OUR SOCIETY
The Connolly Youth Society was formed to give a voice to the student youth on our campus who feel disenfranchised and ignored by the parties of the political establishment. We represent those on our campus who aspire to the socialist republic. Aspire to a society dedicated to the everyday person and to the emancipation of all oppressed peoples across the world.
We engage fully with Marxism-Leninism and apply it concretely to the conditions of Ireland. Inspired by the works of Marx, Engels, Lenin and James Connolly we seek to struggle against the social injustices that plague the 6 counties. As such, we are opposed to class oppression, national oppression and the oppression of women and the queer community. Working to see awareness of these oppressions raised among the student consciousness until they are fully eliminated.
The CYS is also fully committed to the promotion of Irish language, culture and history through the promotion of Gaelicism. This will be achieved through the carrying out of Irish language lessons, social activities and day trips to historic locations in order to educate and engage with our national culture.
The CYS is dedicated to the establishment of the Irish Socialist Republic. A Republic that is free of sectarianism, racism, sexism and the artificial, partitionist divisions that seperate the working peoples of our Island from unity. We uphold that it is in the interest of all peoples to sever the exploitative link to Britain. Maintaining that the people of Ireland will not be free until the whole wealth of Irish society, natural and productive and from the plough to the stars, is firmly in the hands of the working class of all 32 counties of Ireland.
We have full solidarity with the people of Palestine. In their struggle against the ongoing genocide in Gaza and the apartheid State of Israel that has imposed illegal settlements and colonalisation upon the Palestinean people for decades. As such, the CYS will partake in various events and activities to promote and raise awareness for this cause.
EVENTS
The Connolly Youth Society will engage in a wide and diverse range of events across the Queens campus in order to educate, raise awareness and engage with people at all levels of student life. These events that we will engage in will include, but are not limited to: