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Labour Party Young Socialists | |
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Founded | 1960 |
Preceded by | League of Youth |
Dissolved | 1991 |
Succeeded by | Young Labour |
Headquarters | London |
Ideology | Democratic socialism Social democracy |
Colours | Red |
Mother party | Labour Party |
International affiliation | International Union of Socialist Youth (IUSY) |
European affiliation | Young European Socialists (ECOSY) |
The Labour Party Young Socialists (LPYS) was the youth section of the Labour Party in Britain from 1965 until 1991. In the 1980s, it had around 600 branches, 2,000 delegates at its national conferences and published a monthly newspaper, Left, later Socialist Youth. From the early 1970s, it was led by members of Militant.