of the organization, the Council unanimously passed a joint resolution put forward by the UJSARIO (Western Sahara) and the Ittihadia Youth (Morocco) calling for a peaceful and just solution to allow for the self-determination of Western Sahara through the implementation of a UN-supervised referendum. A study visit to both organizations and countries is also planned for September 2013. Another joint resolution put forward by comrades from Germany, Israel and Palestine and unanimously adopted gives unequivocal support for the two-state solution and an end to Israeli settlements in Palestine as the basis for allowing a peace and stability to take hold in the region.
The IUSY World Council was connected to the Workers Youth Festival that took place in Dortmund, Germany, from 9 to 12 May right after the Council. The Festival brought together more than 3000 young political activists from Germany, Europe and the World to celebrate 150 years of workers movement in Germany and gave inspiration to our movement for the future.
Check out the Video and the Pictures from the Festival.
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» Political Report by the IUSY President
» Organizational Report by the IUSY Secretary General
» Financial Report by the IUSY Control Commission
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Young Socialists from the border-regions of Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands met this weekend in Maastricht, Netherlands, to strengthen their concrete cooperation accross borders.
The revolutions in the Middle East and North Africa that started in 2011 sent a clear message all around the world that dictators and authoritarian regimes can and will fall. People will never except living under oppression. The popular and peaceful struggles, not least in Egypt, showed that everything is possible through unity, organizing and peaceful means.
Now, two years after the beginning of the revolution, the situation is still worrying in Egypt. Even though elections have been held and a constitution has been adopted the situation is far away from stable. The winners of the elections, Muslim Brotherhood and their president candidate Mohamed Morsi, have in many cases neglected the will of the people and the political condition is alarming concerning the democratic, social as well as the economic situation. This is also the reason for the continuous demonstrations and uprisings in the country.
We, the International Union of Socialist Youth, urge President Mohamed Morsi and the Muslim Brotherhood to accommodate the will of the people and find unity. Sustainable development and sustainable peace can be reached, but only through using the political power to strengthen democracy and establishing a political system that gives the people of Egypt the possibility to fulfill their dreams. Democracy, Freedom and Equality can be reality, but it requires a political will.
IUSY Presidium
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IUSY is publishing a statement of the Social Democratic opposition in Equatorial Guinea – Convergencia para la Democracia Social (CPDS) – condemning the latest repression against the opposition forces. With massive police presence and preemptive detentions the regime is trying to oppress mass protests organized by the opposition, calling for the reintroduction of basic liberties and improved social conditions. Protesting activists of the IUSY Member Organization J CPDS were detained by police and held captive.
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» Comunicado primeras detenciones de dirigentes de CPDS (ESPANOL)
» Communique premieres arrestations de dirigents de CPDS (FRANCAIS)
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IUSY is publishing a statement by Fatah Youth, our member organization from Palestine, condemning the arrest of 20 activists from the organization. Among the arrested was the General Secretary of the Fatah Youth in Palestine, Mohammad Matar, and Fatah Youth leaders in occupied Jerusalem Sami Ghalie and Thaer Anees.
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The International Union of Socialist Youth is following the situation in Turkey with great concern. Turkey has for long had a democratic deficit and over the last years the situation has gotten worse. The ruling AKP government has in many ways limited and tried to limit freedom of speech, freedom of religion and freedom of press. Turkey has many journalists imprisoned and imprisons more political activists than any other country.
What started out as a demonstration against turning down a green area in Gezi Park, Taksim, Istanbul, for a shopping mall has now lead to an uprising all around the country, bringing together a wide coalition of Turks, Kurds, Alevits, Sunni, women, homosexuals and elderly after an unprovoked violent attack by the police using water cannons and tear gas. People have had enough and ask for what should be obvious everywhere and all the time: Democracy, Freedom and Equality.
We as the youth of Socialist and Social Democratic parties all around the world support our member organizations CHP Youth, the youth of BDP and all other peace seeking and democratic forces in Turkey in their struggle. We therefore call for an immediate intervention by the UN to demand permanent stop to the police violence, which has led to thousands of people getting injured and at least 3 persons killed. The excessive use of water cannons, tear gas and peppers spray must be criminalized. The Turkish PM Erdogan must immediately accommodate the demonstrators’ demands and at the same time work for a constitution that, unlike the current one, embraces multiculturalism, different religions and multi ethnicity.
Turkey needs to move towards more democracy and not the opposite. The changes need to encompass all people regardless of ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation or gender.
Finally, we want to express our deepest condolences to the family of Abullah Cömert, a member of CHP, and all other activists who lost their lives in the struggle against restrictions on freedom of speech and religion.
In Solidarity!
IUSY Presidium
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Avanti Europe is leading a campaign called Solidarity with the people of Greece: for a revision of austerity policies. We encourage everyone to act to prevent the situation in Greece from becoming a humanitarian catastrophe and make sure that the same remedy is not applied to other weak economies.
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» Sign the online petition: Avanti Europe. On 9 May 2013, the results of the petition will be submitted to the “Troika.” [/ezcol_1third_end]
