The Sahra Wagenknecht Youth Alliance

Our story

After the federal election, it became clear that our party needed a youth voice. We must act as a voice for young people, both internally and externally. As a five-person founding team, we took on this task and began preparing for the founding together.


After we created a legally compliant statute, wrote a plan, and convinced the executive board, we traveled to all federal states with the official founding mandate and plenty of motivation, held networking meetings, and met everyone who was interested.


On July 26th, the grand finale took place – our founding congress in Bochum. As the founding team, organizing the congress was our last major task before we could hand over responsibility to the democratically legitimized board.


I am very pleased about the trust placed in me and that I am allowed to continue my work as Deputy Federal Chairman during this term of office.



About Us

We grew up in a time when peace and prosperity seemed self-evident. Today we are experiencing the opposite: rearmament instead of disarmament, war instead of diplomacy, social division instead of justice. Billions are flowing into weapons and wars, while at the same time rents are exploding, wages are barely enough to live on, and opportunities for young people are shrinking ever smaller. This is precisely why we founded the Sahra Wagenknecht Youth Alliance. We say clearly: Our generation does not want war. We want peace, disarmament, and a foreign policy that seeks understanding rather than supplying weapons. We categorically reject the reintroduction of conscription—we will not allow ourselves to be sacrificed for wars that are not ours. We do not close our eyes to the suffering in this world: to the war in Ukraine, to the genocide in Gaza, to the millions of people losing their homes. We see the double standards of a policy that preaches human rights but is simultaneously allied with war and oppression. We call it out—even when others remain silent. But our fight continues: for social justice. We want a society in which no one has to fear not paying their rent or living in poverty in old age. In which education is not a question of money. In which work is fairly paid and no one remains trapped in precarious conditions. And: for freedom of expression. Increasingly, we see dissenting voices being excluded or defamed. A vibrant democracy needs open debates, needs a diversity of opinions – especially when it is inconvenient. We want a society in which no one is silenced simply because they do not follow the mainstream. Our values are clear: peace, justice, solidarity, freedom. The JSW is the voice of a generation that cannot be divided – neither by origin, nor by religion, nor by opinion. We are the young movement against war and oppression, and for a society in which people can live in dignity, security, and freedom. We say clearly: This future is possible. But only if we fight for it together.

Interested?

The more we become, the stronger our voice for peace, sovereignty and justice becomes.

Would you like to join us?


We are currently establishing all 16 state youth associations – so there will be one near you!


Please contact us and we will involve you in the work according to your wishes and capacities!

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