National conference of KKE concerning young people
On the 29th and 30th of October the KKE will hold a national conference in the party's congress hall at the offices of the CC on the following issue "The Party's activity in amongst Young People and its Assistance to KNE". The National conference is being convened in line with the decision of the 17th Congress, in keeping with the rules of the Party, only the congress itself is a higher body. On the 10th of July the CC published its theses for the National Conference under the banner "Our Future is not Capitalism, but a New World, Socialism!" It seeks to develop an active dialogue within following framework : the common struggle for and necessity of the AADF, the role of the youth movement, its alliance with the working class and other popular strata, and of course the struggle for the people's economy and people's power. The KKE was, is and will be a pole of resistance for young people so that they do not compromise and submit. Today it has the dynamism to stimulate a new tendency amongst young people towards resistance and radicalism. It's in young peoples' interest to learn at first hand what the KKE and KNE has to say. So that they come to the view from their own experience that strengthening of the Party and KNE is a basic precondition resistance and the counterattack of the people.
The Themes of the "Theses" are the following
1. The position of Young People in the Class Structure
2. The Basic Factors, institutions, and mechanisms of capitalist society, which influence the conciousness and social-political behaviour of young people today.
3. School Students and Students
4. Working Youth
5. Young Farmers and Young People in the Countryside
6. Self-employed Youth
7. The Young Woman
8. The Duties of the Party
9. The Duties of the Party in relation to the Youth Movement and its Alliance with the Working Class.
10. Urgent Duty, The recruitment of Young Workers into the Ranks of the Party.
11. The Role of Communist Teachers
12. The Political and Ideological Leadership of the Party and its Assistance to KNE.
13. The International Activity of the Party on Youth Issues
The platform for popular struggle concerning the problems of young people
The Theses state that: "The activity of the Party on the issues affecting young people, their organization and politicization must become more radical and innovative. We are proud of what it has achieved up until now, but we are also aware that we must improve our work in this field and overcome the weaknesses which still remain. Today we feels more able and experienced than before to achieve this." The Theses approach the question of the young people from a class perspective and seek to analyse the effects of the capitalist restructurings on young people, and the new questions which flow from these changes and how this affects the work of the Party, particularly in the ideological and political guidance it gives to KNE, which in recent years has been developing and growing as an organization. At the center of this is the readjustment of the party's activity starting from the level of the Party Base Organization. It should be noted that this is the first time in this country's history that a political party has attempted to approach the question of young people in all-encompassing way. The National Conference will, based on the public discussion, discuss and approve a political decision concerning the Party's activity amongst young people.
The Themes of the "Theses" are the following
PART 1
1. The position of Young People in the Class Structure
2. The Basic Factors, institutions, and mechanisms of capitalist society, which influence the conciousness and social-political behaviour of young people today.
3. School Students and Students
4. Working Youth
5. Young Farmers and Young People in the Countryside
6. Self-employed Youth
7. The Young Woman
8. The Duties of the Party
9. The Duties of the Party in relation to the Youth Movement and its Alliance with the Working Class.
10. Urgent Duty, The recruitment of Young Workers into the Ranks of the Party.
11. The Role of Communist Teachers
12. The Political and Ideological Leadership of the Party and its Assistance to KNE.
13. The International Activity of the Party on Youth Issues
PART 2
The platform for popular struggle concerning the problems of young people
1. A full education for all, for a creative life, against class barriers, the marketization of knowledge, the replacement of education with "training"
2. Labour rights- work with rights not a new dark age in the workplace - against the exploitation of human being by human being
- State Health and Welfare System
- Young Couples
- The protection of families with disadvantaged children
- The Self-employed
- Young People in the Countryside
3. Action for multi-faceted movement for the rights of young people in following spheres leisure time, culture, sport, against drugs, for a humane life in a humane environment. culture sport drugs
4. Democratic rights- objective media- information technology
- Educational Institutions
- Military Service
- Information and the Media
- The New Technologies
5. The uncompromising struggle against war, imperialism and its organizations is linked to the right to life
The political proposal of the KKE for the AADF and the role of the youth movement
The Theses state that: "The activity of the Party on the issues affecting young people, their organization and politicization must become more radical and innovative. We are proud of what it has achieved up until now, but we are also aware that we must improve our work in this field and overcome the weaknesses which still remain. Today we feels more able and experienced than before to achieve this." The Theses approach the question of the young people from a class perspective and seek to analyse the effects of the capitalist restructurings on young people, and the new questions which flow from these changes and how this affects the work of the Party, particularly in the ideological and political guidance it gives to KNE, which in recent years has been developing and growing as an organization. At the center of this is the readjustment of the party's activity starting from the level of the Party Base Organization. It should be noted that this is the first time in this country's history that a political party has attempted to approach the question of young people in all-encompassing way. The National Conference will, based on the public discussion, discuss and approve a political decision concerning the Party's activity amongst young people.
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