The People’s Progressive Party (PPP) recalls the sacrifices and contributions made by its youth arm, the Progressive Youth Organization as it celebrates its 60th anniversary.
In a press release the party said from the time of its formation it saw youth as a vital section of the population which had to be effectively mobilized in order to “[free] Guyanese from the shackles of colonialism and persisting oppression.” As such, it established and ratified its youth arm at the party’s second congress in March 1952,