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The '''World Federation of Democratic Youth''' ('''WFDY''') is an international youth organization, and has historically characterized itself as [[Anti-imperialism|anti-imperialist]] and [[Left-wing politics|left-wing]]. WFDY was founded in London in 1945 as a broad international youth movement, organized in the context of the end of [[World War II]] with the aim of uniting youth from the [[Allies of World War II|Allies]] behind an anti-fascist platform that was broadly pro-peace, anti-nuclear war, expressing friendship between youth of the capitalist and socialist nations. The WFDY Headquarters are in [[Budapest]], [[Hungary]]. The main event of WFDY is the [[World Festival of Youth and Students]]. The last festival was held in [[Sochi]], [[Russia]], in October 2017. It was one of the first organizations granted [[List of organizations with consultative status to the United Nations Economic and Social Council|general consultative status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council]]. | The '''World Federation of Democratic Youth''' ('''WFDY''') is an international youth organization, and has historically characterized itself as [[Anti-imperialism|anti-imperialist]] and [[Left-wing politics|left-wing]]. WFDY was founded in London in 1945 as a broad international youth movement, organized in the context of the end of [[World War II]] with the aim of uniting youth from the [[Allies of World War II|Allies]] behind an anti-fascist platform that was broadly pro-peace, anti-nuclear war, expressing friendship between youth of the capitalist and socialist nations. The WFDY Headquarters are in [[Budapest]], [[Hungary]]. The main event of WFDY is the [[World Festival of Youth and Students]]. The last festival was held in [[Sochi]], [[Russia]], in October 2017. It was one of the first organizations granted [[List of organizations with consultative status to the United Nations Economic and Social Council|general consultative status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council]]. | ||
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The World Federation of Democratic Youth (WFDY) is an international youth organization, and has historically characterized itself as anti-imperialist and left-wing. WFDY was founded in London in 1945 as a broad international youth movement, organized in the context of the end of World War II with the aim of uniting youth from the Allies behind an anti-fascist platform that was broadly pro-peace, anti-nuclear war, expressing friendship between youth of the capitalist and socialist nations. The WFDY Headquarters are in Budapest, Hungary. The main event of WFDY is the World Festival of Youth and Students. The last festival was held in Sochi, Russia, in October 2017. It was one of the first organizations granted general consultative status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council.