History
Founded in 14 March 1999, "Baloldali Front" was the first real communist youth movement since 1989, the cessation of the Hungarian Young Communist League (KISZ). The founders wanted to re-establish that, so they transformed the youth department of the Workers' Party (Munkáspárt) into a new organization. The Front's first logo was a red tomato, which was later replaced by a claret-black coloured star.
2004 was a milestone in the organisation's life. That time Péter Székely was elected as president. At the same time, the movement started to use the name "Communist Youth Alliance". With the leadership of Péter Székely, Baloldali Front was an important ally of the international movements. The solidarity with Latin America was significant. As Székely reached the 35 years age limit, he replaced with Kinga Kalocsai. She continued his predecessor's politics: the Front demonstrated against the prohibition of KSM, the youth section of Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia; and declared solidarity with Palestine. In 2006, the crisis in the "Munkáspárt" reached the youth movement too - some members quit. The re-organisation was crucial.
In 2008, a new president, Tamás Szabó was elected, and that was also a milestone in the movement's life, as from that they focused on the political crisis of Hungary, not the international politics. Many Front-members were candidate under the name of "Magyar Kommunista Munkáspárt" in the European Parliament election in 2009. The Front has got a new logo, but because that looked like a deformed red star, which was restricted in Hungary, it was soon replaced with the modernised version of the former logo.
In 2011, the presidency of the Front was quitted, and they founded a new organisation, called "Radikál-Humanista Mozgalom" (Radical-Humanist Movement).
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