Dear Comrades In Union of Progressive Youth in Egypt

We followed the demonstrations of the brave Egyptian people and youth in the city of Mahalla and different parts of Egypt during the last week.

It is an important movement for the economic rights of the people against a government only caring for the interests of the big capitalists and feudalists in your country.

The brutal practices of the central security forces reflect the political decision to fight against any request for reform or change on the political and economic level in Egypt.

We express our deep solidarity with your right struggles and condemn the practices of the Egyptian government and its security forces against the civilian innocent people demanding their rights.

The will of the people shall prevail, and you struggles with the progressive, democratic, and patriotic forces will lead to big developments and changes in the situation of the Egyptian youth and people.

The capitalist policies of the new world order, the neo liberal policies are leading to more poverty and misery as it is apparent in Egypt, and only our common struggles around the globe will stop its aggression.

With all support for your struggles!

World Federation of Democratic Youth Budapest April 11, 2008

Between 3 and 6 April, the Commission of Europe and North America of WFDY held a solidarity action with Balkans region. Alongside with a NATO Summit going on in Bucharest and a visit of the President of United States to the region, this event had an important impact both for the international delegates from several countries and for the youth of Serbia, Croatia and Romania.

This action, held under the slogan “For Peace in Balkans, we struggle against NATO, bases and imperialism”, was successfully hosted by SKOJ (Serbia), Youth Association SOS (Croatia) and UTS (Romania), and gave a great contribution for the international solidarity with youth struggle in all ex-Yugoslavia republics.

The denouncement of NATO crimes, the discussion about ways to improve solidarity and the direct contact with the destruction of the youth’s social rights in these countries, led the delegates to the conclusion that only peace and sovereignty are the way for friendship and social justice. The delegates also acknowledged that the promotion of militarization and ethic or religious conflicts was a weapon of imperialism to break down the resistance of the peoples, as well as the offence against democratic rights, clearly felt by the delegates as they acknowledged that the police was pursuing the comrades from Croatia during the preparatory process of the event, and in Croatia and Romania, where the border’s police demanded to check, during several hours, the contents of all books and posters brought by the delegates, in an unacceptable demonstration of the imperialist wish to break down all those who struggle against it.

The expansion of NATO and the imperialist wars can only be stopped with struggle in each country, in each town, in each school or place of work and are closely connected with the struggles for social rights, that is why so many delegates brought up this issue during the panels of discussion as what is going on in the ex-Yugoslavia countries clearly shows that imperialist order is not compatible with social justice and peace.