Youth Demand
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 The current logo of Youth Demand | |
.jpg) Youth Demand supporters at the Gaza Ceasefire Now march in London, April 2024 | |
| Formation | January 2024 |
|---|---|
| Founded at | Birmingham |
Region served | United Kingdom |
| Methods | Non-violent resistance, civil resistance, direct action, vandalism, traffic obstruction |
Parent organisation | Umbrella |
| Affiliations | Just Stop Oil |
| Website | youthdemand |
Youth Demand is an environmental activist and political activist group which is calling for the British government to stop all trade with Israel and an end for new licences for fossil fuel exploration in the North Sea.
The group was established in January 2024 after a meeting at the Old Print Works in Birmingham as one of four groups under a central coordinating group called Umbrella. The four groups under 'Umbrella' are the direct action group Just Stop Oil, Assemble, Robin Hood, and Youth Demand.[1]
In July 2024 a spokesperson for Youth Demand said that their aims were "an end to all new licenses and consents for exploration of fossil fuels in the North Sea" and the imposition of "a two-way arms embargo on the state of Israel ... [to] stop selling them weapons and we stop buying their weapons. We sever all the links between the UK and the Israeli war machine".[1]
Youth Demand claim to be represented at 17 British universities and have 5,000-10,000 people on a mailing list.[1]