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Motion on Work Among the Proletarian and Student Youth

April 1969 (congress); published 14 July 1969 · The Ninth World Congress and after (1969–1974) · 193 words

Youth and students

Published English text: Intercontinental Press, vol. 7 no. 26, 14 July 1969, p. 733 · Ninth World Congress of the Fourth International.
French text: Le travail dans la jeunesse ouvrière et étudiante.

Transcribed from the scan of the issue: machine-read, then put in reading order and corrected against the page image. Printed misspellings are kept.

(1) The Ninth World Congress reaffirms that work among both the proletarian and student youth is the central task the International must confront in the immediate period ahead.

(2) It calls on all its sections to mobilize their best forces to promote this work.

(3) The militants of the Fourth International must integrate themselves in the mass student and youth movements to become their best agitators, propagandists, and organizers.

(4) The fundamental importance given student and youth work must be reflected in the political publications of the world movement, such as Quatrieme Internationale. These publications will systematically analyze the theoretical and practical problems arising from this new type of work of establishing a base among the youth.

(5) The document presented by the United Secretariat entitled "The World Youth Radicalization and the Tasks of the Fourth International" represents an initial contribution necessary to launch a discussion aimed at developing a more precise political line for our world movement.

(6) A platform for intervention in the youth movement, representing a synthesis of the different experiences of the sections, will be presented by the United Secretariat for adoption at the next International Executive Committee plenum.

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