Young Left (Sweden)
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Young Left (
Ideology
Young Left is a
The Young Left, unlike the Left Party, are a revolutionary socialist organisation, which differentiates them from the more reformist Left Party in that they want to implement societal changes by revolution, and not reform.[6]
Organisation
Young Left works together with and supports the Left Party and Vänsterns Studentförbund, but makes, on the basis of its own analyses, independent decisions regarding organisational and political issues.
History
Young Left was founded in 1903 as Socialdemokratiska Ungdomsförbundet (SDUF, Social Democratic Youth League). However, the youth league has clearly attached itself to the left-wing within the
In 1952, Democratic Youth was founded on the initiative of the party, in order to be a broader youth movement. Until 1958, SKU and DU existed as parallel organisations. In 1958, the two organisations merged and took the name DU.
In 1967, ultra-left elements took over the organisation, and broke away to form
Young Left have published the youth magazine
In Sweden, Young Left was one of the many forces behind the large 15 February 2003 anti-war protest.
Under the later years of the 2010s, different members of the Young Left have been excluded because of strong couplings to the Revolutionary Front and the AFA. The national executive board have been doing both official exclusions and cut-offs in these cases. This is because these groups are not deemed compatible with the democratic socialism and anti-racism fight that the Young Left are driving. The party board of the Left Party has also been strongly advising for hard consequences in these situations.[7]
After having had a stable membership of between 1,500 – 2,800 for a number of years, the membership of the youth organisation had declined to 964 in 2016 according to the Swedish Agency for Youth and Civil Society.[8]
Chairpersons
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- 2021– Ava Rudberg
- 2017–2021 Henrik Malmrot
- 2015–2017 Hanna Cederin
- 2011–2015 Stefan Lindborg
- 2005–2011 Ida Gabrielsson
- 2004–2005 Tove Fraurud
- 2001–2004 Ali Esbati
- 1996–2001 Jenny Lindahl Persson
- 1993–1996 Jenny Jederlund
- 1989–1993 Magnus Blomgren
- 1980–1989 Stellan Hermansson
- 1975–1980 Lars Johansson (sv)
- 1973–1975 Bengt Karlsson
- 1970–1973 Spokespersons: Bengt Karlsson, Urban Herlitz
- 1967–1970 Anders Carlberg
- 1964–1967 Kjell E Johansson
- 1962–1964 Rolf Hagel
- 1957–1962 Rolf Utberg (DU)
- 1951–1958 Urban Karlsson (SKU)
- 19??–1951 Axel Jansson
- ?
- 1935–1939 Filip Forsberg
- ?
- 1921–1924 Nils Flyg
- 1909–1921 Zeth Höglund
- 1908–1909 Per Albin Hansson
- 190?–190? Fabian Månsson
- 1903–
Name changes
- 1903 Socialdemokratiska Ungdomsförbund (SDUF, Social Democratic Youth League)
- 1921 Sveriges Kommunistiska Ungdomsförbund (SKU, Young Communist League of Sweden)
- 1958 Demokratisk Ungdom (DU, Democratic Youth)
- 1967 Vänsterns Ungdomsförbund (VUF, Youth League of the Left)
- 1970 Kommunistisk Ungdom (KU, Communist Youth)
- 1991 Ung Vänster (Young Left)
References
- ^ Brask, Christofer; Brath-Kron, Viktor; Strömberg, Maggie. "30 mäktigaste under 30 – morgondagens ministrar och partiledare". Expressen (in Swedish). Retrieved 2021-01-08.
- ^ "Förbundsstyrelsen" (in Swedish). Young Left. Archived from the original on 2023-02-21. Retrieved 2023-02-21.
- ^ Ung Vänsters principprogram (in Swedish)
- ^ Principprogram Antaget på Ung Vänsters 44:e kongress Arboga 20-23 mars 2008, s. 45
- ^ a b Program, s. 5
- ^ a b Principprogram (PDF). Ung Vänsters 47:e kongress (in Swedish). Karlstad. 14–17 May 2015. Archived from the original on June 1, 2016. Retrieved March 4, 2023.
{{cite conference}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "Ung vänster stänger av styrelseledamöter". Sveriges Radio P4 Västmanland (in Swedish). 14 June 2014.
- ^ "Svårt att locka nya medlemmar till partiernas ungdomsförbund". SVT Nyheter (in Swedish). 2018-06-26. Retrieved 2018-07-14.