Synaspismos Youth Explained

Synaspismos Youth
Native Name:Νεολαία Συνασπισμού
Leader:Ilias Chronopoulos
Merged Into:SYRIZA Youth
Ideology:Democratic socialism
Eco-socialism
Eurocommunism
Regional1 Type:European
Regional1 Name:European Network of Democratic Young Left (ENDYL)

Synaspismos Youth (Greek, Modern (1453-);: 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 Universities with smaller left-wing student organisations. It published a magazine called "Enedra" every two months.

A member of the European Network of Democratic Young Left (Endyl), Synaspismos Youth has been described as "one of its pillars."[1] Under the leadership of today's Greek prime minister Alexis Tsipras, the organisation took an active part in the process of creating the Greek Social Forum.[2] It also participated in alter-globalist struggles[3] and together with its European sister organisations co-organised events in the context of the 4th European Social Forum, 2006 in Athens.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Rosa. Moussaoui. La génération Syriza au pouvoir. L'Humanité. 27 January 2015. 4 February 2015. fr.
  2. Web site: Who is the man who may be the next Greek PM?. Proto Thema. 25 January 2015. 4 February 2015.
  3. Michel. Vakaloulis. The Left, the Youth and the Political Project. Interview with Interview with Rena Dourou. transform!. 10. 2012. 111. 4 February 2015.
  4. Book: M. Andretta. H. Reiter. Parties, unions and movements. 185. Donatella della Porta. Donatella della Porta. Another Europe: Conceptions and Practices of Democracy in the European Social Forums. Routledge. 978-0-415-47464-1. 2 June 2009. 4 February 2015. .