National Youth Organization

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The National Youth Organization ( NYO ) was a Marxist youth organization in Grenada . She was part of the New Jewel Movement .

history

The NJM represented the opposition force in Grenada, the country was led by the Grenada United Labor Party under Sir Eric Gairy . Gairy led the country to independence in 1974. The political situation was marked by instability and conflict between supporters of both groups.

While Gairy was at the UN in New York , reporting on UFOs , the NJM took power on March 13, 1979 in an almost non-violent revolution .

Before the revolution, the NYO was an underground movement. At that time it only had about 40 members. In 1974 the NYO merged with the Grenada Assembly of Youth under the leadership of Basil Gahagan . In 1980 the NYO became an official organization and a mass organization in which anyone who supported the party of the New Jewel Movement could become a member. The reorganization of the NYO took place together with the women's, workers and cooperative organizations. The model for this was the Cuban concept of poder popular (power of the people), based on the ideas of the self-organization of the workers of CLR James .

The NYO was represented along with the other mass organizations on the National Advisory Committee , the Provisional Revolutionary Government.

membership

At the end of 1981 the association had 7,000 members. By 1983, however, the number of members had already dropped to 4,000.

The NYO was aimed at teenagers between the ages of 14 and 22. There was also a separate organization, Young Pioneers Movement , for younger children.

Alignment

The organization published its own magazine, Fight . Bernard Bourne was chairman of the NYO.

The NYO played a major role in the Center for Popular Education's literacy campaign . Around 65% of the volunteer teachers were from the ranks of the NYO. The organization also mobilized young people for voluntary labor services.

NYO ran a variety of professional education programs such as leadership, sports, agriculture, first aid, sewing, handicrafts, and forestry training. Many of these training courses were offered as part of youth camps. The NYO also hosts sporting events.

Individual evidence

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