International Youth Solidarity Day

According to the decision of the World Federation of Democratic Youth (WFDM), the International Day of Youth Solidarity is annually celebrated on April 24. The holiday was first celebrated in 1957, and the date for its holding was timed to coincide with the final meeting of the Bandung Conference of Asia and Africa.

The initiative for the "International Day of Youth Solidarity" belongs to the World Federation of Democratic Youth - an international anti-imperialist organization. According to the organizers, this day should draw the attention of the world community of all countries of the planet to the problems of social protection of youth, the need to create and pursue youth policy, help young people to get an education, and also to solve the problems of cultural education and leisure of youth.

For the first time, "International Day of Youth Solidarity" was celebrated in 1957, and then it was called "International Day of Youth Solidarity in the struggle against colonialism, for peaceful coexistence," however, over time, the first four words have remained from the original name.

Is it easy to be young in modern society - it depends on the ability of youth to unite to solve their problems.

As for the traditions of this holiday, before it was celebrated very widely. On the International Day of Youth Solidarity, congresses, concerts and other celebrations were held. Their main goal was to emphasize the lofty goal of friendly unification of peoples, collectivism, to strengthen internationalism, to demonstrate the desire to unite efforts in the struggle for the rights of youth, to unite it to solve their problems. But with the collapse of the USSR, all this practically came to naught, and now this date is celebrated sporadically, as a rule, on the initiative and with the support of various left-wing youth and public organizations.

Young people today make up 18% of the world's population. About 85% of the world's youth are in developing and poor countries.

In our country, it is customary to classify citizens aged 14 to 30 as youth. In Russia, their share is about 31 million people - this is 21.5% of the total Russian population.

One of the main problems of Russian youth can be called a high level of unemployment. At the same time, working youth is subjected to capitalist exploitation and various forms of discrimination. Another, no less acute problem is the lack of housing for young people and young families.

The youth of our country also faces problems in obtaining education, with social insecurity, drug addiction, alcoholism, the spread of AIDS, etc.

These problems of youth can be solved only by eliminating the modern capitalist system. However, there is a feedback here: the problems of society cannot be solved without the active participation of the youth themselves.

In the spaces of the destroyed USSR, working and studying young people, having realized their class interests, are joining the ranks of the All-Union Young Guard of the Bolsheviks (VMGB) to fight against capitalism, for the socialist system. The VMGB is led by the All-Union Communist Party of Bolsheviks (VKPB).

The slogan of youth solidarity is now acquiring a new, revolutionary sound. This means that the times when youth throughout the world will again celebrate proletarian holidays of solidarity will come again.

Vyacheslav Smolensky

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