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

Netherlands , Terminology of the Low Countries, informally Holland, is a country in Northwestern Europe, with Caribbean Netherlands, overseas territories in the Caribbean. It is the largest of the four constituent countries of the Kingdom of the Nether ...

. 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 (, 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 merger into the left-wing GroenLinks. These m ...

, (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 the organisational principle of most communist parties, in which decisions are made by a process of vigorous and open debate amongst party membership, and are subsequently binding upon all members of the party. The co ...

. Chapters are active in

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, West Brabant,

South Holland South Holland ( ) is a province of the Netherlands with a population of over 3.8 million as of January 2023 and a population density of about , making it the country's most populous province and one of the world's most densely populated areas. ...

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

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

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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 op ...

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

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demonstrations organized by the FNV and the demonstration on the

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. In its anti-fascist work the CJB cooperates with the . 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.

International

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

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(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 or Nederlands commonly refers to: * Something of, from, or related to the Netherlands ** Dutch people as an ethnic group () ** Dutch nationality law, history and regulations of Dutch citizenship () ** Dutch language () * In specific terms, i ...

). A profile in

De Groene Amsterdammer ''De Groene Amsterdammer'' () is an independent Dutch weekly news magazine published in Amsterdam. It is one of the five independent opinion magazines in the Netherlands, alongside '' HP/De Tijd'', '' Vrij Nederland'', ''Elsevier'' and the Jewish ...

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