In the coming days the workers of all generations, particularly the young workers, will celebrate once again the International Workers’ Day (IWD) on May 1st.The IWD celebrations have been and are, more than ever, important moments of struggle of the workers of the entire world. In our days, when imperialism is unveiling in an even more clear way the irrational and unjust nature of the capitalist system, tearing apart in months achievements of decades of struggle of the workers and historical progress for mankind.

In the framework of the current international capitalist crisis, the dominating class has taken all steps to attempt to smash the rights of the workers and youth, implementing an agenda that had long before been planned and which has now the arguments and tools to implement. Particularly the young workers are suffering of this limitless attack with their rights destroyed, increasing of the already massive rates of youth unemployment, low salaries and widespread to practically all young workers of precarious contracts or with no contracts at all. All this can only be overcome through the reinforcement of the struggle and, necessarily, of the class trade union movement - essential tool of the workers and their struggles for now and for the future!

Furthermore, it is important to underline how in this context the monopolies and other big economic groups keep having millions and millions of euro and dollars of profits, which are not only huge, as they are increasing more and more, proving that the sacrifices demanded to the workers, peoples and youth are nothing but a strategy to reach the increase of profits and intensification of the exploitation.

In this context, WFDY calls upon all its member and friendly organizations to take the streets on the next IWD and, together with the class trade unions, make this day yet another glorious day of struggle that means a reinforcement of all the struggles to come until we are able to defeat these policies and imperialism itself!

The World Federation of Democratic Youth has received the news about the capture and deportation from Venezuela to Colombia of the journalist Joaquín Pérez Becerra, director of the web page ANNCOL, which is based in Sweden and published with the permission of the country’s national government. Joaquín has left Colombia for more than 20 years, as a political refugee, after many threats to his life, when he was member of Unión Patriótica, managing to survive the genocide dealt against this left wing group. Since then, he has lived in Sweden, country of which he has been given the nationality.The imperialist government of Colombia, full of blood of the constant murders of the heroic Colombian people (particularly the youngsters) in its hands, accuses him of being a member of FARC as part of the great scheme of the proofs taken from the computer of Raul Reyes, in a strategy that has been used to accuse people inside and outside Colombia and even governments like the one lead by Hugo Chavez, in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. It is know by everyone that Joaquín Pérez Becerra is no terrorist and he was not even ever a member of FARC as the Colombian intelligence and Government want to make the world believe, as part of the witch hunt promoted against all critics and opposition of the regime. We express our worry even for the life of this comrade, since that in Colombia there are no guarantees to the physical integrity or security of the revolutionaries.

On behalf of all its member and friend organizations and the whole progressive youth of the world, WFDY demands the respect for life and civil and political rights, proceeding guarantees and immediate release of Joaquín Pérez Becerra. We call for the international solidarity in all spaces possible so that he is released and may return to Sweden, country where he lives.

The World Federation of Democratic Youth, together with its members, friends and all the progressive youth of the world wishes to send our most sincere message of salute to the youth and people of Cuba, on the occasion of the first defeat of the Yankee imperialism in America, occured in the sands of the beach of Girón, together with proclamation of the socialist carácter of the Cuban Revolution - both to be celebrated in the framework of the of the VI Congress of the Cuban Communist Party.Since the beginning that the American imperialism has kept a hostile policy against the revolutionary people of Cuba, which deserves our full condemnation. The blockade of more than 50 years and the organizing of terrorist actions from the USA have found a decent people that has known how to defeat them, just as 50 years ago in beach of Girón, and that today more than ever is showing the world that it is possible and necessary to defeat imperialism in all the world.

The Cuban Revolution prepares itself to celebrate the VI Congress of its Communist Party, from which we are sure will come reinforced in its progress of updating socialism, given the wide participation of the Cuban people, as unique protagonist of the solution of its problems; moreover, the protagonist role played by its youth, to whom this date is dedicated, is an example for all the progressive and anti-imperialist people fighting for a better world.

WFDY warmly salutes the VI Congress of the Cuban Communist Party, sure that it will be a success for the country and that it will mean the continuation of a socialist, decent, free and sovereign country. We call upon all the young people, our member and friendly organizations, to celebrate the coming April 16, 50th anniversary of the first defeat of the American imperialism in America, in all possible places, as way to condemn the unfair blockade against the glorious Cuban people and demanding the release of the Cuban Five Heroes unfairly detained in the American jails.