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Young Socialist League of Australia
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Young Socialist League of Australia (1967-196?). Formerly the Eureka Youth League.
Objectives - More rights for the younger generation now - such as more educational opportunities, adequate housing, the vote at eighteen, extended recreation and leisure facilities; an end to the threat of nuclear war, rejection of interference in other countries, disarmament and friendly relations between peoples of South East Asia; an end to all racial discrimination; a socialist society.
Publicists - Alan Anderson, Pauline Anderson, Kevin Brown, Bill Gould, Roland Hovey, Vic Slater, Lee Walkington.
Notes: The fourteenth congress of the Eureka Youth League in 1967 adopted a new constitution and the name Young Socialist League. The League was connected with the Communist Party of Australia.