Mouvement Jeunes Communistes de France

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Young Communists Movement of France
Mouvement Jeunes Communistes de France
Secretary General Léon Deffontaines
Founded1912 (JS)
1920 (FJCF)
1945 (UJRF)
1956 (MJCF)
Headquarters2, Place du Colonel Fabien, Paris
Membership15,000 (2016)
Ideology Communism
Marxism-Leninism
Socialism
Anticapitalism
ColoursRed
International affiliation World Federation of Democratic Youth (WFDY)
Magazine Avant-garde
Website http://www.jeunes-communistes.fr/

The Mouvement Jeunes communistes de France (MJCF), commonly called the "JC" (for Jeunesse Communiste, historically its first name), is the first political youth organisation of France, close to the French communist party.

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The MJCF is organised independently of the French communist party, deciding its laws, structure and leaders as well as its stances, while continuously engaging with the party about the actions and stances to take in keeping with a transformational vision of society.

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Jeunesse communiste demonstrators, May 2007

The MJCF was founded in 1920 as the "Fédération nationale des jeunesses socialistes-communistes de France", a split of the Youg socialists, under the auspices of the Tours Congress. Its secretary general is Léon Deffontaines, elected at the time of the national council of 27 January 2019. According to its own statistics, the movement counts 15,000 members in France.

The MJCF publishes a quarterly journal, Avant-garde . It is part of the World Federation of Democratic Youth and was part of the European Network of Democratic Young Left (ENDYL) until its dissolution. [1]

The MJCF contains the Union des étudiants communistes student grouping, which directs its own institutions to meet the specific demands of militancy in higher education.

Campaigns and current stances

The MJCF, being an autonomous organization, leads its own campaigns as well as aiding in those of the PCF. Campaigns of the 2000s include:

MJCF was particularly involved in the campaign of the left to vote "no" in the French referendum on a treaty for a European constitution. In 2006, the MJCF was also involved in the movement against the Contrat première embauche and was an active member of the collectif jeune (young collective) against the CPE. The MJCF also participated in the collective Unis contre l'immigration jetable where it fought against the projet de loi relatif à l'immigration et à l'intégration of Nicolas Sarkozy.

At the MJCF congress which took place on 14–17 December 2006 at Ivry-sur-Seine the MJCF decided to direct its struggles along four essential lines, called Quatre chantiers pour changer nos vies et la société (four projects to change our lives and society)

The content of these projects directed the MJCF, at the national council of January 2007, to campaign for Marie-George Buffet in the French presidential election of 2007, as a candidate for the popular anti-liberal left.


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