Carta de felicitationes para la elección de Carlos Martínez Núñez

Carta de Felicitaciones del Consejo Central de la Juventud de Synaspismos sobre la elección de Carlos Martínez Núñez para el puesto de coordinador nacional del Sector de la Juventud de la Izquierda Unida de Espana.   

Compañeros y Compañeras, 

Nos informamos hoy sobre la elección del camarada Carlos Martínez Núñez en la posición del Coordinador Nacional del Sector de la Juventud de la Izquierda Unida. 

El Camarada Martínez Núñez, con su experiencia en el movimiento educativo y las luchas contra la estrategia neoliberal de Bolonia para las universidades, se compromete a su responsabilidad  en un periodo critico para las luchas de la juventud española afectada por el desempleo y la precariedad laboral. 

Enviamos un mensaje de lucha y de apoyo a los y las camaradas jovenes de la Izquierda Europea, conociendo que las luchas de la juventud en toda Europa es una condición importante de victoria para las fuerzas que luchan contra el sistema brutal del capitalismo neoliberal. 

El Consejo Central de la Juventud de Synaspismos 

Atenas,20/12/2011

Nous saluons la libération de Salah Hamouri

Après presque sept années d'emprisonnement injuste, l'étudiant franco-palestinien Salah Hamouri, sera libéré de prison le dimanche.

Hamouri, après un procès par une cour martiale non-reconnue par l'ONU, dans laquelle il a été forcé de plaider coupable sans aucune preuve contre lui, a été condamné pour implication dans un complot visant à assassiner le rabbin Ovadia des Yossfe, le chef spirituel de parti Shas.

Nous exprimons notre solidarité et notre soutien à Salah Hamouri, et toutes les forces démocratiques luttant pour la liberté et l'indépendance de la Palestine, contre le terrorisme et les persécutions de l'Etat d'Israël et ses alliés internationaux.

Jeunes de Synaspismos

Secteur des Relations Interationales

15/12/2011

Press release about the delegation by Youth of Synaspismos in Brussels

Delegation by Youth of Synaspismos was in Brussels from December 8 until December 11 in order to be informed about the activities of the European Left Party and the GUE/ NGL.

Several meetings took place.First of all, at the heart of the discussion with Paul Murphy from the Socialist Party of Ireland was the situation in Ireland, the austerity measures and the role of the memorandum to curb the rights of Irish workers. In addition, to the meeting with Marie-Christine Vergiat from the Left Front in France, were analyzed the negative effects of the process of Bologna at the universities and the strategy of the Left Front on the upcoming presidential elections in France. Maite Mola, vice president of the European Left and Director of International Relations of the Communist Party of Spain presented the results of the Spanish elections, the electoral rise, the role and the character of the United Left in Spain, the “indignados” movement and the need for co-operation between the Left parties and organizations. Celine Moreau, spokesman for the youth section of the Belgian trade union FGTB spoke about the precarious workers, the campaigns and the actions of the union in order to inform and organize them. Also, a delegation of the International Relations Department of the Youth of Synaspismos met with Elvira Hernandes, member of the Communist Youth of Spain exchanging experiences in the social struggles and resistance of workers in Greece and Spain.We also shared thoughts about the activities of both organizations for young workers and unemployed and our strategies in the students' movement 

Additionally, at the meeting with Nikos Chountis, MEP of SYRIZA, we discussed the activities of the GUE / NGL, the political and economic developments across Europe and the impact of decisions of the summit of European Union on the 9th of December. Also, The Youth of Synaspismos made a demonstration outside of the European Parliament against austerity measures and the governments of bankers, sending a message of resistance and disobedience against neo liberalism.

Youth Of Synaspismos

Press Office

29/11/2011

Message from Youth Of Synaspismos about the loss of Lucio Magri

We were informed about the tragic loss of Lucio Magri,the co-founder of the Italian newspaper Il Manifesto.

Magri was a member of PCI,and an important personality of the communist movement in Italy.

We send our deepest condolences to his family and his comrades,knowing that the heritage of his political thought and his struggles for communistic principles is an ispiration for the continuous struggle for socialism.

In Italy of Mario Monti, the loss of personalities like Lucio Magri is a loss for all social movements that fight against the authoritarianism of markets.

Youth of Synaspismos

Sector of International Relations

Message from Youth of Synaspismos about the General Strike in Greece on the 1st of December.

The new government leaded by the banker Papademos,plans to vote new austerity measures through a continuous attempt of blackmailings and threats to the greek people.The ongoing situation,across the EU shows that the main dilemma isUs or Them.Either the profits of the great capital or the dignity and the lives of the European people.

The workers,the unemployed and the youth should rise up against the governments of neoliberalism.

The working class is about to give a strong message to the new government which plans a new budget that causes huge unemployment and poverty,through new austerity measures.

The public insurance funds are dissolved,showing losses of over 13 billion and labor relations are going to be completely deregulated. Layoffs in the public sector will be expanded and,in addition young workers under 25 will receive a lower salary up to 20% from that which is defined by the National Collective Labor Agreement,while simultaneously opens the way for rapid growth of individual contracts. 

The tax-free income for people will be reduced to 5,000 euros-from 12,000-and the official unemployment is going to be over 20% in 2012. The public health spending will be reduced by over  337 million and the spending for education will be reduced by 1.2 billion euros. The last remnants of the welfare state is going to be abolished and the most public services are about to be privatized.

The government of national salvation supported by the EU,the IMF, the bankers and the Federation of Greek Industry, has put aim to defend the profits rich,so we have to defend our rights. We won’t pay their crisis.Along with the people across Europe who react to the new neoliberal austerity attack from the neoliberal EU leaders,we shall win.

When injustice becomes law,resistance is our duty.

Youth Of Synaspismos

Press Office

29/11/2011

Press release for the Internation Solidarity Day for Palestine

Today's International Solidarity Day for Palestine,comes a few days after the recognition of Palestine as a member of UN's Educational,Scientific and Cultural Organization,despite the disagreements by USA and Israel.This recognition,consists a first step in the palestinians' struggle for full recognition of their state,in which they have to face the strong reaction by the dominant imperialistic forces,together with Israel.

Solidarity and support to palestinian people who suffer under military occupation,is a primary duty for those who fight against the imperialistic plans of the capital,which has no hesitation to sacrifice peoples' lives in order to achieve its goals.

Youth of Synaspismos joins with progressive forces in Palestine,Israel and across the world,who struggle for a final solution,which contains the recognition of an independent Palestinian state,on 1967 borders with East Jerusalem as its capital and the return of refugees to their homes.

Youth of Synaspismos

Press office

Message from Youth of Synaspismos to the people in Egypt who fight for democracy and justice

The struggle of the Egyptian people for democracy, dignity and social justice  is growing again. The heroic demonstrators in Cairo, Alexandria, Suez and other major cities, this time are not against the Mubarak regime but against an authoritarian military dictatorship that has sent tens of thousands to the military justice courts and has dyed her hands with the blood of many activists.

The new phase of the Egyptian revolt reminds us that the struggle for democracy doesn't end at the struggle against dictators like Mubarak but is a continuous fight against every form of oppression.

The bloody clashes between protestors and the forces of army and the police, reveal that the Egyptian revolt  is asking for real democracy and doesn’t look for new Mubaraks.

We express our solidarity, to thousands of fighters for democracy all over Egypt, supporting their request for an immediate forming of a temporary civil government in order to call free and fair elections as soon as possible.

We will continue to strengthen our ties with the progressive, left forces of the people of the Arab spring, taking power and example of the continuing struggles of the anti-imperialist movement in Europe and all over the world.

 Youth of Synaspismos 

Committee of International Relations

24/11/2011

Solidarity to the General Strike in Portugal

The neo-liberal leaders of the EU continue their attack against the European people,with their main aim to save the profits of the bankers and the capital.

In this context, the only path of resistance and dignity,is the way of struggle against austerity policies that cause poverty and unemployment, and in addition, the strengthening of solidarity among workers across Europe.

The struggle of people in Greece and throughout Europe, the previous period, showed that people haven’t say their last word.

Today's symbolic protest by members of Synaspismos, the Youth of Synaspismos and representatives of trade unions,in the Portuguese Embassy in Athens, sends the message of support  to the General Strike in Portugal,which is a strong reaction to the harsh measures of the government of Pedro Passos Coelho.

Finally, we express our solidarity with the great struggle of our comrades of the Youth of the Left  Bloc in Portugal for defending the rights of the youth against precarity and unemployment

United we shall win!

Youth of Synaspismos-Press office

24/11/2011

NEWSLETTER

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Youth of Synaspismos

Neolaia Synaspismou is an internationalist radical Left Youth Organization, born and inspired by the greatest historical traditions and achievements of the Greek and international communist, workers’ and youth movements. It was found in 1994 in Athens, Greece, under the initial name of “EAN: Enosi Aristeron Neon” (Left Youth League). In our second Congress, in May 1999, the Organization was renamed to “Neolaia Synaspismou” (Youth of Synaspismos).

Our theoretical background is based on the western-European Marxist tradition and is also influenced by both traditional and contemporary left and green-left theories. We fight against neoliberal, globalized capitalism, war and imperialism, racism, environmental destruction, sexism and right-wing extremism. We oppose the neoliberal policies applied by the right-wing and social-democratic forces of the European Union, but we believe that, in times of globalization, Europe is today the necessary geostrategic, economic, social and political field for the development of efficient class struggles and for the fight for social transformations. Our strategic aim is to build a world of socialism with democracy, freedom, social justice, and environmental sustainability.

According to our statutes, one can become a member of the Organization in the age of 13 and has to leave the Organization and enter our mother Party (Synaspismos) when he/she reaches the age of 32.

The Ordinary Congress of Neolaia Synaspismou is held every two years and elects the Central Council of the Organization. The Central Council elects the Secretary and the Secretariat of the Organization. The current Secretary of Neolaia Synaspismou is Nasos Iliopoulos (28).    

SYNASPISMOS: OUR MOTHER PARTY      

Neolaia Synaspismou is an autonomous organization referring to the Greek left party of Synaspismos (Coalition of the Left of Movements and Ecology). Since 2004, Synaspismos participates in SYRIZA (Coalition of the Radical Left), a broad political front of parties and organizations of the Greek renovating and radical left, which gathered 4,61% and elected 13 Members in the Greek Parliament, in the last National Elections (September 2007). In the last European Elections (June 2004), Synaspismos got 4.70% and elected one Member in the European Parliament, Nikos Chountis,who participates in the GUE-NGL Parliamentary Group. Synaspismos is one of the 14 Parties that founded the European Left Party in 2004.

In addition, Synaspismos has a strong presence in the social field as well. It has high-level representation in all major trade unions and social movements (women and feminist organizations, peace, environmental, antiracist, human rights’ movements).

Synaspismos holds an Ordinary Congress every three years, which elects the President and the Central Political Committee of the Party. After each Congress, the Central Political Committee elects the Political Secretariat and the Secretary of the Party. The current President of Synaspismos (since February 2008) is Alexis Tsipras (33).

OUR EUROPEAN AND INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITY

Neolaia Synaspismou participates in the global movement against the neoliberal capitalist globalization, as one of the founding actors of the Greek, the European and the World Social Forum. We have been present in every major international mobilization against the G8, the IMF, the World Bank and the neoliberal treaties of the E.U., since the first European demonstration in Amsterdam (1996). We played a major role in organizing the international manifestations in Thessaloniki, in June 2003, against the Summit Meeting of the European Union, and, together with our mother Party, we were the biggest Greek component of the Organizing Committee of the 4^th European Social Forum in Athens (May 2006), which gathered 100.000 demonstrators from Europe, the Middle East, Latin America etc.

In a European level, our Organization is one of the founding members of ENDYL (the European Network of Democratic Young Left), which is a network that gathers left youth organizations from 15 European countries. Recently, Neolaia Synaspismou also played an important role in the formation of the Youth Working Group of the European Left Party. We also participated as observers in the last World Festival of Youth and Students (Caracas, 2005).

OUR ACTIVITY IN HIGH-SCHOOLS AND UNIVERSITIES

In high-schools, our members participate in the Network of Autonomous High-School Student Groups (DAMAS), in co-operation with other left-orientated students.

In universities, our student members participate in the Network of Autonomous Radical Left Student Groups (DARAS), which, in Spring 2007, formed the Left Unity (AR.EN), a wide platform consisting of student groups referring to various tendencies of the radical left. Our students were protagonists in the recent victorious educational movement (2006-2007), which forced the Greek right-wing government to withdraw its plans for the constitutional reform concerning the privatization of higher education.Also.Neolaia Synaspismou was the biggest left youth organization which supported the huge youth mobilizations in Greece on December 2008 after the assasination of the 15 year-old Alexandros Grigoropoulos by the police. In the last National Student Elections (April 2011) the Left Unity presented electoral lists in almost every School around Greece and got 6,5% of the votes.

YOUNG WORKERS

Neolaia Synaspismou fights against precarity of young people who are today forced to work for low wages, in jobs without insurance and under very bad and unsafe working conditions. The young workers of Neolaia Synaspismou participate in the Autonomous Intervention (Aytonomi Paremvasi), which is the trade-unionist group of the renovating and radical Left in the General Confederation of Workers in Greece (GSEE) and the Higher Administration of Unions of Workers in the Public Sector (ADEDY).Also,members of Neolaia Synaspismou strongly support and participate in the Network of Precarious Workers and Unemployed (Diktyo Episfalos Ergazomenon kai Anergon),whose action was significant at the unprecedented General Strikes in Greece over the last two years.

ANTIRACISM

Neolaia Synaspismou fights for the legalization of all migrants who live and work in Greece and for the direct provision of Greek Citizenship to all migrants’ children who are born in Greece. We participate in antiracist festivals and mobilizations, but, most of all we host the Open School for Migrants and Refugees, a voluntary initiative for the teaching of the Greek language to all migrants and refugees who don’t have access to the official educational system. 

MAIN CULTURAL AND RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES

Neolaia Synaspismou organizes annual Festivals in more than 30 cities every autumn (September-October). Our central Festival in Athens lasts for 3 days, gathers many important artists and political figures from Greece and abroad and attracts thousands of visitors.

Every summer Neolaia Synaspismou organizes its annual Alternative Summercamp. This year our Organization is celebrating its 15^th Summercamp, which is expected to attract more than 1200 comrades and friends from all around the country and also many comrades from sister youth organizations from various European countries.