Young Socialists (Netherlands)

Young Socialists within the PvdA
Jonge Socialisten in de PvdA (JS)
Chairperson Rick Jonker
Vice-Chairperson Dennis Tak
Founded 1948 (1948)
Headquarters Amsterdam, Netherlands
Ideology Social democracy
Mother party Partij van de Arbeid (PvdA)
International affiliation International Union of Socialist Youth (IUSY)
European affiliation Young European Socialists (ECOSY)
Website js.nl

The Dutch Young Socialists within the PvdA (Dutch: Jonge Socialisten in de PvdA, JS) is the youth section of the Dutch social democratic party Partij van de Arbeid (PvdA).

JS used to be a democratic socialist organisation that promotes the full participation of young people in society. Since 2007 however, the JS has adapted social democracy as their ideology, calling for "a peaceful and just world with happy and committed people."

The JS has a very diverse and active memberbase and is entirely run by young people. They organise trainings on different topics ranging from intercultural learning, European integration, human rights, theater, etc. They have debates, public awareness campaigns and excursions and also publish their own magazine, called Lava.

JS is a member organisation of IUSY (International Union of Socialist Youth) and ECOSY (European Community of Socialist Youth).

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