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=YOUNG COMMUNIST LEAGUE OF SOUTH AFRICA, PRESS STATEMENT, 18 October 2006=

1. The Young Communist League of South Africa (YCLSA) joins millions of the working class and the poor youth of the world in supporting the cause and the struggle of the Czech Republican youth under the banner of Communist Youth Union (KSM).

2. As the YCL we are disturbed to learn that the Ministry of Interior in the Czech Republic has taken a cowardly decision to dissolve the Communist Youth Union (KSM).

3. This cowardly decision to dissolve and ultimately silence the communist youth movement voice in Czech Republic which represents a significant majority of young people is tantamount to dictatorship and misrule.

4. We therefore call upon all the Communist youth and progressive youth formations across the world to issue messages of support and embark on protests against the dissolution of the Communist Youth Union (KSM) by this fascist and dictatorial regime.

5. This action by the Czech regime is a reflection of how global capitalism is threatened by the re-emergence of the communists across the world and the latest developments in Latin America. As the YCL we strongly believe this is an inhumane and a violation of peoples’ rights to associate themselves with formations that are in line with their political and ideological beliefs.

6. As the YCL we call upon the Ministry of Interior and the government of the Czech Republic to reconsider their decision of dissolving the Communist Youth Union against the wishes and the will of the majority of poor and working class youth in Czech Republic.

7. We also call on our South Africa government to use its influence in the United Nations to condemn this acts of the Czech Republican government and that they issue a strong warning against their actions of dissolving the Communist Youth Union.

Issued by Buti Manamela National Secretary

For more information contacts:


 * Castro Ngobese**
 * YCL Spokesperson**
 * Mobile: 082 567 3557**
 * Tel: 011 339 3621**
 * E – mail: castro@ycl.org.za**




 * [|http://www.ycl.org.uk/]**

Dear Comrade,

What you can't do any more is legally be a member of the Czech KSM (Communist Youth Union). The Czech government officially dissolved the KSM on Thursday 12th October 2006. This is a good old-fashioned anti-communist witch-hunt, the sort of thing fascists like Mussolini, Hitler, Franco, Senator John McCarthy and others have been getting up to for over a hundred years. Please read the attached statement from the KSM.

What you can do is write to the Czech embassy in protest. The address can be found here: **http://www.mzv.cz/wwwo/mzv/default.asp?id=22124&ido=7904&idj=2&amb=1**. We'll keep you posted about any further developments.


 * James Tweedie**
 * Young Communist League London Branch Committee**
 * j_tweedie_25@yahoo.co.uk**