Comac (youth movement)

Comac is the student youth wing of the Belgian Marxist political party, the Workers' Party of Belgium (WPB), (known as PTB-PVDA in Belgium). The movement is active in 11 places across Belgium, operating in different cities, universities, as well as hogescholen. Comac's projects engage in political and symbolic movements, and it frequently hosts gatherings, protests, or other actions. The organization is bilingual, with Flemish and Walloon sections cooperating on a national level.

The student wing strives for a spectrum of social goals, such as a sustainable future, universal access to quality education, attention for mental health and climate action. Reversely, it opposes forms of discrimination, sexism, racism and aims to counteract the far-right. Comac envisions a radically democratic, social and diverse society. While being politically aligned to PVDA-PTB, Comac is autonomous in their affairs; it is not required to be a WPB-member to join Comac.

The student wing's abbreviation reflects its goals:

• Change: Comac seeks to unite youth willing to stand up to injustice in society and fight to change the world;
• Optimists: hopefulness towards alternatives and a better world;
• Marxists: Comac sees Marx's ideas as a platform to understanding present-day capitalism and creating a new society;
• Active: the student movement fights alongside climate activists, workers and people of everyday life;
• Creative: change requires a broad movement independent of current dominant structures, to work on a new culture based on solidary.

The organization has a joint movement, RedFox, for high-school students.