Socialist Students' Front

The Socialist Students' Front (SSF) (Bengali: সমাজতান্ত্রিক ছাত্রফ্রন্ট) is a progressive revolutionary students' organization in Bangladesh. This organization is one of the largest leftist students' organization in the country. The slogans of the SSF are: "Socialist Students' Front, commitments to the revolution!", "Socialist Students' Front, commitments to save the rights of education!"

Socialist Students' Front — SSF
PresidentAl Kaderi Joy
Secretary GeneralNasir Uddin Prince
Founded21 January 1984
Headquarters23/2, Topkhana Road, Dhaka -1000, Bangladesh
IdeologyCommunism, Scientific Socialism, Marxism–Leninism
Mother partySocialist Party of Bangladesh-SPB
International affiliationWorld Federation of Democratic Youth, International Students' Organization , International Union of Students , Asian Students' Information Center , Asian Students' Association , Progressive Students' Alliance
Websitehttp://spb.org.bd/mass-organizations/সমাজতান্ত্রিক-ছাত্র-ফ্রন/ http://facebook.com/ssf1984/

History

The SSF was established on 21 January 1984. The main objective of the SSF is to build a students’ movement throughout the country to bring about educational reforms to make education cheap, universal, scientific, truly secular, equal, and democratic, and to create an education system that is conducive to the growth and development of a revolutionary movement for the overthrow of capitalism and establishment of socialism. SSF is a member of several international students' organizations.[1][2]

Motto: Unity, Struggle, Progress.

Flag: a flag with three white five cornered stars in the top left the corner, on a red background. The ratio of length and breadth of the flag being 3:2.

Monogram: thunderbolt fist with three stars.

Official organ: the official organ Ovimot (Bengali: অভিমত; English: Intention/Opinion) is published in Bengali by the Central Committee.

Central Committee

The latest central committee members of the organization are: President: Al Kaderi Joy, Vice President: Shamol Barman, General Secretary: Nasir Uddin Prince, Organising Secretary: Rukhsana Afroj Asha, Office Secretary: Sajal Barai, Finance Secretary: Mukta Barai Promotion and Publication Secretary: Shovon Rahman School Affairs Secretary: Sultana Akhter International Affairs Secretary: Manisha Chakraborty, Members:

       Sohrab Hossain 
       Jogesh Tripura 
       Laboni Sultana
       Alamgir Hossain Sujan
       Dhononjoy Barman
       Sanjit Mandal
       Ishrat Jahan Shapla
       Susmita Moriom
       Bikash Shil
       Rajib Kanti Roy
       Rehnuma Rubayet
       Raihan Uddin. [3]

Mass organizations of SSF

SSF has got its children, teenager, science organization, cultural wings to work on different classes of people. Some of the child organizations are:

  • Shishu Kishor Mela (SKMela)[4]
  • Biggan Andolan Moncho (BAM) -Platform of Science Movement (PSM)[5]
  • Charon Cultural Center (CCC)

See also
  • List of Student Organizations in Bangladesh

References
  1. A short background of ssf
  2. anniversary
  4. Shishu Kishor Mela
  5. Biggan Andolon Moncho
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