Young Left (Austria)

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Establishment date: 8-10 June 2018
Place of foundation: Linz
Speaker: Teresa Griesebner
Political
Director:		 Sarah Pansy
Finance Officer: Tobias Kohlberger
Assessors: Tanja Reiter
Simon Neuhold
Luisa Lorenz
Alignment: Criticism of capitalism

Anti-fascism

feminism

Grassroots democracy

Website: jungelinke.at

The Junge Linke is an independent youth organization in Austria and is close to the KPÖ .

Political positions

The association sees itself as clearly politically left and describes itself as "the only nationwide youth organization that is working on building a new left force". In the first press releases, the desire to run with a left alliance in the National Council elections in 2022 was highlighted. The Young Left strives for a "solidary society" that is free from poverty and discrimination.

history

The Young Left were founded in Linz in June 2018. They represent the follow-up organization of the Young Greens and for the time being symbolize the end of the developments around the youth of Austria's Greens , who separated from their youth organization in spring 2017 . Many members of the Young Greens are now also members of the new organization. In addition, the existing association Junge Linke merged into the new organization, which previously had active groups mainly in Lower Austria , Upper Austria and Vienna .

In the summer of 2018, the first regional organizations such as those in Lower Austria, Upper Austria, Styria and Vienna were founded.

In March 2018, the Junge Linke member Kay-Michael Dankl gained 3.7% of the votes in the Salzburg municipal council elections for the KPÖ and thus received a mandate. On May 8th he was sworn in as a member of the parish council.

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Founding Congress of the Young Left. Retrieved April 19, 2020 .
  2. ^ Board of Directors Young Left. Retrieved April 19, 2020 .
  3. ↑ Self- image of the young left
  4. ↑ "Young Greens want to run with a left alliance in the National Council election in 2022"
  5. ↑ "Young leftists are repositioning themselves"
  6. ↑ KPÖ-PLUS in Salzburg: “We are not there yet”. Retrieved on May 9, 2019 (German).
  7. ^ ÖVP provides mayors and a relative majority. May 9, 2019, accessed May 9, 2019 .