SINCE Labour polled.
sestrously among young people in June, trailing ef behind the Alliance securing the support of rst time voters, I was arprised to see Socialist Action refer so negatively to the Party and LPYS barning from the drances of the Scandinavian socialist youth organisations.
While there are clearly Efferent specific political ad economic conditions, sete are at least four ood reasons why those rganisations are a better ide than Militant's Jubilee Hall, Covent Garden (next to Transport Museum)
Fri 4 Nov 12.30-6.30 Sat 5 Nov 11.00-5.00 suffocating grip on the The first and most obvious reason is that thev are proportionatel many times larger than the LPYS and consequently a far more significant force in the lives and actions of young people.
Secondly, they are an support and sustenance those parties in criticising ving social democracy Chirdly, they have : track record on women's Socialist issues and on involving women at all levels in the organisation and leadership that puts the LPYS to shame. It is not accidental that my successor but one as president of the International Union of Socialist Youth is a Danish socialist feminist.
Last but not least, they have a rich and active progressive cultural fite which should be the EPYS, but of the Party not just of the as a whole.
A serious debate on the British left about a socialist appeal to youth and the role of the socialist youth organisation within that is long overdue and a top priority now. Let us begin on a positive note by examining the achievements of other socialist comrades in Western Europe.
(President IUSY 1979-81) London E3