Red Yol New Paper for S.y.l
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The Socialist Youth League takes another big step forward this week with the publication of the first issue of its monthly paper Red Youth.
Announcing the launching of the Socialist Youth miserable 120 individuals were nearly lost in the ample space of Conway Hall on May 28 at a national conference to mark the first anniversary of the International Marxist League, the lead article outlines the political basis on which the SYL was founded-in sympathy with the programme and aims of the Workers Socialist League.
It explains the political importance of such a development in the present period.
The founding resolution of the SYL is also printed together with details of the first campaigns to be run by the SYL-on youth unemployment and the fight against racism and fascism.
A major article draws the lessons youth can learn SMASH ANA LIM from the closure of the Speke factory where the failure of the stewards' committee to fight for a policy of occupation left the workforce with no perspective for fighting the closure and resulted in a vote to accept redundancy pay.
The article also details Lena D VITE ERSCISMA Youth demonstrating against racism the treacherous role played in the struggle by Communist Party member Derek Phil Moore, national secretary of the SYL, writes on the Anti Nazi League.
He argues that the ANL is incapable of giving a lead to youth in the fight against the real culprits who have created the conditions of wage cuts, poor housing, unemployment and public spending cuts which allow the fascists to gain .a hearing.
First meeting The article points out that this is because the ANL is actually wooing some of those responsible-Labour MPs, trade union leaders, even Liberals whose undeclared coalition with the Labour leaders has ensured the continuation of these attacks over the last 15 months.
The first issue of Red Youth also reports the first public meeting of the Socialist Youth League in London and the SYL national committee plan to include regular reports in future issues of the activities of the SYL up and down the country.
Red Youth will appear monthly and costs 5p an