[Seattle-editorial] Young Communists to Hold Convention

[Chapolin Colorado]

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: November 19, 2002
Contact: Yu Yu Din 646-373-0415 Email: ydin at yclusa.org

Young Communist League, USA to hold National
Convention

Schiller Park, Illinois – Under the banner "Youth and
Labor Unite and Fight, for peace, equality, jobs,
education and socialism!" the Young Communist League,
USA (YCL) is gearing up for their 7th National
Convention. Expected to attend are several hundred
youth and student activists from across the US and
over fifty guests from national and international
youth and student organizations. Libero Della Piana,
the National Coordinator of the YCL said "We wanted to
hold the Convention in a working class town, and you
 can’t find a better place than Chicago." 

YCLUSA recently took part in a coordinated action
against the FTAA on November 17th with  International
 Student Union (IUS), the United States Student
 Association (USSA), the Canadian Federation of
 Students (CFS) and the Continental Oraganization of
 Latin American and Caribbean Students (OCLAE). Youth
 resistance to corporate globalization and the FTAA
 will be a major theme of the Convention. Numerous
 internationl guests will be in attendance, includintg
 the President of the World Federation of Democratic
 Youth (WFDY), the Young Communist League of Isreal,
 and the General Union of Students of the Iraqi
 Republic.

 Workshops on education, jobs, women’s rights, racial
 justice and workers are planned for the convention.
 Abdul Hassan, the convention organizer promises an
 exciting time. "There will be music, education,
 culture, and we will take to the streets to oppose
 Bush’s war drive in Iraq."

 The Young Communist League, which is a founding
member
 of the National Youth and Student Peace Coalition
 (NYSPC) helped bring more than 100,000 youth,
students
 and working people to Washington DC on April 20, 2002
 for the March Against the War at Home and Abroad.
Over
 the past year, the YCL helped organize demonstrations
 to resist the World Economic Forum and CUNY budget
 cuts in NYC. "It is a crucial time for the youth to
 come together and talk about the challenges that we
 are facing, like war and economic hardships." said
 Alcy Montas, the Chair of NYC Uptown YCL Club.
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