Communist Youth Movement (Netherlands)

Communist Youth Movement Communistische Jongerenbeweging
Founded	21 September 2003
Headquarters	Haarlemmerweg 177, Amsterdam
Ideology	Communism Marxism-Leninism
Mother party	New Communist Party of the Netherlands
International affiliation	WFDY
Website	voorwaarts.net

The Communist Youth Movement (Dutch: Communistische Jongerenbeweging, CJB) is a political youth organisation in the Netherlands. The CJB was founded on 21 September 2003, as an independent continuation of the youth of the New Communist Party of the Netherlands, NCPN Jongeren (NCPN Youth). It is the official youth organisation of the NCPN and publishes Voorwaarts! (Onwards!), an online magazine.

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. Chapters are active in North Holland, Overijssel, West Brabant, South Holland 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. Exceptions are possible, such as CJB members who are abroad joining their local communist organization, or members with an immigrant background joining a communist party which is active in their diaspora (for instance Chile, Greece or Iraq).^[1]

The main goal of the CJB is raising class consciousness and emancipation of young people from the workers and unemployed class in the Netherlands.^[2] Its members are active in anti-fascist movements, the student movement and as organizers in the labor movement.

The CJB participates in the yearly Labor Day demonstrations organized by the FNV and the demonstration on the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. In its anti-fascist work the CJB cooperates with the AFVN/Bond van Antifascisten.^[3]

The movement also organizes an alternative remembrance of the February Strike. In contrast to the official remembrance, the remembrance of the CJB specifically celebrates the communist ideology of the strikers.^[4]

The CJB participates in the Meeting of European Communist Youth Organizations (MECYO) and is a member of the World Federation of Democratic Youth (WFDY).^[5] The movement regularly organizes actions in solidarity with Cuba.^[6]

• Algemeen Nederlands Jeugd Verbond ( the youth organization of the CPN and a predecessor of the CJB)
• New Communist Party of the Netherlands

• English CJB website
• Voorwaarts!, webmagazine of the CJB
• De terugkeer van Marx: Het profiel van de NCPN Communisme als levenshouding (in Dutch). A profile in De Groene Amsterdammer of the CJB and NCPN