La Forja is part of the Popular Unity Candidacy–Constituent Call (CUP-CC)[2] coalition and has very close ties with the political party Poble Lliure.

[4] Soon after the merge, some ex-members of Maulets-JIR (especially those close to the Movement for Defence of the Land), started to consider that the leadership of the new organization was following the political line of CAJEI.

[9] In the second National Congress of AJUP, held on 3 and 4 February 2018 in Canet de Mar, the organization was refounded as La Forja - Jovent Revolucionari.

At the time of the foundation they were present in the comarques of Alt Empordà, Barcelonès, Gironès, Maresme, Segarra, Tarragonès, Vallès Occidental and Terres de l'Ebre.

[10] La Forja is part of Popular Unity Candidacy–Constituent Call, Platform for the Right to Decide of the Valencian Country and the youth of the Catalan National Assembly.