International Union of Socialist Youth
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| Abbreviation | IUSY |
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| Motto | All over the world to change it! |
| Formation | 24 August 1907 |
| Type | International youth non-governmental organization |
| Purpose | World federation of socialist, social democratic and labour youth organizations |
| Headquarters | Amtshausgasse 4, 1050 Vienna, Austria |
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Region served
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Worldwide |
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Membership
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134 |
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Official language
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English, Spanish, French |
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President
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Howard Lee |
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Main organ
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World Council |
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| Website | iusy |
The International Union of Socialist Youth (IUSY) (founded in 1907), is a global political youth organisation, representing socialist and organised labour youth organisations. IUSY's work centers around supporting its member organizations, publishing bulletins, and organizing international annual youth gatherings.
Founded in 1907 as the youth wing of the Second International under the name Socialist Youth International, IUSY now represents 134 member organisations in over 80 countries. IUSY is an international youth NGO with UN ECOSOC consultative status, which it gained in 1993.
On 24–27 August 1907, a meeting of 20 youth representatives from 13 countries met in the German city of Stuttgart and founded the Socialist Youth International as the youth organization of the Second International. Their international office was located in Vienna and it has remained there to this day except for a few brief extraordinary periods.
The socialist youth organizations, just like their mother parties, were confronted by the growing influence of nationalism and militarism in Europe. When the First World War broke out in 1914, even though the vast majority of the socialist parties openly supported their country's war efforts, the Socialist Youth International remained steadfast in their principled opposition to war and militarism. The organization had to move its offices to Zurich and from there it published its journal, Youth International, calling for peace, which had to be distributed illegally given the circumstances. The struggle for peace subsequently became a hallmark of the socialist youth organization.
The formation of the Communist International in Moscow in 1919 officially split the worker's and youth movement into two sides. The representatives of the socialist and social-democratic current reconvened the International Socialist Youth Movement in 1921.
In 1925, in the wake of the fascist takeover of Italy, the youth organization from the country was forced to stop participating in the work of the ISYM. This marked the beginning of the organization's struggle against the fascist menace. In 1933, the Berlin office was evacuated to Prague.
After the Second World War, on 30 September 1946, at the congress in Paris the organization formally became known as the International Union of Socialist Youth. It began to accept a growing number of youth organizations from outside of Europe and by the beginning of the 1950s IUSY included 73 member organizations from 50 countries. Since that time, the organization has more than doubled.
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