The socio-political thinking of Romania's president

Foreword 9

I THE UNION OF COMMUNIST YOUTH — THE POLITICAL REVOLUTIONARY ORGANIZATION OF THE YOUTH IN ROMANIA RELIABLE SUPPORT OF THE PARTY IN THE COMMUNIST EDUCATION OF YOUTH 13

1 Since Its Foundation the UCY Has Creditably Fulfilled Its Role of Organizer and Leader of the Youth’s Struggle for Social and National Liberation Writing Everlasting Pages of Abnegation and Heroism in the Glorious History of this Country 15

2 Under the Leadership of the Party the UCY Has Become a True School for Moulding the Young Generation of Builders of Socialism and Communism in Romania 26

3 Youth’s Organizations — a Framework for the Youth Education and Its Participation in the Management of the Entire Political Economic and Social Life 35

II YOUTH — AN ACTIVE FACTOR IN THE BUILDING OF THE MULTILATERALLY DEVELOPED SOCIALIST SOCIETY AND ROMANIA’S ADVANCE TOWARDS COMMUNISM 47

1 The Youth of Our Homeland Creditably Respond to the Efforts Made by Society 49

2 The Education of Youth through Work and for Work 57

3 The Youth from Industry Have the Duty of Honour to Be in the First Ranks of the Struggle for Technological Progress for the Modernization of Production for Strengthening the new Developments in the Economy and Society 62

4 The Youth from the Villages are Called to Make Their Contribution to the Fulfilment of the Development and Modernization

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3 The Education of Youth in the Spirit of Socialist Patriotism of Friendship and Brotherhood of All Working People Irrespective of Nationality 143

4 The UCY Members All Youth Must Work and Live in Accordance with the Provisions of the Code of the Principles and Norms of Work and Life of the Communists of the Socialist Ethics and Equity 164

5 The Cultural Educational and Sports Activity — an Inseparable Part of the Work of Shaping the New-type Man with a Progressive Conception Active Participant in the Building of the Multilaterally Developed Socialist Society and of Communism 169

6 Radio Television Arts and Literature Besides Other Factors Have Greater Tasks in the Work of Educating the Youth 183

IV THE YOUTH ORGANIZATIONS OF ROMANIA CONSISTENTLY PROMOTE THE FOREIGN POLICY OF THE PARTY AND STATE 193

1 The UCY — an Active Factor in Carrying out the Foreign Policy of the Party and State 195

2 Youth in the Contemporary World 205

3 Youth and European Security 217

Index of Bibliographic Sources from the Work of Romania’s President Nicolae Ceausescu 225