International Union of Socialist Youth

Short description: International youth non-governmental organization

International Union of Socialist Youth (IUSY)

Abbreviation| IUSY
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

Region served

| Worldwide

Membership

| 163

Official language

| English, Spanish, French

President

| Hend Mgaieth

Secretary General

| Bruno Gonçalves

Main organ

| World Congress
Affiliations| Socialist International
Progressive Alliance
Website| iusy.org
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The International Union of Socialist Youth (IUSY) is an international youth labour organization, whose activities include publications, supporting member organizations and organization of meetings. Originally named the Socialist Youth International, the union was formed at the 1907 International Socialist Congress at Stuttgart as the youth wing of the Second International.[1]

IUSY claims to have 145 member organizations, including 122 full members and 23 observer members, from 106 countries. IUSY gained prominence as an international youth non-governmental organization (NGO) with UN ECOSOC consultative status in 1993.[2]

## Contents

* 1 History
* 2 Activities
* 3 Presidium and Control Commission
* 3.1 Presidium
* 3.2 Control Commission
* 4 Historical leadership
* 4.1 Presidents
* 4.2 Secretary Generals
* 5 Member organizations
* 6 See also
* 7 References
* 7.1 Bibliography
* 8 External links

## History

From 24 to 27 August 1907, 21 youth representatives from 13 countries met in Stuttgart and found the Socialist Youth International as the youth organization of the Second International, headquartered in Vienna.

The Socialist Youth International held parallel congresses in 1910 and 1912 following the International Socialist Congress, Copenhagen 1910 and International Socialist Congress, Basel 1912.[1]

The socialist youth organizations were confronted by the onset of World War I in 1914. The majority of the socialist parties supported their respective countries' war efforts, but the Socialist Youth International remained opposed to it. The organization moved its offices to Zurich and published its journal, Youth International, calling for peace (distributed illegally). This anti-war activism later became a core part of the organization.

The formation of the Communist International in Moscow in 1919 split the worldwide socialist movement movement into communist, socialist and socdem wings. An alliance between the socialist and socdem wings resulted in a return of Socialist Youth International in 1923.[3]

After the fascist takeover of Italy, the totalitarian government barred Italian Youth from being a part of the organization. This spurred action for anti-fascist causes in the organization. After the Second World War, the organization formally rebranded to become the International Union of Socialist Youth. In the 1950s and 1960s, the group supported decolonization efforts in Africa and Asia. In the 1970s, the organization fought against human rights violations by military governments in South America. Today, the group mostly focuses on economic policy.[3]

## Activities

Anti Vietnam war demonstration. Vancouver, BC. 1968

The stated goal of the International Union of Socialist Youth is to promote anti-war activities, fight climate change, and support socialist economic policies. The organization supports the United Nations 's Sustainable Development Goals.[4]

## Presidium and Control Commission

### Presidium

IUSY is led by its Presidium, elected every two years at the Congress, with representatives from all over the world. The current members (2023–2025) are listed below:[5]

President:

* Hend Mgaieth, JS Tunisia, (Tunisia)

Secretary general:

* Bruno Gonçalves, (Juventude Socialista, Portugal)

Vice-presidents:

* Danila Bragança, JMPLA, Angola
* Nokukhanya Magagul, SWAYOCO, Eswatini
* Fidel Cardoso de Pina, JPAICV, Cape Verde
* Template:Country data DRC Christian Lukusa, Jeune UDPS, Democratic Republic of the Congo
* Carlos Hernandez, JRM, Dominican Republic
* James Canizales, Partido Liberal, Colombia
* Jessali Zarazua, JPRD Mexico, Mexico
* Maria Panay, JRPD Panama, Panama
* Marina Hay, Young Labour, New Zealand
* Regina Rebueno, Akbayan Youth, Philippines
* Sarineh Abrahamian, AYF Armenia, Armenia
* Victoria Hiepe, JUSOS Germany, Germany
* Amina Cikotic, SDYM, North Macedonia
* Gaute Skejrvø, AUF, Norway
* Bianca Sorian, TSD Romania, Romania
* Victor Camino Miñana, JSE, Spain
* Eliran Bykhovsky, Young Meretz, Israel
* Saif Aqel, GUPS Palestine, Palestine

### Control Commission

Control Commission President[6]

Maria Victoria Faroppa, JNE, Uruguay
Control Commission Members[6]
Federica Polizzi, Franja Morada, Argentina
Ievgeniia Lukianchenko, Ukraine
Ricardo Ramón Rosas, JSE, Spain
Naja Malaeb, PYO, Lebanon
Permanent Invited[6]
Young European Socialists (YES) President
ICFTU YO Secretary General

## Historical leadership

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### Presidents

* 1995 Nicola Zingaretti (Italy)[7]
* 2004 Fikile Mbalula (South Africa )[8]
* 2008 Jacinda Ardern (New Zealand)[9]
* 2016 Howard Lee Chuan How (Malaysia)[10]
* 2023 Hend Mgaith[11]

### Secretary Generals

* 2016 Alessandro Pirisi (Italy)[10]
* 2021 Bruno Gonçalves (Portugal)[11]

## Member organizations

As of November 2023, the IUSY claims to have 122 member organizations from over 100 countries, in addition to roughly two dozen observer organizations. The member countries are grouped into five regions: Africa, the Americas, Asia-Pacific, Europe, and the Middle East.

## See also

* List of International Union of Socialist Youth member organizations

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Callesen, Gerd. "Internationale Verbindung Sozialistischer Jugendorganisationen 1907 - 1919" (in de). Friedrich Ebert Stiftung. http://library.fes.de/si-online/jugend-intro-dt.html.
2. ↑ "List of non-governmental organizations in consultative status with the Economic and Social Council as of 1 September 2011". Economic and Social Council, United Nations. http://csonet.org/content/documents/E2011INF4.pdf.
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "IUSY - International Union of Socialist Youth". https://iusy.org/this-is-us/history.
4. ↑ "Our Strategies - International Union of Socialist Youth". https://iusy.org/this-is-us/strategies.
5. ↑ https://iusy.org/this-is-us/team/presidium#
6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 "Control Commission". http://iusy.org/category/home/contact/control-commission/.
7. ↑ "Lazio, chi è il candidato del centrosinistra Nicola Zingaretti" (in it-IT). 2018-03-02. https://www.lapresse.it/politica/2018/03/02/lazio-chi-e-il-candidato-del-centrosinistra-nicola-zingaretti/.
8. ↑ "Fikile April Mbalula, Mr | South African Government". https://www.gov.za/about-government/contact-directory/fikile-april-mbalula-mr.
9. ↑ "Jacinda Ardern to lead IUSY" (in en-NZ). 2008-01-31. https://thestandard.org.nz/ardern-to-lead-iusy/.
10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 "IUSY Leadership". http://iusy.org/presidium-1-2/.
11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 "IUSY Leadership". https://iusy.org/this-is-us/team/presidium.

### Bibliography

* Annen, Niels; Böhning, Björn; Burmeister, Kai et al., eds (2007). 100 Years of International Socialist Youth, Struggle for Peace and Equality in the World. Berlin: Vorwärts Buch.
* JUSOS & Die Falken (August 2007). 100 Years of Struggle for Peace and Equality. Berlin.

## External links

* Official website
* Archives of Sozialistische Jugend-Internationale (former German name) at the International Institute of Social History

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