The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-06-07

covered that the revolutionary youth
movement could not be suppressed,
Che young workers all over the world
have formed seperate organizations.
The revolutionary youth always
abhorred opportunism and reformism
When in 1905 Karl Liebknecht began
his anti-military agitation he relied
almost entirely ON the working youth
for support.
The revolutionary youth movement
boasts a glorious and unsullied history
of valiant struggle in the front ranks
of the working class.
In 1907, the first International
(socialist) Youth Congress took place
at Stuttgart; another world gathering
of the youth followed in 1910 at Co
penhagen. A loose international fed
Grafton resulted from these world
conventions; and secretariat was
established which had no directive
force
Even before the world war, the
youth Of the various countries affiIi-
ated to the socialist parties were fore
most in the fight against increasing
reformism and the reactionary trade
union bureaucracies. Came the war
with its shattering Of the Second In
ternational. But the socialist youth
Of that time did not completely fail.
In October, 1914, the youth organi-
cations of the Scandinavian countries
Italy and Switzerland took the init
alive in calling a world congress,
which, however, could not meet un-
til the spring Of 1915 at Berne, Swi-
tzerland.
The world congress of socialist
youth that met at Berne, represent
ing 10 countries, was the forerunner
of the Young Communist Information
al.
Arvid Vretling says in his pamphlet
youth in the Glass Struggle" This
conference of Socialist Youth at
Berne shone out in the darkness like
a flaming beacon" BY autumn of 1915,
nineteen youth organizations had de-
clared their Willingness to abide by
the determination to wage a war
against the imperialist slanghterfest
and ito force the ruling classes, by
revolutionary action on the part OF
the proletariat, to declare peace"
THE International of Youth" was
founded in 1915 as the organ of the
revolutionary youth and is published
to this day by the Y. C. /. Such
writers as Lenin, Trotzl1y, Radek, III
novieE, Bronsky, Kollantai, Iieb-
knecht and E. Bernstein contributed
to it.
After several international confer
ences, the first congress Of the Young
Communist International was held in
Berlin, November, 1919 and program
and rules of organization adopted
The 7. c. I. affirmed it's adherence
to the principles of the Communist
International. In the Berlin program
the representatives of the revolution
airy youth of the world set down very
clearly the reasons for organizing
separate youth bodies. These. as
stated in the first program are as
follows:
"The formation Of separate organi-
cations OF the proletarian youth is die
tated by:
al The position Of the young in
the process of production and in
society. This position forces them
to fight in the defense of their own
interests; in the reorganization of
labor; changing the school system,
etc.
b The psychological character
istics OF youth (the prevalency Of
sentiment over reason, aptitude for
cooperation, great receptivity as re-
CARDS all new and revolutionary ideas,
readiness for sacrifice and action.
@ The necessity of special
methods for its socialist and revolu-
tionary education independent organ