Declaration from World Federation of Democratic Youth member organizations

Through a joint communiqué, more than 20 youth organizations from different parts of the world expressed their concern at the “advance of dangerous actions aimed at violating the political and democratic rights of the Communist Party of Venezuela (PCV)”.

The declaration was issued between May 26-28, 2023, when the General Council of the World Federation of Democratic Youth was taking place in Havana, Cuba, where the signatory organizations met to reaffirm their anti-imperialist and democratic positions and their unwavering struggle for peace and social justice for all the peoples of the world.

The declaration is reproduced below:

Hands off the JCV and PCV!

The undersigned youth organizations express our concern over information coming from Venezuela about the advance of dangerous actions aimed at violating the political and democratic rights of the Communist Party of Venezuela (PCV).

We advocate respect for the historic right won by the workers to organize their own political parties independently of the bourgeoisie and the governments of the day. In this sense, we demand that the political and democratic rights of the PCV be guaranteed, and that the decisions adopted by the XVI National Congress of the PCV held in November 2022 be respected, within the framework of its statutes and principles of internal democracy.

We call on the government and institutions of Venezuela to halt their plans that threaten the democratic freedoms and the legitimate right to exist and struggle of the Communist Party and the Communist Youth of Venezuela.

We express our solidarity and support to the Communist Youth of Venezuela (JCV), member organization of the World Federation of Democratic Youth (WFDY) since 1947, and whose right to exist is also seriously threatened if the maneuvers to assault and intervene the PCV prosper.

We reiterate our firm solidarity with the people and youth of Venezuela in the face of imperialist interference and illegal criminal sanctions, as well as with the legitimate struggles of Venezuelan workers for living wages.

SIGNATORY ORGANIZATIONS:
    SOZIALISTISCHE DEUTSCHE ARBEITERJUGEN (SDAJ)
    COMMUNIST YOUTH OF BOLIVIA (JCB)
    COMMUNIST YOUTH UNION (UJC) – BRAZIL
    YOUNG COMMUNIST LEAGUE OF CANADA (YCL)
    COMMUNIST YOUTH OF ECUADOR (JCE)
    COMMUNIST YOUTH COLLECTIVES (CJC ESPAÑA)
    UNION OF COMMUNIST YOUTH OF SPAIN (UJCE)
    COMMUNIST YOUTH OF GREECE (KNE)
    ALL INDIA STUDENTS FEDERATION (AISF)
    YOUTH OF THE PEOPLES UNITY PARTY (PUPY) – JORDAN
    UNION OF LEBANESE DEMOCRATIC YOUTH (ULDY)
    COMMUNIST YOUTH FRONT (FJC) – MEXICO
    NATIONAL YOUTH FEDERATION NEPAL (NYFN)
    PALESTINIAN YOUTH ORGANIZATION (PYO)
    PARAGUAYAN COMMUNIST YOUTH (JCP)
    SYRIAN COMMUNIST YOUTH UNION (KHALEDAGDASH B)
    SYRIAN DEMOCRATIC YOUTH UNION (SDYU)
    SOCIALIST YOUTH UNION SRI LANKA (SYU)
    SOCIALIST STUDENTS’ UNION OF SRI LANKA (SSU)
    COMMUNIST YOUTH TÜRKIYE
    COMMUNIST YOUTH OF VENEZUELA (JCV)