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ROOD
Summary
ROOD, socialistische jongeren (RED, socialist youth; shortened to ROOD) is a Dutch revolutionary socialist youth organisation. It was the youth wing of the Socialist Party until 2021, and was previously known as ROOD, jong in de SP (RED, young in the SP).
In the Socialist Party various groups had been active to attract young people to the party, one of these, known as J-team changed their name in 1999 to ROOD. Only in 2003 however ROOD became an official organisation.
From the very beginning ROOD was closely linked to the SP. The first chairperson of ROOD, Driek van Vugt became a member of the Dutch senate at age 18. For the municipal elections in 2006, 10% of the elected candidates were also a member of ROOD, and for the legislative elections in 2006, former chairperson Renske Leijten became a member of parliament for the SP.
In November 2020 the SP withdrew its funding from ROOD after multiple alleged instances of entryism. This included accusations of "infiltrated by communist radicals" and the youth organisation being accused of breaking party rules. Prior to this, the party had expelled a number of ROOD members who were accused of being members of Marxist Forum and/or Communist Platform, which the Socialist Party has stated are rival parties. ROOD was also publicly critical of statements made by the SP about forming a coalition with right wing parties, which further angered the party.
In June 2021, the party council of the SP decided to sever all ties with ROOD, meaning ROOD would no longer receive government subsidies. The SP subsequently announced that it would establish a new youth organization. In the coming months the Socialist Party expelled over 100 alleged members of ROOD from the SP.
Since then ROOD has continued as an independent youth organisation. In 2021 they adopted a new programme stating that they are a revolutionary socialist organisation. In april of the same year ROOD celebrated the birthday of Vladimir Lenin, and in 2023 of soviet politician Nikolai Bukharin.
Locally, ROOD is organised in groups.
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