The World Federation of Democratic Youth denounces that is ongoing a new escalade of the attack against communist forces, this time in Slovakia. The government of that country has approved an amendment to the existing laws to include the following sentence: “Who publicly deny, question, agree or try to excuse (…) crimes of regime based on communist ideology (…) will be punished by confinement from six months to three years”.

This decision and the new law that now is created is yet another step in the general attack against communist parties and youth organizations that has been taking place all over the world, but particularly in Eastern Europe.

Aware that the current system is unable to provide to the people of Slovakia the “well being, justice and democracy” that was promised during in the early nineties, the dominant classes need to chase and eliminate all forces that, in an organized way, can fight against the destruction of social, political and democratic rights that the capitalist restoration has meant.

Furthermore, the idea of the “communist crimes” is part of a broader ideological line to try to equalize fascism and communism (the two “dictatorial regimes” that are “just as bad”) and, by this way, not only clean the face of the fascist crimes (”they weren’t that bad”) as also, and particularly, trap the peoples and youth to think that there is no alternative whatsoever to the current international order and its injustices and inequalities.

This attempt to rewrite history is even clearer in a country that, as Slovakia (at the time a part of Czechoslovakia), was under the siege and domination of the Nazis’ forces and that counted with the precious support of Soviet Army to free itself from the dark night of the fascist domination.

On this occasion, we express our solidarity with all democratic formations in Slovakia, particularly with our comrades of SZM, and encourage them to continue their struggle for a truly democratic and fair country, where the people and youth are able to take upon their hands the destinies of their own future.

The World Federation of Democratic Youth has received with great shock the terrible news on the massive assassination of Norwegian young people gathered in a camp of the Norwegian Labor Party youth wing. It has left more than 92 people dead with the loss of leading youth leaders of the country.

We strongly condemn this insane act as well as the bombing of the headquarters of the Norwegian government and we underline that the right of association, freedom of expression and political initiative should never be stopped by any means of violent, whether they come from individuals or from organized groups.

On this sad occasion, we would like to convey to the families and friends of those who lost their life our most deep sentiments. Together with them we are mourning this terrible loss.

The World Federation of Democratic Youth condemns the European Union-India Free Trade Agreement as an imperialist plot in the interest of financial and pharmaceutical monopolies amongst others and to the detriment of the workers in both the countries of Europe and India.

The cynical ploy to re-introduce bonded labor to Europe whilst privatizing and handing to transnational monopolies the India economy, and all public procurement, will serve only to increase social dumping, damage collective rights and lower terms and conditions in Europe and to increase precarity and instability in India.

The FTA will see a reserve army of bonded labor, without enforceable employment rights, brought into Europe to be exploited and also further entrench neo-liberalism in the Indian economy