Young People's Socialist League

GPTKB entity

Properties (47)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:political_party
gptkbp:activities education
community organizing
political activism
gptkbp:affiliatedWith gptkb:Socialist_International
gptkb:Democratic_Socialists_of_America
gptkb:Socialist_Party_of_America
gptkb:International_Union_of_Socialist_Youth
gptkbp:affiliation leftist organizations
student unions
gptkbp:dissolved 1972
gptkbp:events workshops
rallies
conventions
gptkbp:focusesOn socialism
gptkbp:founded 1905
gptkbp:goal advocate for social justice
promote socialism
engage youth in politics
gptkbp:headquarters gptkb:New_York_City
gptkbp:historicalSignificance youth political movements
socialist_politics_in_the_U.S.
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Young People's Socialist League
gptkbp:ideology democratic_socialism
gptkbp:influencedBy civil rights movement
labor movements
European_socialism
gptkbp:keyFigures gptkb:Barbara_Ehrenreich
gptkb:Ella_Baker
gptkb:A._Philip_Randolph
gptkb:Angela_Davis
gptkb:Bernie_Sanders
gptkb:Howard_Zinn
gptkb:Ruth_Messinger
gptkb:David_McReynolds
gptkb:Julius_Nyerere
gptkb:Tom_Hayden
gptkbp:legacy promoted youth engagement in politics
contributed to leftist thought
inspired future socialist groups
gptkbp:membership students
young activists
gptkbp:notable_member gptkb:Michael_Harrington
gptkb:Norman_Thomas
gptkbp:publications The Young Socialist
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Young_Democratic_Socialists
gptkbp:targetAudience young people