Socialist Student groups

The World Festival of Youth and Students (WFYS) is an international event jointly organized by the World Federation of Democratic Youth (WFDY) and the International Union of Students since 1947

Successive festivals have declared anti-imperialist and pro- peace.

Most WFYS issues during the  Cold War  took place in socialist states, except for those in Austria in 1959 and Finland in 1962 -both neutral. La edición más concurrida, Moscú 1957, reunió más de 34.000 personas de 131 países. The busiest edition, Moscow 1957, gathered more than 34,000 people from 131 countries. Con la desintegración del Bloque del Este la FMJD sufrió un duro revés que llevó a un lapso de 8 años durante el cual no se realizó ningún festival. With the disintegration of the Eastern Bloc WFDY suffered a setback that led to a period of eight years during which there was no festival.

En 1997 el XIV Festival Mundial de la Juventud y los Estudiantes marcó un punto de inflexión a partir del cual volvieron a celebrarse ediciones a lapsos regulares. In 1997 the XIV World Festival of Youth and Students marked a turning point from which editions held again at regular periods. El último Festival tuvo lugar en Sudáfrica en diciembre de 2010. The last festival was held in South Africa in December 2010.

Timeline