Socialist Youth Belfast <SocialistYouth>


SOCIALIST YOUTH is the youth section of the Socialist Party. It is an organisation run for young people and run by young people.We have branches of Socialist Youth throughout the country, north and south, where members get involved in campaigns and activity and discuss political ideas and issues. Socialist Youth is open to all people who are sick of the fact that we are not represented anywhere.
We fight on a number of issues, such as: Anti-War, Racism, Low Pay, Sectarianism, Sexism, Student Fees and Envirnomental Destruction.
We oppose the domination of the world by the giant multi-national corporations and the capitalist system that maintains their rule. We are building a socialist alternative to the bankruptcy of capitalism, which can only offer a future of poverty and warThe aim of Socialist Youth is to organise young people in the fight to change society and build Socialism. If you agree with our ideas, if you agree that capitalism offers no future for young people, then join!

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  • No to slave labour youth schemes – For real, decent jobs NOW!

    18,400 young people in Northern Ireland are languishing on the Job Seeker Allowance (JSA) of £50.95 a week. By the end of the year it is expected at least 1 in 7 young people will be on the dole.

    There is no real assistance for young people looking for work. After six months of signing on, young people are forced onto the Steps to Work programme. This programme provides advice in CV writing, interview skills and filling in application forms. The problem for young people though is not how to fill in forms – there are hardly any jobs on offer! According to the Job Centre’s online database only 1,500 jobs are on offer for 46,000 people on JSA.
    The British government’s response has been to create a slave labour scheme in the form of the Flexible New Deal and the Welfare Reform Bill. This means the 250,000 young people on the dole face being forced into working for benefits – the equivalent of working £1.73 an hour for a 35 week! No new jobs will be created. In reality it means supplying slave labour to bosses who won’t have to pay a penny in wages. The Northern Ireland Executive could now attempt to copy this move.

    A similar programme was brought in by Maggie Thatcher in 1983 called the Youth Training Scheme. This resulted in young people being conscripted into benefit-paid work groups. People were pushed into pointless tasks such as digging holes and filling them in again or painting buildings that had only been painted a few weeks before!
    These degrading schemes and the lack of real jobs resulted in a backlash with a school student strike of 200,000 young people in 1985. Youth Fight for Jobs is demanding no return to youth slave labour programmes. Instead we want a real job creation scheme of socially useful work that pays a minimum of £8 an hour.

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  • Shame on Subway - Sign the petition online

    Subway sack young worker while she was 5 months pregnant.

    Subway sacked Natalia Syzmanska under spurious health and safety grounds that didn't stand up under appeal. An online petition has been launched to put pressure on Subway.

    http://www.petitiononline.com/subway...

    The actions of Subway in sacking a worker who would have been looking for maternity leave is a disgrace that cannot be ignored.

    A picket of Subway on Great Victoria St, Belfast this Friday (28th November) between 12.30-1pm.
    All Welcome

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  • 1968 - Youth in Revolt

    Day of Discussion - Saturday 21st June

    Socialist Youth Offices, 13 Lombard St, Belfast

    France - workers and youth in revolt against capitalism
    AN EYEWITNESS ACCOUNT
    Starts 1pm

    Guest Speaker: Clare Doyle
    Author of 'France 1968 - Month of Revolution' & a leading member of the Committee for a Workers' International who participated in the events of May 1968 in France.

    Northern Ireland Civil Rights Movement
    - Lessons for youth today
    Starts 3.30pm

    Socialist Youth Speaker

    There will be a party on after the event, venue to be confirmed.

    For more information or to book your place please contact Socialist Youth at 02890232962 or e-mail socialist.youth@btconnect.com

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  • Caroline Haughey
    Caroline Haughey

    Whats the story now? Is there any information sessions happening/ fundraising?

    23 weeks ago
  • Caroline Haughey
    Caroline Haughey

    Would be surely, but in Oz at mo. Will be in touch when I get home.

    25 weeks ago
  • Aaron Robinson
    Aaron Robinson

    http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/ev...

    25 weeks ago
  • Bronislaw
    Bronislaw

    Hi im in favour ofurprotest buti cntactually join in, asim in thewrong part of ireland lol. But seriously when thefuk are ppl gunna open ther eyes toc wats happeming!!!!? "Better to die standin, than to live on ur knees" CheGuevara.

    25 weeks ago
  • Socialist Youth Belfast
    Socialist Youth Belfast

    PROTEST
    End the invasion of Gaza
    4-4.30pm Friday 9th January, Outside Belfast City Hall

    Socialist Youth have called a protest after Israeli forces ground invasion of Gaza on Saturday evening. After a week of bombings that have left over 400 killed the Israeli Defence Force has decided to escalate the slaughter by sending in ground forces. It's very important that people come get out and show their opposition to the invasion of Gaza. You can help out by:

    1 PASS IT ON
    Help mobilise for the protest by forwarding this e-mail on to everyone in your address book and encouraging them to come along to the protest.

    2 GET YOUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY ALONG
    Socialist Youth has produced leaflets and posters advertising the protest for Friday. The material is attached to this e-mail so you can print off and distribute to friends and family. If you would printed leaflets or posters please contact Socialist Youth at 07876146473.

    MAKE SURE YOU COME ALONG TO THE PROTEST

    25 weeks ago
  • Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign
    Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign

    Dublin Nov 1st - IPSC National Rally & Public Meeting - Commemorating the Balfour Declaration & the Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine. 2pm, British Embassy, Ballsbridge D4 (followed by Public Meeting, 3.30pm, Mount Herbet Hotel, Sandymount, D4) See: http://www.ipsc.ie for full details

    35 weeks ago
  • Séamus Fox
    Séamus Fox

    Knights Of The Round Table Arts Collective Presents:

    Live Music and poetry @The Pavilion, Ormeau Rd, Belfast
    Thursday 9th October, 8pm till late and numerous after parties!!

    Featuring Phat Lip open Mic with Phatbob new and established
    Poets are encouraged to read all styles and genres most welcome.

    Music by: Ten Gallon Hat, Jackson Cage and we welcome Swanee River
    Back to Belfast from their native Derry for the head line slot.

    Spoken word poetry by: Phatbob and Seamus Fox among other acts to be confirmed.

    £4 at the door, Art work from the Knights art group on display.

    Challenge the accepted norm and be part of something unique...


    38 weeks ago
  • Rooster McDuff
    Rooster McDuff

    No I'm not from Newry! But good luck to the comrades there.

    38 weeks ago
  • Caroline Haughey
    Caroline Haughey

    Hey there everyone! I need your help! I am sending two package...first one is to a really clever wee Palestinian girl call Nada. She lives on al'amari camp, Ramallah! She wants books, as many as she can get her hands on. She is 14 so if you have any you want to donate let me know. The second is for a comrade in Cuba. His name is Ariel and I am trying to get my hands on a copy of George Orwells '1984' in spanish. Gave him my English copy and he wants his mam (who doesn't speak English) to read it. Also a copy of 'Think and grow rich' by Napoleon Hill and an old mobile hand set. I would really appreciate any help! Also, does anyone know of any organisations who take over Palestinians to Ireland? Up the revolution!

    51 weeks ago
  • Rooster McDuff
    Rooster McDuff

    Good luck northern comrades, let us move beyond repressive sectarian politics and look for genuine worker's democracy.

    52 weeks ago
  • Boixos-Nois
    Boixos-Nois

    I agree on some of the points but Socialism seems to be a lot like Communism and that proved the system failed in the Ex-Soviet Union

    56 weeks ago
  • RuFus
    RuFus

    To be honest ive never been very in tune with politcs ...
    ...ive always wanted to be ....i don't usually listen to politics because it appears to be so biased one way or the other
    ......im liking the way this group is though...and i actually understand the stuff your talking about
    :D

    57 weeks ago
  • Prince Of Paranoia
    Prince Of Paranoia

    No mention of the Raytheon Nine? I know the relationship between yourself and the SWP but surely it needs a mention!

    57 weeks ago
  • Caroline Haughey
    Caroline Haughey

    This is a great film, well worth a watch. Extremely brutal war.

    62 weeks ago
  • Socialist Youth Belfast
    Socialist Youth Belfast

    I think that as a socialist it is vitally important that we deal with both local issues that face all of the working class and try to campaign on these issues. Which the Socialist Party and Socialist Youth do try to do.

    In the north at the moment SY and the SP are to the forefront in campaigning against water charges an anti-working class double tax and fighting low pay.

    However international events and struggles are also of great importance - capitalism is a global system and therefore we need a global fight back. This is why SY and the SP are affilated to the Committee for a Workers' International with sections 35 different countries. We are one world party that campaigns across every continent.

    If you would like more information please visit www.socialistpartyni.net or www.socialistworld.net

    62 weeks ago
  • Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign
    Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign

    IPSC NATIONAL DEMONSTRATION
    From Deir Yassin to Gaza - 60 Years of Israeli State Oppression

    SAT APRIL 12th APRIL
    MARCH & RALLY, ASSEMBLE @ 2PM, CENTRAL BANK, DAME STREET, DUBLIN 2

    http://www.bebo.com/BlogView.jsp?Mem...

    64 weeks ago
  • Paul Mckeon
    Paul Mckeon

    I agree with a comment left a few down from this

    That alot of Socilist grops care about what is going on in other countrys
    If Socilism is to grow in Ireland we need them bringing up the problems like in the inner city

    public housing
    free health care for all
    Education

    I live in Dublin inner city all my life and alot of people dont have anything in common with alot of issues that are raised by most socilist groups

    It is beginning to be seen as a middle class thing and is mostly sterotyped as college students and middle classes complaining about all the horrers of the earth and injustices but never about any concerning the poor lmajority here

    I no it is morally right to bring up these proplems but until we start bringing up real issues that concern the majority of working people on issues such as employment housing healthcare education and to explain how the goverment uses the race issue to blind everyone from the real problems???

    hope you can reply

    67 weeks ago