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| | The Militant - January 26, 2004 -- World youth festival to be held in Venezuela |
 | | WFDY, the main initiator of these festivals that started half a century ago, was dominated in the past by youth groups affiliated to Communist Parties that looked to Moscow for political direction and sustenance. |
 | | During the WFDY General Council meeting, delegates discussed the U.S.-led war and occupation of Iraq and decided on a series of actions aimed at resisting imperialisms drive to war and economic depression. |
 | | She argued that WFDY should not only oppose the occupation of Iraq by the Anglo-American imperialists, or the UN for that matter, but call for the unconditional withdrawal of all imperialist troops and other occupying forces from Iraq, as well as Afghanistan, the Balkans, Korea, and Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. |
| www.themilitant.com /2004/6803/680350.html (1747 words) |
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