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Attempts to wreck the youth section have been met with a growing tide of resistance. Emil Jacobs reports on the ongoing battles in the Socialist Party (Netherlands)
The crisis in the Socialist Party is no longer making national headlines, but it is far from over.
1 Having cut all funding for its left-dominated youth section ROOD (‘Red’ in English) and expelled six members of the Communist Platform, including myself, the leadership continues to show that it dreads young people finding their way to socialism, finding their way to Marxism.
ROOD has effectively been disaffiliated. This was formalised in December by the party council, which agreed by a 65% majority that all ROOD funds would remain frozen.