The Communist Youth Movement ( nl, Communistische Jongerenbeweging, CJB) is a political youth organisation in the

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. The CJB was founded on 21 September 2003, as an independent continuation of the youth of the

New Communist Party of the Netherlands The New Communist Party of the Netherlands ( nl, Nieuwe Communistische Partij Nederland, NCPN) is a communist party in the Netherlands. The NCPN was founded in 1992 by the former members of the Communist Party of the Netherlands to oppose CPN's me ...

, (NCPN Youth). It is the official youth organisation of the NCPN and publishes (Onwards!), an online magazine.

Organization

The CJB in organized in different regions and chapters. The highest membership body is the general meeting, which is held once every two years. The movement is organized along the lines of

democratic centralism Democratic centralism is a practice in which political decisions reached by voting processes are binding upon all members of the political party. It is mainly associated with Leninism, wherein the party's political vanguard of professional revo ...

. Chapters are active in

North Holland North Holland ( nl, Noord-Holland, ) is a province of the Netherlands in the northwestern part of the country. It is located on the North Sea, north of South Holland and Utrecht, and west of Friesland and Flevoland. In November 2019, it had a ...

Overijssel Overijssel (, ; nds, Oaveriessel ; german: Oberyssel) is a Provinces of the Netherlands, province of the Netherlands located in the eastern part of the country. The province's name translates to "across the IJssel", from the perspective of the ...

, West Brabant,

South Holland South Holland ( nl, Zuid-Holland ) is a province of the Netherlands with a population of over 3.7 million as of October 2021 and a population density of about , making it the country's most populous province and one of the world's most densely ...

and Groningen. There are also members throughout the country who are not part of a chapter. The CJB is an autonomous youth organisation, but is aligned with the NCPN politically. The CJB permits only dual membership of the NCPN and not of other

political parties A political party is an organization that coordinates candidates to compete in a particular country's elections. It is common for the members of a party to hold similar ideas about politics, and parties may promote specific ideological or pol ...

. Exceptions are possible, such as CJB members who are abroad joining their local communist organization, or members with an

immigrant Immigration is the international movement of people to a destination country of which they are not natives or where they do not possess citizenship in order to settle as permanent residents or naturalized citizens. Commuters, tourists, and ...

background joining a communist party which is active in their

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(for instance

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Political activities

The main goal of the CJB is raising class consciousness and emancipation of young people from the workers and unemployed class in the Netherlands. Its members are active in

anti-fascist Anti-fascism is a political movement in opposition to fascist ideologies, groups and individuals. Beginning in European countries in the 1920s, it was at its most significant shortly before and during World War II, where the Axis powers were ...

movements, the student movement and as organizers in the labor movement. The CJB participates in the yearly

Labor Day Labor Day is a federal holiday in the United States celebrated on the first Monday in September to honor and recognize the American labor movement and the works and contributions of laborers to the development and achievements of the United St ...

demonstrations organized by the FNV and the demonstration on the

International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination The International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination is observed annually on 21 March. On that day, in 1960, police opened fire at a peaceful demonstration in Sharpeville, South Africa, against the apartheid pass laws; 69 people ...

. In its anti-fascist work the CJB cooperates with the . The movement also organizes an alternative remembrance of the

February Strike The February strike ( nl, Februaristaking) was a general strike in the German-occupied Netherlands in 1941, during World War II, organised by the then-outlawed Communist Party of the Netherlands in defence of persecuted Dutch Jews and against t ...

. In contrast to the official remembrance, the remembrance of the CJB specifically celebrates the communist ideology of the strikers.

International

The CJB participates in the Meeting of European Communist Youth Organizations (MECYO) and is a member of the

World Federation of Democratic Youth The World Federation of Democratic Youth (WFDY) is an international youth organization, and has historically characterized itself as left-wing and anti-imperialist. WFDY was founded in London in 1945 as a broad international youth movement, ...

(WFDY).. The movement regularly organizes actions in solidarity with

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References

External links

English CJB website

''Voorwaarts!'', webmagazine of the CJB

De terugkeer van Marx: Het profiel van de NCPN Communisme als levenshouding
(in

Dutch Dutch commonly refers to: * Something of, from, or related to the Netherlands * Dutch people () * Dutch language () Dutch may also refer to: Places * Dutch, West Virginia, a community in the United States * Pennsylvania Dutch Country People E ...

). A profile in

De Groene Amsterdammer ''De Groene Amsterdammer'' is an independent Dutch weekly news magazine published in Amsterdam and distributed throughout the Netherlands. It is conventionally considered to be one of the four major weeklies, alongside '' HP/De Tijd'', ''Vrij Nede ...

of the CJB and NCPN {{Dutch political youth organizations Youth wings of communist parties Youth wings of political parties in the Netherlands

Organization

Political activities

International

See also

References

External links