Young sugar workers at the Jésus Menéndez sugar mill complex in Las Tunas, Cuba, have taken the lead on raising funds to build the world youth festival happening there next year, reported Juventud Rebelde, the paper of the Union of Young Communists (UJC).

Their contribution, a result of hours of voluntary labor, will go towards expenses to make the event possible.

Set to take place in August 1997 and officially named the 14th World Festival of Youth and Students, it is an international gathering of young people to discuss and debate conditions imposed by imperialism on a world scale. Women's rights, employment, democracy, the struggle for sovereignty, the fight against racism, xenophobia, and imperialism are among the many topics of discussion..

Recently the UJC of Cuba has sent festival-building delegations to Germany, Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Romania, and Ukraine. Regional meetings in Colombia and Brazil discussed building broad participation from South America.

An International Solidarity Fund has been established to help workers and youth attend the international festival.

-Brian Taylor  
 
 
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