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The '''World Federation of Democratic Youth''' ('''WFDY''') is an international youth organization, and has historically characterized itself as [[Left-wing politics|left-wing]] and [[anti-imperialism|anti-imperialist]]. WFDY was founded in [[London]], [[United Kingdom]] in 1945 as a broad international youth movement, organized in the context of the end of [[World War II]] with the aim of uniting youth from the [[Allies of World War II|Allies]] behind an anti-fascist platform that was broadly pro-peace, anti-nuclear war, expressing friendship between youth of the capitalist and socialist nations. The WFDY Headquarters are in [[Budapest]], [[Hungary]].<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Choi |first1=Charles Hongseok |title=Preferential Refugee Policies in Postwar Canada |journal=Undergraduate Review |date=2021 |volume=16 |page=113 |url=https://vc.bridgew.edu/undergrad_rev/vol16/iss2/12 |publisher=Bridgewater State University}}</ref> The main event of WFDY is the [[World Festival of Youth and Students]]. The last festival was held in [[Sochi]], [[Russia]], in October 2017. It was one of the first organizations granted [[List of organizations with consultative status to the United Nations Economic and Social Council|general consultative status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council]].

== History ==
On 10 November 1945, the World Youth Conference, organized in London, The UK, founded the World Federation of Democratic Youth. This historic conference was convened at the initiative of the World Youth Council which was formed during the Second World War to bring together the youth movements of the allied nations in an anti-fascist front. The conference was attended by over 600 delegates from 63 nations, it was at the time the largest and most diverse gathering of international youth.<ref>{{cite book |last1=McDuffie |first1=Erik S |title=Sojourning for freedom |date=2011 |publisher=Duke University Press |isbn=978-0-8223-9440-2 |page=247}}</ref> The conference adopted a pledge for peace.

Shortly after, with the onset of the Cold War and [[Winston Churchill]]'s [[Iron Curtain]] speech, the organization was accused by the [[United States Department of State|US State Department]] of being a "Moscow front". Many of the founding organizations quit, leaving mostly youth from socialist nations, national liberation movements, and communist youth.<ref name="Staar84">Richard Felix Staar, ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=Hvv7U15xCtMC Foreign policies of the Soviet Union]'', Hoover Press, 1991, {{ISBN|0-8179-9102-6}}, p.84</ref> Like the [[International Union of Students|International Union of]] 

[[International Union of Students|Students]] (IUS) and other pro-Soviet organizations, the WFDY became a target and victim of [[CIA]] espionage as well as part of [[active measures]] conducted by the Soviet state security.<ref name="Western Europe 1960. p. 169">The cultural Cold War in Western Europe, 1945-1960. [[Giles Scott-Smith]], Hans Krabbendam. p. 169</ref><ref>A century of spies: intelligence in the twentieth century. Jeffrey T. Richelson. p. 252</ref><ref>Soviet foreign policy in a changing world, Volume 1986. Robbin Frederick Laird, Erik P. Hoffmann. p. 211</ref><ref>Europe since 1945: an encyclopedia, Volume 1. Bernard A. Cook. p. 212</ref>

The WFDY's first General Secretary, [[Alexander Shelepin]], was a former leader of the [[Young Communist International]] which had been dissolved in 1943. Shelepin had been a guerilla fighter during World War II (after his work with the WFDY, he was appointed head of Soviet State Security).<ref name="Western Europe 1960. p. 169" /> Both the WFDY and IUS vocally criticized the [[Marshall Plan]], supported the [[Czechoslovak coup d'état of 1948]] and the new [[People's republic]]s in eastern Europe. They opposed the [[Korean War]].<ref name="Western Europe 1960. p. 169" />

The main event of the WFDY became the World Festival of Youth and Students, a large-scale political and cultural celebration which aimed to promote peace and friendship between the youth of the world. Most, but not all, of the early festivals were held in socialist nations in Europe. During the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s the WFDY's festivals were one of the few places where young people from the [[western bloc]] could meet youth involved in the campaign against apartheid from [[South Africa]], or militant youth from Vietnam, Palestine, Cuba and other nations. Famous people who participated in festivals included [[Angela Davis]], [[Yuri Gagarin]], [[Yasser Arafat]], [[Fidel Castro]], [[Vladimir Putin]], [[Ruth First]], [[Jan Myrdal]] and [[Nelson Mandela]].

When the [[Soviet Union]] and the [[Eastern Bloc]] collapsed, the WFDY entered a crisis. With the power vacuum left by the collapse of the most important member organization, the Soviet [[Komsomol]], there were conflicting views of the future character of the organization. Some wanted a more apolitical structure, whereas others were more inclined to an openly leftist federation. The WFDY, however, survived this crisis, and is today an active international youth organization that holds regular activities.

== Pledge ==
[[File:Bundesarchiv Bild 183-M23075, Budapest, II. Weltfestspiele, Eröffnungsrede, Guy de Boisson.jpg|thumb|Guy de Boisson, President of the World Federation of Democratic Youth, speaks at the opening of the [[2nd World Festival of Youth and Students]] (Budapest, 1949).]]

{{blockquote|We pledge that we shall remember this unity, forged in this month, November 1945
Not only today, not only this week, this year, but always
Until we have built the world we have dreamed of and fought for
We pledge ourselves to build the unity of youth of the world
All races, all colors, all nationalities, all beliefs
To eliminate all traces of fascism from the earth
To build a deep and sincere international friendship among the peoples of the world
To keep a just lasting peace
To eliminate want, frustration and enforced idleness
We have come to confirm the unity of all youth salute our comrades who have died-and pledge our word that skilful hands, keen brains and young enthusiasm shall never more be wasted in war|''Pledge of the World Federation of Democratic Youth''}}

== General Assembly ==
The WFDY conducts a General Assembly every four years, the last taking place in [[Nicosia]] in 2019.<ref>{{cite web |title=ΡΙΚ και υπόλοιπα κανάλια "δεν είδαν" την 20η Συνέλευση της ΠΟΔΝ |url=https://dialogos.com.cy/rik-kai-ta-ypoloipa-kanalia-den-eidan-tin-20i-syneleysi-tis-podn/ |website=Dialogos |date=4 December 2019}}</ref> During the Assembly, leadership and a General Council are elected and an organizational declaration is approved.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://drive.google.com/file/d/1NC648xKKjaVOt6yzl7ztz0gej3jmGX_B/view?usp=embed_facebook|title=Approved Political Declaration Of the 19th Assembly of WFDY (1).pdf|website=Google Docs|access-date=2020-02-11}}</ref>

== Member organizations ==
===Africa===
{| class="wikitable"
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! Country 
! Name 
! Notes
!{{Abbr|Ref|References}}
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|{{flag|Angola}}
|[[Youth of MPLA|Juventude do Movimento Popular da Libertação de Angola]]
|Youth wing of [[MPLA]]
|<ref name="members" />
|-
| rowspan="2" |{{Flag|Benin}}
|Organization of Revolutionary Youth (OJRB)
|
|<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|date=13 June 2015|title=African Member Organizations|url=http://www.wfdy.org/african-member-organizations/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160102233926/http://www.wfdy.org/african-member-organizations/?language=en|archive-date=2 January 2016|access-date=3 January 2022|website=World Federation of Democratic Youth}}</ref>
|-
|Independent Socialist Youth Union (USJIB)
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|<ref name=":1" />
|-
|{{Flag|Burundi}}
|JRR Burundi
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|<ref name=":1" />
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|{{Flag|Cape Verde}}
|[[Youth of PAICV]]
|Youth wing of [[African Party for the Independence of Cape Verde|PAICV]]
|<ref name=":1" />
|-
|{{Flag|Comoros}}
|Front of Socialist Youth (FSY)
|
|<ref name=":1" />
|-
|{{Flag|Congo}}
|UJS Congo
|
|<ref name=":1" />
|-
|{{nowrap|{{flag|DRC|name=Congo, Dem. Rep.}}}}
|PPRD Youth League
|Youth wing of the [[People's Party for Reconstruction and Democracy]]
|<ref name=":1" />
|-
|{{flag|Eritrea}}
|[[National Union of Eritrean Youth and Students]]
|
|<ref name="members" />
|-
|{{flag|Ethiopia}}
|Ethiopian Youth League
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|<ref name="members" />
|-
| rowspan="2" |{{flag|Ghana}}
|Democratic Youth League of Ghana
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|<ref name=":1" />
|-
|African Youth Command
|
|<ref name=":1" />
|-
|{{Flag|Guinea Bissau}}
|[[African Youth Amílcar Cabral]]
|Youth wing of [[African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde|PAICG]]
|<ref name=":1" />
|-
|{{Flag|Lesotho}}
|LYF Lesotho
|
|<ref name=":1" />
|-
|{{Flag|Madagascar}}
|KDTM Madagascar
|
|<ref name=":1" />
|-
| rowspan="2" |{{Flag|Malawi}}
|LYM Malawi
|
|<ref name=":1" />
|-
|YASED Malawi
|
|<ref name=":1" />
|-
|{{flag|Mozambique}}
|[[Mozambican Youth Organisation]]
|Youth wing of [[FRELIMO]]
|<ref name="members" />
|-
| rowspan="2" |{{flag|Namibia}}
|[[SWAPO Party Youth League]]
|Youth wing of [[SWAPO]]
|
|-
|Namibia National Students Organisation (NANSO) 
|
|
|-
| rowspan="2" |{{Flag|Nigeria}}
|[[National Youth Council of Nigeria]]
|
|<ref name=":1" />
|-
|National Youth Council of the Ogoni People (NYCOP)
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|<ref name=":1" />
|-
|{{Flag|Sao Tome}}
|JML São Tomé and Príncipe
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|<ref name=":1" />
|-
| rowspan="2" |{{flag|Senegal}}
|Mouvement de la Jeunesse Démocratique
|Youth wing of the [[Democratic League/Movement for the Labour Party]]
|<ref name=":1" />
|-
|Democratic Youth Union Alboury Ndiaye
|Youth wing of the [[Party of Independence and Work]]
|<ref name=":1" />
|-
|{{Flag|Sierra Leone}}
|SFYO Sierra Leone
|
|<ref name=":1" />
|-
| rowspan="3" |{{flag|South Africa}}
|[[African National Congress Youth League]]
|Youth wing of the [[African National Congress]]
|<ref name="members" />
|-
|[[South African Students Congress]]
|
|<ref name=":1" />
|-
|Young Communist League of South Africa
|Youth wing of the [[South African Communist Party]]
|
|-
|{{flag|Sudan}}
|Sudanese Youth Union
|Youth wing of the [[Sudanese Communist Party]]
|<ref name=":1" />
|-
|{{flag|Tanzania}}
|Umoja Wa Vijana
|Youth wing of [[Chama Cha Mapinduzi]]
|<ref name="members" />
|-
|{{flag|Zambia}}
|United National Independence Party Youth League
|Youth wing of the [[United National Independence Party]]
|<ref name=":1" />
|-
| rowspan="2" |{{flag|Zimbabwe}}
|ZANU-PF Youth League
|Youth wing of [[ZANU-PF]]
|<ref name="members" />
|-
|Zimbabwe Congress of Students Union (ZICOSU)
|
|
|}

===Asia and the Pacific===
[[File:World Federation of Democratic Youth.svg|thumb|500px|Map of countries which have or had a youth organization in the World Federation of Democratic Youth. Countries with active member organizations of WFDY are shown in dark green. Countries with former member organizations of WFDY are shown in light green.]]
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|-
! Country 
! Name 
! Notes
!{{Abbr|Ref|References}}
|-
|{{Flag|Armenia}}
|[[Young Communist League Armenia]]
|Youth wing of the [[Armenian Communist Party]]
|<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|date=June 2015|title=WFDY - CENA Member Organizations|url=http://www.wfdy.org/cena-member-organizations/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160802065542/http://www.wfdy.org/cena-member-organizations/|archive-date=2 August 2016|access-date=3 January 2022|website=World Federation of Democratic Youth}}</ref>
|-
|{{flag|Australia}}
|[[Resistance: Young Socialist Alliance]]
|Youth wing of the [[Socialist Alliance (Australia)|Socialist Alliance]]
|
|-
|{{flag|Azerbaijan}}
|[[Young Communist League Azerbaijan]]
|Youth wing of the [[Azerbaijan Communist Party]]
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
| rowspan="3" |{{flag|Bangladesh}}
|[[Socialist Students' Front]]
|Student wing of the [[Socialist Party of Bangladesh]]
|
|-
|[[Bangladesh Students Union]]
|
|<ref name=":3">{{Cite web|date=13 June 2015|title=Asia & Pacific Member Organizations|url=http://www.wfdy.org/asia-pacific-member-organizations|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160102195459/http://www.wfdy.org/asia-pacific-member-organizations/?language=en|archive-date=2 January 2016|access-date=3 January 2022|website=World Federation of Democratic Youth}}</ref>
|-
|[[Bangladesh Youth Union]]
|Youth wing of the [[Communist Party of Bangladesh]]
|<ref name=members/>
|-
|rowspan=2|{{flag|Bhutan}}
|[[Democratic Youth of Bhutan]]
|Youth wing of the [[Bhutan National Democratic Party]]
|<ref name=":3" />
|-
|[[Students Union of Bhutan]]
|
|<ref name=":3" />
|-
|{{Flag|Cambodia}}
|[[Youth Association of Cambodia]]
|
|<ref name=":3" />
|-
|{{flag|Georgia}}
|[[Young Communist League of Georgia]]
|
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
|rowspan=5|{{flag|India}}
|[[All India Students Federation]]
|Student wing of the [[Communist Party of India]]
|<ref name=":3" />
|-
|[[All India Youth Federation]]
|Youth wing of the [[Communist Party of India]]
|<ref name=members/>
|-
|[[Students Federation of India]]
|Student Wing of the [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]
|
|-
|[[Democratic Youth Federation of India]]
|Youth Wing of the [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]
|<ref name=":3" />
|-
|All India Youth League
|Youth wing of the [[All India Forward Bloc]]
|<ref name=":3" />
|-
|{{flag|Iran}}
|[[Tudeh Youth]]
|Youth wing of the [[Tudeh Party of Iran]]
|<ref>{{citation|author=United States Congress, House Committee on Un-American Activities|title=Soviet Total War: "Historic Mission" of Violence and Deceit|volume=1-2|publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office|date=1956|pages=589–90}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="3" |{{flag|Japan}}
|[[Democratic Youth League of Japan]]
|Youth wing of the [[Japanese Communist Party]]
|<ref name=":3" />
|-
|[[Japan League of Socialist Youth]]
|
|<ref name="members" />
|-
|{{ill|Korean Youth League in Japan (Chochong)|ja|在日本朝鮮青年同盟}}{{efn|Not confused with {{illm|Korean Youth League in Japan (Hancheong)|ja|在日韓国青年同盟}}, the youth wing of the {{illm|Union for Korean Democratic Reunification in Japan|ja|在日韓国民主統一連合}}.}}
|Youth wing of [[Chongryon]]
|<ref name=":3" />
|-
|{{flag|North Korea|name=Korea, DPR}}
|[[Kimilsungist-Kimjongilist Youth League]]
|Youth wing of the [[Workers' Party of Korea]]
|<ref name=members/>
|-
|{{flag|South Korea|name=Korea, Rep.}}
|[[Hanchongryun|7th-term Hanchongryun]]
|
|<ref name=":3" />
|-
|{{flag|Laos}}
|[[Lao People's Revolutionary Youth Union]]
|Youth wing of the [[Lao People's Revolutionary Party]]
|<ref name=":3" />
|-
|{{Flag|Mongolia}}
|[[Mongolian Youth Federation]]
|
|<ref name=":3" />
|-
| rowspan="2" |{{flag|Myanmar}}
|[[All Burma Students' Democratic Front]]
|
|<ref name=":3" />
|-
|[[All Burma Students League]]
|
|<ref name=":3" />
|-
| rowspan="4" |{{flag|Nepal}}
|[[All Nepal National Free Students Union (UML)|All Nepal National Free Students Union]]
|Student wing of the [[Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist)]]
|<ref name=":3" />
|-
|[[Youth Federation Nepal]]
|Youth wing of the [[Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist)]]
|<ref name=members>{{Cite web |title=Members |work=wfdy.org |archive-date=11 November 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161111170757/http://www.wfdy.org/structure/ |url= http://www.wfdy.org/structure/ }}</ref>
|-
|[[Nepal National Federation of Students]]
|Student wing of the [[Nepal Communist Party (United)]]
|<ref name=":3" />
|-
|[[Nepal National Youth Federation]]
|Youth wing of the [[Nepal Communist Party (United)]]
|<ref name=":3" />
|-
|{{flag|Pakistan}}
|[[Democratic Students Federation]]
|student wing of the Communist Party of Pakistan
|
|-
| rowspan="4" |{{flag|Philippines}}
|[[Anakbayan]]
|
|<ref name=":3" />
|-
|[[Bukluran sa Ikauunlad ng Sosyalistang Isip at Gawa]] (BISIG)
|
|<ref name=":3" />
|-
|SIKAP Philippines
|
|<ref name=":3" />
|-
|YDM Philippines
|
|<ref name=":3" />
|-
| rowspan="5" |{{flag|Sri Lanka}}
|[[Communist Youth Federation]]
|Youth wing of the [[Communist Party of Sri Lanka]]
|<ref name=":3" />
|-
|Sri Lanka National Union Of Students
|Student wing of the [[Communist Party of Sri Lanka]]
|
|-
|[[Federation of All Lanka (Ceylon) Youth League]]
|Youth wing of [[Mahajana Eksath Peramuna]]
|
|-
|
|-
|[[Sama Samaja Youth League ]]
|Youth wing of [[Sri Lanka Sama Samaja Party]]
|
|-
|[[Socialist Students Union]]
|Student wing of [[Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna]]
|<ref name=members/>
|-
|[[Socialist Youth Union (Sri Lanka)|Socialist Youth Union]]
|Youth wing of [[Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna]]
|<ref name=":3" />
|-
|rowspan=2|{{flag|Vietnam}}
|[[Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union]]
|Youth wing of the [[Communist Party of Vietnam]]
|<ref name=members/>
|-
|[[Vietnam Youth Federation]]
|
|<ref name=":3" />
|}

===Europe and North America===
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! Country 
! Name 
! Notes
!{{Abbr|Ref|References}}
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|{{flag|Austria}}
|[[Communist Youth of Austria]]
|
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
|{{flag|Belgium}}
|[[Comac (youth movement)|COMAC]]
|Youth wing of the [[Workers' Party of Belgium]]
|
|-
|{{flag|Bulgaria}}
|[[Bulgarian Socialist Youth Union]]
|
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
|{{flag|Canada}}
|[[Young Communist League of Canada]]
|Affiliated with the [[Communist Party of Canada]]
|
|-
|{{Flag|Croatia}}
|[[Young Socialists (Croatia)|Young Socialists of Croatia]]
|Youth wing of the [[Socialist Labour Party of Croatia]]
|
|-
|{{flag|Czech Republic}}
|[[Communist Youth Union]]
|Youth wing of the [[Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia]]
|<ref name=members/>
|-
|{{flag|Cyprus}}
|[[United Democratic Youth Organisation (Cyprus)|United Democratic Youth Organisation]]
|Youth wing of the [[Progressive Party of Working People]]
|<ref name=members/>
|-
|{{Flag|Denmark}}
|[[Communist Youth of Denmark]]
|Shared youth organization of the [[Communist Party in Denmark]], the [[Communist Party of Denmark]] and [[Communist Party (Denmark)]]
|
|-
|{{flag|Finland}}
|[[Communist Youth League (Finland)|Communist Youth League]]
|
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
|{{flag|France}}
|[[Mouvement Jeunes Communistes de France]]
|
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
|rowspan=2|{{flag|Germany}}
|[[Free German Youth]]
|
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
|[[Socialist German Workers Youth]]
|Youth wing of the [[German Communist Party]]
|<ref name=members/>
|-
|{{Flag|Greece}}
|[[Communist Youth of Greece]]
|Youth wing of the [[Communist Party of Greece]]
|<ref name=members/>
|-
|{{Flag|Hungary}}
|[[Baloldali Front]]
|Youth wing of the [[Hungarian Workers' Party]]
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
|rowspan=2|{{flag|Ireland}}
|[[Connolly Youth Movement]] 
|
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
|[[Workers Party Youth]]
|Youth wing of the [[Workers' Party (Ireland)|Workers' Party]]
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
| rowspan="2" |{{flag|Italy}}
|[[Front of the Communist Youth]]
|Former Youth wing of the [[Communist Party (Italy)|Communist Party]]; current youth wing of the Communist Front
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
|[[Giovani Comuniste e Comunisti]]
|Youth wing of the [[Communist Refoundation Party]]
|
|-
|{{flag|Republic of Moldova}}
|[[Young Communist League of the Republic of Moldova]]
|Youth wing of the [[Party of Communists of the Republic of Moldova]]
|
|-
|{{flag|Netherlands}}
|[[Communist Youth Movement (Netherlands)|Communist Youth Movement of the Netherlands]]
|Youth wing of the [[New Communist Party of the Netherlands]]
|<ref>{{cite web|title=The CJB is a member of the World Federation of Democratic Youth |url=https://www.voorwaarts.net/?lang=en |website=Website of the Communist Youth Movement of the Netherlands |date=20 November 2022}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2" |{{flag|Norway}}
|[[Young Communists in Norway]]
|Youth wing of the [[Communist Party of Norway]]
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
|[[Young Communist League of Norway]]
|
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
|{{Flag|Portugal}}
|[[Portuguese Communist Youth]]
|Youth wing of the [[Portuguese Communist Party]]
|<ref name=members/>
|-
|{{Flag|RO|name=Romania}}
|[[Union of Socialist Youth Romania|Union of Socialist Youth]]
|Youth wing of the [[Romanian Socialist Party (present-day)|Romanian Socialist Party]]
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
| rowspan="3" |{{flag|Russia}}
|[[Leninist Komsomol of the Russian Federation|Leninist Young Communist League of the Russian Federation]]
|Youth wing of the [[Communist Party of the Russian Federation]]
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
|Revolutionary Communist Youth League (b)
|Youth wing of the [[Russian Communist Workers' Party of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union]]
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
|[[Russian Communist Youth League|Russian Young Communist League]]
|
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
|{{flag|Serbia}}
|[[Young Communist League of Yugoslavia (1992)|Young Communist League of Yugoslavia]]
|Youth wing of the [[New Communist Party of Yugoslavia]]
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
|{{flag|Slovakia}}
|[[Socialistický Zväz Mladých]]
|Youth wing of the [[Communist Party of Slovakia]]
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
| rowspan="3" |{{flag|Spain}}
|[[Collectives of Communist Youth]]
|Youth wing of the [[Communist Party of the Workers of Spain]]
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
|[[Communist Youth Union of Spain]]
|Youth wing of the [[Communist Party of Spain]]
|<ref name=members/>
|-
|[[Communist Youth of Catalonia]]
|Youth wing of the [[Communists of Catalonia]]
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
|{{flag|Sweden}}
|[[Communist Youth of Sweden]]
|Youth wing of the [[Communist Party of Sweden (1995)|Communist Party of Sweden]]
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
|{{flag|Switzerland}}
|[[Communist Youth of Switzerland]]
|Youth wing of the [[Swiss Party of Labour]]
|
|-
|{{flag|United Kingdom}}
|[[Young Communist League (Great Britain)|Young Communist League]]
|Youth wing of the [[Communist Party of Britain]]
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
| rowspan="2" |{{flag|United States}}
|[[Young Communist League USA|Young Communist League]]
|Youth wing of the [[Communist Party USA]]
|<ref>{{cite web |last1=Lynch |first1=Maicol David |title=CPUSA youth leader greets WFDY meeting in Cyprus |url=https://www.cpusa.org/article/cpusa-youth-leader-greets-world-federation-of-democratic-youth-meeting-in-cyprus/ |website=Communist Party USA |date=4 December 2019}}</ref>
|-
|[[Young Socialists (United States)|Young Socialists]]
|Youth wing of the [[Socialist Workers Party (United States)]]
|
|}

===Latin America and Caribbean===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Country 
! Name 
! Notes
!{{Abbr|Ref|References}}
|-
|{{Flag|Argentina}}
|{{ill|Federación Juvenil Comunista|es|Federación Juvenil Comunista (Argentina)}}
|Youth wing of the [[Communist Party of Argentina]]
|<ref name=members/>
|-
|{{Flag|Barbados}}
|[[League of Progressive Youth]]
|
|
|-
|{{Flag|Bolivia}}
|[[Juventud Comunista de Bolivia]]
|Youth wing of the [[Communist Party of Bolivia]]
|
|-
| rowspan="3" |{{Flag|Brazil}}
|[[Juventude Comunista Avançando]]
|Youth wing of the [[Polo Comunista Luiz Carlos Prestes]]
|
|-
|[[União da Juventude Comunista]]
|Youth wing of the [[Brazilian Communist Party]]
|<ref name=members/>
|-
|[[União da Juventude Socialista]]
|Youth wing of the [[Communist Party of Brazil]]
|<ref name=members/>
|-
|{{Flag|Chile}}
|[[Juventudes Comunistas de Chile]]
|Youth wing of the [[Communist Party of Chile]]
|<ref name=members/>
|-
|{{Flag|Colombia}}
|[[Juventud Comunista de Colombia]]
|Youth wing of the [[Colombian Communist Party]]
|<ref name=members/>
|-
|{{Flag|Costa Rica}}
|[[Juventud Frente Amplio]]
|Youth wing of the [[Broad Front (Costa Rica)]]
|<ref name=members/>
|-
|{{Flag|Cuba}}
|[[Unión de Jóvenes Comunistas]]
|Youth wing of the [[Communist Party of Cuba]]
|<ref name=members/>
|-
| rowspan="2" |{{Flag|Ecuador}}
|Juventud Comunista del Ecuador
|Youth wing of the [[Communist Party of Ecuador]]
|<ref name=":4">{{Cite web|date=13 June 2015|title=Latin American & Caribbean Member Organizations|url=http://www.wfdy.org/latin-america-carribbean-member-organizations|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304230907/http://www.wfdy.org/latin-america-carribbean-member-organizations/?language=en|archive-date=4 March 2016|access-date=3 January 2022|website=World Federation of Democratic Youth}}</ref>
|-
|Juventud Socialista Ecuatoriana
|Youth wing of the [[Socialist Party of Ecuador]]
|<ref name=":4" />
|-
|{{Flag|El Salvador}}
|[[Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front|Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front (FMLN)]]
|
|<ref name=":4" />
|-
|{{Flag|Guatemala}}
|[[Juventud URNG]]
|Youth wing of the [[URNG]]
|<ref name=":4" />
|-
|rowspan=2|{{Flag|Guyana}}
|[[Guyana Youth and Students Movement]]
|
|
|-
|[[Walter Rodney Youth Movement]]
|
|
|-
| rowspan="2" |{{Flag|Mexico}}
|Federation of Young Communists
|Youth wing of the Communist Party of Mexico 
|<ref name=":4" />
|-
|[[Juventud Popular Socialista]]
|Youth wing of the [[Popular Socialist Party (Mexico)|Popular Socialist Party]]
|<ref name="members" />
|-
|{{Flag|Nicaragua}}
|[[Sandinista Youth|Juventud Sandinista 19 de Julio]]
|Youth wing of the [[Frente Sandinista de Liberación Nacional]]
|
|-
|{{Flag|Panama}}
|JPR Panama
|
|<ref name=":4" />
|-
|{{Flag|Paraguay}}
|[[Casa de la Juventud del Paraguay]]
|
|
|-
|{{Flag|Peru}}
|[[Juventud Comunista Peruana]]
|Youth wing of the [[Peruvian Communist Party]]
|<ref name=":4" />
|-
|{{Flag|Uruguay}}
|[[Juventud del Movimiento 26 de Marzo]]
|Youth wing of the [[26 March Movement]]
|
|-
|rowspan=2|{{Flag|Venezuela}}
|[[Juventud Comunista de Venezuela]]
|Youth wing of the [[Communist Party of Venezuela]]
|<ref name=members/>
|-
|[[United Socialist Party of Venezuela Youth]]
|Youth wing of the [[United Socialist Party of Venezuela]]
|
|}

===North Africa and Middle East===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Country 
! Name 
! Notes
!{{Abbr|Ref|References}}
|-
|rowspan=2|{{Flag|Algeria}}
|[[Union de la Jeunesse Algérienne]]
|Youth wing of the [[National Liberation Front (Algeria)|FLN]]
|<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|date=13 June 2015|title=Middle East Member Organizations|url=http://www.wfdy.org/middle-east-member-organizations|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160102040520/http://www.wfdy.org/middle-east-member-organizations/?language=en|archive-date=2 January 2016|access-date=3 January 2022|website=World Federation of Democratic Youth}}</ref>
|-
|[[National Union of Algerian Students]]
|Students of the [[National Liberation Front (Algeria)|FLN]]
|<ref name=":2" />
|-
|{{Flag|Bahrain}}
|[[Shabeeba Society of Bahrain]]
|Youth wing of the [[Democratic Progressive Tribune - Bahrain|Progressive Democratic Tribune]]
|<ref name=members/>
|-
|{{Flag|Egypt}}
|[[Union of Progressive Youth of Egypt]]
|Youth wing of the [[Progressive National Unionist Party]]
|<ref name=members/>
|-
|rowspan=2|{{Flag|Iraq}}
|[[Iraqi Democratic Youth Federation]]
|Youth wing of the [[Iraqi Communist Party]]
|<ref name=members/>
|-
|[[General Union of Students in Iraqi Republic]]
|
|<ref name=":2" />
|-
|{{Flag|Israel}}
|{{ill|Young Communist League of Israel|he|ברית הנוער הקומוניסטי הישראלי}}
|Youth wing of the [[Communist Party of Israel]], affiliated with [[Hadash]] and the [[Joint List]]
|<ref name=members/>
|-
|{{Flag|Jordan}}
|Union of Democratic Youth
|Youth wing of the [[Jordanian Communist Party]]
|<ref name=":2" />
|-
|{{Flag|Kuwait}}
|[[Democratic Youth Union]]
|Youth wing of the KPM
|
|-
|{{Flag|Lebanon}}
|[[Union of Lebanese Democratic Youth]]
|Youth wing of the [[Lebanese Communist Party]]
|<ref name=members/>
|-
|{{Flag|Libya}}
|[[National Youth Organization of Libya]]
|
|<ref name=":2" />
|-
| rowspan="2" |{{Flag|Morocco}}
|[[USFP Jeunesse Ittihadiya]]
|Youth wing of the [[Socialist Union of Popular Forces]]
|<ref name=":2" />
|-
|[[Jeunesse Socialiste]]
|Youth wing of the [[Party of Progress and Socialism]]
|<ref name=":2" />
|-
|rowspan=2|{{Flag|Palestine}}
|[[General Union of Palestine Students]]
|
|<ref name=members/>
|-
|[[Palestinian Democratic Youth Union]]
|Youth wing of the [[Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine]]
|<ref name=members/>
|-
|rowspan=3|{{Flag|Syria}}
|[[Union of Democratic Youth of Syria-Khaled Baghdash]]
|Youth wing of the [[Syrian Communist Party (Bakdash)]]
|<ref name=members/>
|-
|[[Syrian Democratic Youth Union]]
|Youth wing of the [[Syrian Communist Party (Unified)]]
|<ref name=":2" />
|-
|[[Revolutionary Youth Union]]
|Youth wing of the [[Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Syria Region|Ba'ath Party]]
|<ref name=":2" />
|-
|{{flag|Turkey}}
|[[Communist Youth of Turkey]]
|Youth wing of the [[Communist Party of Turkey (current)|Communist Party of Turkey]]
|<ref name=members/>
|-
|{{flag|Western Sahara}}
|[[Sahrawi Youth Union]]
|Youth wing of the [[Polisario Front]]
|<ref name=members/><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Kalicka-Mikołajczyk |first1=Adrianna |title=The international legal status of Western Sahara |journal=Opole Studies in Administration and Law |date=23 February 2021 |volume=18 |issue=4 |page=44 |doi=10.25167/osap.3429|doi-access=free }}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2" |{{Flag|Yemen}}
|ASHEED Yemen
|
|<ref name=":2" />
|-
|Yemen Youth General Union
|
|<ref name=":2" />
|}

===Former members===
* {{Flag|Afghanistan|1980}} - [[Democratic Youth Organization of Afghanistan]]
*{{Flag|People's Socialist Republic of Albania}} - [[Bashkimi i Rinisë së Punës së Shqipërisë]]
* {{Flag|Argentina}} - [[Juventud Intrasigente Argentina]]
* {{Flag|Argentina}} - [[Juventud Socialista Auténtica]]
* {{Flag|Australia}} - [[Eureka Youth League]]
* {{Flag|Belgium}} - [[Graffiti Jeugendsdienst]]
* {{Flag|Belgium}} - [[Jeunesse Communiste de Belgique]]
* {{Flag|Bolivia}} - [[Confederación Universitaria Boliviana]]
* {{Flag|Brazil}} - [[Juventude do PCB]]
* {{Flag|Bulgaria}} - [[Dimitrov Communist Youth Union]]
* {{flag|Byelorussian SSR}} - [[Leninist Communist Youth Union of Belarus]]
* {{Flag|Cambodia}} - [[People's Revolutionary Youth Union of Kampuchea]]
* {{Flag|Chile}} - [[Juventud de la Izquierda Cristiana de Chile]]
* {{Flag|Chile}} - [[Juventud del MIR]]
* {{Flag|Chile}} - [[Juventud Rebelde Miguel Enríquez]]
* {{Flag|Chile}} - [[Unión de Jóvenes Socialistas]]
* {{Flag|China}} - [[Communist Youth League of China]]
* {{Flag|China}} - [[All-China Youth Federation]]
* {{Flag|Colombia}} - [[Federación Juvenil Obrera]]
* {{Flag|Colombia}} - [[Juventud de la Alianza Nacional Popular]]
* {{Flag|Colombia}} - [[Juventud del Poder Popular]]
* {{Flag|Colombia}} - [[Unión Nacional de los Estudiantes Secundarios]]
* {{Flag|Colombia}} - [[Unión de Jóvenes Patriotas]]
* {{Flag|Congo}} - [[Union de la jeunesse congolaise]], [[Republic of Congo]]
* {{Flag|Costa Rica}} - [[Juventud del Pueblo Costarriquense]]
* {{Flag|Costa Rica}} - [[Juventudes Patrióticas]]
* {{Flag|Costa Rica}} - [[Juventud Vanguardista Costarriquense]]
* {{Flag|Czechoslovakia}} - [[Union of Czech Youth]]
* {{Flag|Czechoslovakia}} - [[Union of Slovak Youth]]
* {{Flag|Czechoslovakia}} - [[Czechoslovak Youth Union]]
* {{Flag|Czechoslovakia}} - [[Czechoslovak Socialist Youth Union]]
* {{Flag|Dominican Republic}} - [[Juventud Revolucionaria Dominicana]]
* {{Flag|Dominican Republic}} - [[Unión Democrática Orlando Martínez]]
* {{Flag|Ecuador}} - [[Departamento Juvenil del Central de Trabajadores de Ecuador]]
* {{Flag|Ecuador}} - [[Juventud Comunista de Ecuador]]
* {{Flag|El Salvador}} - [[Asociación General de Estudiantes Universitarios de El Salvador]]
* {{Flag|Faroe Islands}} - [[Faroese Socialists|Føroyskir Sosialistar]]
* {{Flag|Finland}} - [[Democratic Youth League of Finland]]
* {{Flag|Finland}} - [[Finnish Union of Democratic Pioneers]]
* {{Flag|Germany}} - [[Socialist Youth League Karl Liebknecht]]
* {{Flag|Greece}} - [[Greek Communist Youth (Internal)]]
* {{Flag|Grenada}} - [[Maurice Bishop Youth Movement]]
* {{Flag|Guadeloupe}} - [[Union de la Jeunesse Communiste Guadeloupe]]
* {{Flag|France}} - [[Union nationale des étudiants de france]]-Solidarité Etudiante
* {{Flag|Guatemala}} - [[Juventud Patriótica del Trabajo]]
* {{Flag|Guyana}} - [[Young Socialist Movement]]
* {{Flag|Haiti}} - [[Jeunesse Communiste de Haiti]]
* {{Flag|Honduras}} - [[Federación de la Juventud Comunista]]
* {{Flag|Iceland}} - [[Revolutionary Communist Youth League]]
* {{Flag|Indonesia}} - [[People's Youth (Indonesia)]]
* {{Flag|Italy}} - [[Italian Communist Youth Federation]]
* {{Flag|Jamaica}} - [[Young Communist League of the Workers' Party]] ([[Workers Party of Jamaica]])
* {{Flag|Japan}} - [[Democratic Youth League of Japan]]
* {{Flag|Luxembourg}} - [[Jeunesse Communiste Luxembourgoise]]
* {{Flag|Martinique}} - [[Union de la Jeunesse Communiste Martinique]]
* {{Flag|Mexico}} - [[Frente Juvenil Revolucionario]]
* {{Flag|Mexico}} - [[Juventud Socialista de los Trabajadores]]
* {{Flag|Mongolia}} - [[Revolutionary Youth League (REVSOMOL)]]
* {{Flag|Morocco}} - [[Istiqlal Party Youth]]
* {{Flag|Netherlands}} - [[Algemeen Nederlands Jeugd Verbond]]
* {{Flag|Hungary}} - [[Kommunista Ifjúsági Szövetség]]
* {{Flag|Panama}} - [[Juventud del PRD]]
* {{Flag|Panama}} - [[Juventud Popular Revolucionaria]]
* {{Flag|Paraguay}} - [[Federación Juvenil Comunista de Paraguay]]
* {{Flag|Peru}} - [[CGTP Sección Juvenil]]
* {{Flag|Peru}} - [[Juventud Aprista Peruana]]
* {{Flag|Peru}} - [[Juventud Mariateguista]]
* {{Flag|Poland}} - [[Związek Socjalistycznej Młodzieży Polskiej]]
* {{Flag|Puerto Rico}} - [[Federación Universitaria para la Indpendencia]]
* {{Flag|Puerto Rico}} - [[Juventud Comunista de Puerto Rico]]
* {{Flag|Puerto Rico}} - [[Juventud Socialista de Puerto Rico]]
* {{Flag|San Marino}} - [[Federazione Giovanile Comunista San Marino]]
* {{Flag|Saudi Arabia}} - Union of Democratic Youth in Saudi<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Matthiesen |first1=Toby |title=The Cold War and the Communist Party of Saudi Arabia, 1975–1991 |journal=Journal of Cold War Studies |date=August 2020 |volume=22 |issue=3 |page=42 |doi=10.1162/jcws_a_00950 |publisher=MIT Press |s2cid=221118100 |issn=1531-3298|doi-access=free }}</ref>
* {{Flag|Sri Lanka}} - [[Congress of Sama Samaja Youth Leagues]]
* {{Flag|Sri Lanka}} - [[Federation of Communist and Progressive Youth]]
* {{Flag|Saint Vincent and the Grenadines}} - [[Vanguard Youth Organization]]
* {{Flag|Surinam}} - [[National Youth Movement]]
* {{Flag|Sweden}} - [[Ung Vänster]] (1975–1992)
* {{Flag|Switzerland}} - [[Jeunesse Communiste Suisse]]
* {{Flag|Tunisia}} - [[Destourian Youth]]
* {{Flag|Turkey}} - [[İlerici Gençler Derneği]]
* {{flag|Ukraine}} - [[Komsomol of Ukraine]]
* {{flag|United States}} - [[Young Socialist Alliance]]
* {{Flag|Uruguay}} - [[Juventud Socialista del Uruguay]]
* {{Flag|USSR}} - [[Committee of Youth Organizations of the USSR]]
* {{Flag|USSR}} - [[Komsomol|All-Union Leninist Young Communist League (Komsomol)]]
* {{Flag|Venezuela}} - [[Juventud Socialista-MEP]]

===Observers===
* [[Youth for Communist Rebirth In France]] (Youth of the [[Pole of Communist Rebirth in France]])
* [[Communist Youth of Luxemburg]] (Refounded youth organisation of the [[Communist Party of Luxembourg]]), [[Luxembourg]]
* [[Revolutionary Communist Youth (Sweden)|Revolutionary Communist Youth]] (Youth organization of the [[Communist Party (Sweden)|Communist Party]]), [[Sweden]]

== See also ==
* [[Christian Peace Conference]]
* [[International Association of Democratic Lawyers]]
* [[International Federation of Resistance Fighters – Association of Anti-Fascists]]
* [[International Organization of Journalists]]
* [[International Union of Students]]
* [[Women's International Democratic Federation]]
* [[World Federation of Scientific Workers]]
* [[World Federation of Trade Unions]]
* [[World Peace Council]]

==Notes==
{{notelist}}

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{Official website|http://www.wfdy.org/}}{{dead link|date=January 2023}}

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