Synaspismos Youth ( el, Νεολαία Συνασπισμού; "Coalition's Youth"), was the youth organisation of
Synaspismos. Until 1999, it was named Union of Left Youth.
The ''Synaspismos Youth'' participated in the
Left Unity in the
Greek
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Universities with smaller
left-wing
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student organisations. It published a magazine called "Enedra" every two months.
A member of the
European Network of Democratic Young Left
The European Network of Democratic Young Left (ENDYL) was an independent network of left-wing democratic socialist political youth organisations in Europe.
ENDYL was open to European youth organisations of the democratic left that neither foll ...
(Endyl), ''Synaspismos Youth'' has been described as "one of its pillars." Under the leadership of today's Greek prime minister
Alexis Tsipras, the organisation took an active part in the process of creating the
Greek
Greek may refer to:
Greece
Anything of, from, or related to Greece, a country in Southern Europe:
*Greeks, an ethnic group.
*Greek language, a branch of the Indo-European language family.
**Proto-Greek language, the assumed last common ancestor ...
Social Forum
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. It also participated in
alter-globalist struggles and together with its European sister organisations co-organised events in the context of the 4th
European Social Forum
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, 2006 in Athens.
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Youth wings of political parties in Greece
1994 establishments in Greece
Youth organizations established in 1994
2013 disestablishments in Greece
Organizations disestablished in 2013
Components of Syriza
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