youth brigades

Organized young workers

Youth brigades are organized groups of young people mobilized for collective work, political activity, or military service.

The term often carries authoritarian connotations, evoking state-sponsored programs that channel youthful energy toward nationalist goals: The youth brigades marched through the capital.

Socialist and fascist regimes have used such organizations for labor projects, ideological training, and paramilitary preparation.

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age/generational composition

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Assemblies of senior advisors

veterans' organizations · old guard

military professionalism

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Continuously maintained military force

special forces · regular army · enlisted personnel · national guard

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Citizen-led collective action

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