Young Democratic Socialists (YDS) is a democratic socialist youth organization in the United States. It is the youth section of the Democratic Socialists of America, whose political outlook it shares, and the American affiliate of the International Union of Socialist Youth (IUSY). As such, YDS is regularly invited to international conferences by its sister organizations.
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