The American Experiment (Riot Quest)
- Thread starter Physici
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KnightDisciple
Brotherhood. Unity. Peace.
- Location
- Midwest, USA
[X] The Orange Disciples
- Location
- Raleigh, NC
[X] The Forty Acres Movement
- Location
- Somewhere
[X] The Friends of the Huddled Masses
[X] The Revolutionary Federation of American Anarchists
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[X] The Forty Acres Movement
Solarstream
It's all in the cards
- Location
- Zombie World
- Pronouns
- He/Him
[X] The Forty Acres Movement
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1890: Actions
- Location
- United States
- Pronouns
- He/She/They
1890 was a busy year for the federal government. The McKinley Tariff was passed, the largest in the history of the United States. It was meant to be protective, and encourage the growth of domestic industries unable to compete with cheap foreign goods. For the average American, it meant prices rose sharply.
With the income from these tariffs he oversaw an increase in pensions, especially for disabled veterans, larger than ever before.
The Silver Purchase Act was set to be packaged with the tariff. However, due to timing issues with both bills coming out of committee, it instead ended up packaged with the Lodge Bill. Meant to ensure voting rights for blacks in the south, the Lodge Bill was extremely unpopular among Southern Democrats, and instead of the Silver Purchase Act helping to pass it, the Southern Democrats voted down both.
With the failure of the Silver Purchase Act, many Western Republicans threatened to leave the party for the populists. They were only mollified by Harrison's promise to buy the maximum amount possible decreed in the Bland-Allison Act, a move that would be easily reversed by future administrations.
President Harrison decided to work with Roosevelt on civil service reform, advocating for the merit system to completely replace the old patronage system. He used the Pendleton act to transfer most federal jobs into being under the preview of the Civil Service Commission, and appointed Theodore Roosevelt to the commission to ensure it stayed fair.
This use of presidential power was outcried by many in congress in both parties, who threatened to sink the Sherman Anti-Trust Act in retaliation. He ignored these threats, confident that the popularity of the act would see it through.
It was not a bluff. The committee in charge of the Anti-Trust Act proposed constant amendments, preventing a vote from even passing into the house. Sherman, the author of the act, finally proposed a discharge petition to move the bill out of committee, but it was too late–Congress went out of session.
It was election season, and the Republicans were not popular. Between the McKinley Tariff and the failure of the Sherman Act, they were widely seen as puppets of wealthy industrialists. They were voted out, with the democrats taking a majority of the House of Representatives.
West Coast Union Association:
The WCUA has started instituted dues, greatly increasing their income. However, they maintain that they do not wish to ban members due to economic hardship, and so do not kick out any members delinquent on paying.
They have also sent out organizers to farms this year, helping them form unions to better negotiate with their employers. They found that many employers weren't even paying attention, dismissing them as a threat, allowing them to organization with little opposition.
These new unions have started with being affiliated with the Union Association, allowing them to work together. Still, the organization's resources are yet small, and the majority of farms are yet to be unionized.
Major farm union progress: 4d20 = 56/500
The Land and Labor Reform Party:
The Land and Labor Reform Party has started requiring dues, but based on the income of the member. This caused such a fuss that their plan to send agitators to the poor farmworkers in Michigan fizzled out with only a few volunteers ending up trying.
Still, this policy has put them in a great financial position for the coming years.
The Revolutionary Federation of American Anarchists:
The anarchists have bought an office in New York to serve as their main headquarters, allowing greater coordination and a place to safely keep plans. All elected representatives of each anarchist cell would be given full access to it, ensuring no one group could hold it hostage for power.
They also sent volunteers as agitators to local unions, hoping to convince them of the necessity of anarchism. They didn't even try for AFL-affiliated ones, knowing that the craft unions were fundamentally capitalist.
They made particular headway in the Order of Railway Conductors, a society already known for practicing mutual aid. It was going a major upheaval this year, with old leaders out and new leaders in, and the anarchist's quickly focused their efforts on ensuring at least some anarchists were put in leadership positions.
Roll: 5d20=80
This came to a resounding success. A small majority of the leaders of the union were convinced to read anarchist theory, and the union began to put some of it into practice. They continued their mutual aid efforts and their new focus of negotiating for better labor conditions, but they increasingly began to see this as mere steps along the path to anarchism rather than an end unto itself.
The Forty Acres Movement:
The Forty Acres Movement, becoming too large to handle itself, has begun the first steps of proper organization. It has bought a small building in Atlanta, which serves as a central headquarters for a the organization's leaders, no longer stuck merely renting space out or borrowing members' homes.
It has instituted dues based on income, designed to not be too burdensome to its members. Still, there are many who have fallen on hard times and need everything they can spare, causing a decline in membership growth.
Mutual Aid Network: 38
This has been helped by their new mutual aid network for farmers to sell cheaply to members who cannot afford it. Although many farmers refuse to participate, it is the first real, concrete help to the masses, it has secured the loyalty of many members in addition to further incensing them against the racist government. This is what they were due, what they are owed.
However, the south has begun to notice the movement. Various states have begun drafting laws aimed at breaking up the movement, fear-mongering about their supposed violence and threat to the white man.
The Society of Friends of All Faiths:
They started with their first steps of getting organized. They bought an office in the lower east side of New York, right next to the tenement slums that most immigrants lived in. This office would be made to be open for visitors. At least one volunteer would always be there to tell any visitor about their mission.
They also began contacting various churches and synagogues, finding leading priests and rabbis who would support their values.
Contacts: 5d20 = 51
Several were interested, and have begun advocating for your organization, as well as promising that they only speak well of other religions as it is not their place to fight each other.
American People's Futurist Alliance:
They reached out to new immigrants, finding them lost and poor.
Reaching out: 38
And ran afoul of machine politics. Any city with a substantial number of immigrants has a strong machine insuring that they are loyal to either the Republicans or Democrats. And they did not appreciate a new group trying to infringe.
It soon became clear that if the APFA were to try to continue this tactic, they would need to be better prepared. The more cautious within the party think this is a good thing–with proper technocratic planning they can be much more effective.
The Friends of the Huddled Masses:
The Friends made substantial progress on organizing, between buying a permanent meeting hall in Los Angelos as well as officially requesting dues from its members based on their income.
This was to be a request, not demand, as they were well aware many of their members were impoverished. But still, it resulted in a vast increase in funds available to the organization.
Additionally, the Friends lobbied to support pro-Chinese immigration Republicans this election. Although it could be hard to say exactly how much was due to them, the state did end up electing a Republican governor in addition to majority Republicans being sent to the House of Representatives.
But it seems the effort was for nought, as the rest of the nation overwhelmingly voted Democrat. The dream of taking down the Scott Act and other anti-Chinese legislation would have to be delayed for the years to come.
The Orange Disciples:
The Orange Disciples began with setting up a network. First they bought an office for meetings and a mailing address, allowing them to coordinate better.
Then they went around to various churches, especially in New York and Pennsylvania, to find the progressive ones that support their message.
Church contacts: 63
The Orange Disciples found fertile ground, with several churches agreeing to officially support their message.
The Party of Justice:
The Party of Justice started out by making a book club in Baltimore for their local followers, as well as a way for outreach.
Book club: 5d20 = 43
While not doing much for recruitment, the book club has helped with ensuring a unified ideology is shared among the organization's leaders.
The Association of Friends of the Yellow Scarves:
The AFYS has attempted to make contacts in the railroad unions. However, most of them have rebuffed the organization. The unions would prefer a more moderate stance and fear association with the militant yellow scarves.
Railroad contacts: 32
They have managed to place some of their members within the unions secretly, but coordinating the unions seems to be off the table until they radicalize.
They have also found recruitment in general to be difficult, with the Friends of Huddled Masses sharing similar recruiting grounds but with a more secular, peaceful bent. Still, the two organizations share many of the same goals, and many yellow scarves wish to work with them.
With the income from these tariffs he oversaw an increase in pensions, especially for disabled veterans, larger than ever before.
The Silver Purchase Act was set to be packaged with the tariff. However, due to timing issues with both bills coming out of committee, it instead ended up packaged with the Lodge Bill. Meant to ensure voting rights for blacks in the south, the Lodge Bill was extremely unpopular among Southern Democrats, and instead of the Silver Purchase Act helping to pass it, the Southern Democrats voted down both.
With the failure of the Silver Purchase Act, many Western Republicans threatened to leave the party for the populists. They were only mollified by Harrison's promise to buy the maximum amount possible decreed in the Bland-Allison Act, a move that would be easily reversed by future administrations.
President Harrison decided to work with Roosevelt on civil service reform, advocating for the merit system to completely replace the old patronage system. He used the Pendleton act to transfer most federal jobs into being under the preview of the Civil Service Commission, and appointed Theodore Roosevelt to the commission to ensure it stayed fair.
This use of presidential power was outcried by many in congress in both parties, who threatened to sink the Sherman Anti-Trust Act in retaliation. He ignored these threats, confident that the popularity of the act would see it through.
It was not a bluff. The committee in charge of the Anti-Trust Act proposed constant amendments, preventing a vote from even passing into the house. Sherman, the author of the act, finally proposed a discharge petition to move the bill out of committee, but it was too late–Congress went out of session.
It was election season, and the Republicans were not popular. Between the McKinley Tariff and the failure of the Sherman Act, they were widely seen as puppets of wealthy industrialists. They were voted out, with the democrats taking a majority of the House of Representatives.
West Coast Union Association:
The WCUA has started instituted dues, greatly increasing their income. However, they maintain that they do not wish to ban members due to economic hardship, and so do not kick out any members delinquent on paying.
They have also sent out organizers to farms this year, helping them form unions to better negotiate with their employers. They found that many employers weren't even paying attention, dismissing them as a threat, allowing them to organization with little opposition.
These new unions have started with being affiliated with the Union Association, allowing them to work together. Still, the organization's resources are yet small, and the majority of farms are yet to be unionized.
Major farm union progress: 4d20 = 56/500
The Land and Labor Reform Party:
The Land and Labor Reform Party has started requiring dues, but based on the income of the member. This caused such a fuss that their plan to send agitators to the poor farmworkers in Michigan fizzled out with only a few volunteers ending up trying.
Still, this policy has put them in a great financial position for the coming years.
The Revolutionary Federation of American Anarchists:
The anarchists have bought an office in New York to serve as their main headquarters, allowing greater coordination and a place to safely keep plans. All elected representatives of each anarchist cell would be given full access to it, ensuring no one group could hold it hostage for power.
They also sent volunteers as agitators to local unions, hoping to convince them of the necessity of anarchism. They didn't even try for AFL-affiliated ones, knowing that the craft unions were fundamentally capitalist.
They made particular headway in the Order of Railway Conductors, a society already known for practicing mutual aid. It was going a major upheaval this year, with old leaders out and new leaders in, and the anarchist's quickly focused their efforts on ensuring at least some anarchists were put in leadership positions.
Roll: 5d20=80
This came to a resounding success. A small majority of the leaders of the union were convinced to read anarchist theory, and the union began to put some of it into practice. They continued their mutual aid efforts and their new focus of negotiating for better labor conditions, but they increasingly began to see this as mere steps along the path to anarchism rather than an end unto itself.
The Forty Acres Movement:
The Forty Acres Movement, becoming too large to handle itself, has begun the first steps of proper organization. It has bought a small building in Atlanta, which serves as a central headquarters for a the organization's leaders, no longer stuck merely renting space out or borrowing members' homes.
It has instituted dues based on income, designed to not be too burdensome to its members. Still, there are many who have fallen on hard times and need everything they can spare, causing a decline in membership growth.
Mutual Aid Network: 38
This has been helped by their new mutual aid network for farmers to sell cheaply to members who cannot afford it. Although many farmers refuse to participate, it is the first real, concrete help to the masses, it has secured the loyalty of many members in addition to further incensing them against the racist government. This is what they were due, what they are owed.
However, the south has begun to notice the movement. Various states have begun drafting laws aimed at breaking up the movement, fear-mongering about their supposed violence and threat to the white man.
The Society of Friends of All Faiths:
They started with their first steps of getting organized. They bought an office in the lower east side of New York, right next to the tenement slums that most immigrants lived in. This office would be made to be open for visitors. At least one volunteer would always be there to tell any visitor about their mission.
They also began contacting various churches and synagogues, finding leading priests and rabbis who would support their values.
Contacts: 5d20 = 51
Several were interested, and have begun advocating for your organization, as well as promising that they only speak well of other religions as it is not their place to fight each other.
American People's Futurist Alliance:
They reached out to new immigrants, finding them lost and poor.
Reaching out: 38
And ran afoul of machine politics. Any city with a substantial number of immigrants has a strong machine insuring that they are loyal to either the Republicans or Democrats. And they did not appreciate a new group trying to infringe.
It soon became clear that if the APFA were to try to continue this tactic, they would need to be better prepared. The more cautious within the party think this is a good thing–with proper technocratic planning they can be much more effective.
The Friends of the Huddled Masses:
The Friends made substantial progress on organizing, between buying a permanent meeting hall in Los Angelos as well as officially requesting dues from its members based on their income.
This was to be a request, not demand, as they were well aware many of their members were impoverished. But still, it resulted in a vast increase in funds available to the organization.
Additionally, the Friends lobbied to support pro-Chinese immigration Republicans this election. Although it could be hard to say exactly how much was due to them, the state did end up electing a Republican governor in addition to majority Republicans being sent to the House of Representatives.
But it seems the effort was for nought, as the rest of the nation overwhelmingly voted Democrat. The dream of taking down the Scott Act and other anti-Chinese legislation would have to be delayed for the years to come.
The Orange Disciples:
The Orange Disciples began with setting up a network. First they bought an office for meetings and a mailing address, allowing them to coordinate better.
Then they went around to various churches, especially in New York and Pennsylvania, to find the progressive ones that support their message.
Church contacts: 63
The Orange Disciples found fertile ground, with several churches agreeing to officially support their message.
The Party of Justice:
The Party of Justice started out by making a book club in Baltimore for their local followers, as well as a way for outreach.
Book club: 5d20 = 43
While not doing much for recruitment, the book club has helped with ensuring a unified ideology is shared among the organization's leaders.
The Association of Friends of the Yellow Scarves:
The AFYS has attempted to make contacts in the railroad unions. However, most of them have rebuffed the organization. The unions would prefer a more moderate stance and fear association with the militant yellow scarves.
Railroad contacts: 32
They have managed to place some of their members within the unions secretly, but coordinating the unions seems to be off the table until they radicalize.
They have also found recruitment in general to be difficult, with the Friends of Huddled Masses sharing similar recruiting grounds but with a more secular, peaceful bent. Still, the two organizations share many of the same goals, and many yellow scarves wish to work with them.
1890: Organization Info Sheets
- Location
- United States
- Pronouns
- He/She/They
West Coast Union Association
The Land and Labor Reform Party
The Revolutionary Federation of American Anarchists (RFAA)
The Forty Acres Movement:
The Society of Friends of All Faiths
American People's Futurist Alliance:
The Friends of the Huddled Masses:
The Orange Disciples:
The Party of Justice:
The Association of Friends of the Yellow Scarves
Dues: Low with delinquency
Formed to organize cross-union support, sympathy strikes in particular.
Locale: California
Supporters: Agricultural unions, migrant labor, and industrial unions.
Ideology: Marxism and Agrarian Socialism, not enforced.
Affiliations: Some small west coast farming unions
Formed to organize cross-union support, sympathy strikes in particular.
Locale: California
Supporters: Agricultural unions, migrant labor, and industrial unions.
Ideology: Marxism and Agrarian Socialism, not enforced.
Affiliations: Some small west coast farming unions
The Land and Labor Reform Party
Dues: Income
Formed as a Political Sucessor of the United Labor Party's Georgist Wing by followers of reformer, and thinker Henry George, they took to the idea of the Single Land Tax and its Anti-landlord tendencies on top of a few of his other ideas. The LLR formed following a massive fight between the party's founder and the Socialist Wing of the ULP, who insulted George as a "Weak Kneed Liberal fighting for Capitalism's folly" and the insuring brawl left a bar, two carriages and a streetlamp destroyed along with several injured. This led to the final break with the Socialist Wing and their supporters. Now free to chart a new course, they lean upon the works of Henry George and their founder for some direction. But the ideals and future is bright, and much can be done.
Locale: Michigan and loosely in The Dakota States and Minnesota
Supporters: Business and Farm Owners, Progressives, Internationalists?! Classical Federalists (AKA Small Government types?)
Ideology: Georgism (THE LAND), Progressiveism, Pro-Civil Rights, Private Property Ownership
Formed as a Political Sucessor of the United Labor Party's Georgist Wing by followers of reformer, and thinker Henry George, they took to the idea of the Single Land Tax and its Anti-landlord tendencies on top of a few of his other ideas. The LLR formed following a massive fight between the party's founder and the Socialist Wing of the ULP, who insulted George as a "Weak Kneed Liberal fighting for Capitalism's folly" and the insuring brawl left a bar, two carriages and a streetlamp destroyed along with several injured. This led to the final break with the Socialist Wing and their supporters. Now free to chart a new course, they lean upon the works of Henry George and their founder for some direction. But the ideals and future is bright, and much can be done.
Locale: Michigan and loosely in The Dakota States and Minnesota
Supporters: Business and Farm Owners, Progressives, Internationalists?! Classical Federalists (AKA Small Government types?)
Ideology: Georgism (THE LAND), Progressiveism, Pro-Civil Rights, Private Property Ownership
The Revolutionary Federation of American Anarchists (RFAA)
Formed from the descendants of European revolutionaries that fled from the continent following the failure of the revolutions of 1848, particularly those who adhered to the beliefs of Pierre-Josepth Proudhon and Mikhail Bakunin, the RFAA's goal is the total abolishment of the state and the dismantlement of capitalist institutions.
Locale: New York and other parts of the Upper East Coast
Supporters: European intellectuals, labour unions, factory workers, dissent police officers, ship workers
Ideology: Anarcho-Collectivism
Infrastructure: An owned office in New York (+1 action).
Affiliations: The Order of Railway Conductors
Locale: New York and other parts of the Upper East Coast
Supporters: European intellectuals, labour unions, factory workers, dissent police officers, ship workers
Ideology: Anarcho-Collectivism
Infrastructure: An owned office in New York (+1 action).
Affiliations: The Order of Railway Conductors
The Forty Acres Movement:
Dues: Income
During the civil war, the slaves were promised freedom and land. They are no longer slaves now, but they never saw anything of the forty acres and the mule they were promised. Now they're forced to work for the rich white sons of former slavers as sharecroppers. How little has changed! But God gave the land to the people, not to the rich whites. It's time for things to change!
Locale: The South, centered around the Black Belt
Supporters: Sharecroppers, predominantly African-Americans
Ideology: Agrarianism; has a right-wing consisting of Jeffersonians and a left-wing consisting of a mix of Socialists and Anarchists.
Continuous Actions:
Mutual aid network for members who own farms to sell food cheaply to those who cannot afford food. +5 to rolls regarding loyalty of members.
During the civil war, the slaves were promised freedom and land. They are no longer slaves now, but they never saw anything of the forty acres and the mule they were promised. Now they're forced to work for the rich white sons of former slavers as sharecroppers. How little has changed! But God gave the land to the people, not to the rich whites. It's time for things to change!
Locale: The South, centered around the Black Belt
Supporters: Sharecroppers, predominantly African-Americans
Ideology: Agrarianism; has a right-wing consisting of Jeffersonians and a left-wing consisting of a mix of Socialists and Anarchists.
Continuous Actions:
Mutual aid network for members who own farms to sell food cheaply to those who cannot afford food. +5 to rolls regarding loyalty of members.
The Society of Friends of All Faiths
The SFAF originated when a Quaker man in New York got lost in the Lower East Side and ended up sheltering from the rain in a kosher butcher shop, where he began a debate about religions with a rabbi. The two exchanged contact information and began writing letters, slowly introducing others to the philosophy Bernstein and Friend came up with during their correspondence exchanges.
Locale: Primarily New York City, with some support in the broader Mid-Atlantic region
Supporters: Jews, Quakers, Catholics, and other religious minorities
Ideology: The SFAF believes that all religions have at least a kernel of truth in them, and so deserve value and protection. As such, they advocate for tolerance, the protection of Catholics, Jews, and other such groups, and dialogues between different religious groups. The position of many of their members on the outside of society has led them to begin developing beliefs about the importance of community, the illegitimacy of unjust authority, and a number of other radical beliefs. In effect, they are advocates of pluralism and religious social democracy or socialism.
Affiliations: Some churches and synagogues in New York
Locale: Primarily New York City, with some support in the broader Mid-Atlantic region
Supporters: Jews, Quakers, Catholics, and other religious minorities
Ideology: The SFAF believes that all religions have at least a kernel of truth in them, and so deserve value and protection. As such, they advocate for tolerance, the protection of Catholics, Jews, and other such groups, and dialogues between different religious groups. The position of many of their members on the outside of society has led them to begin developing beliefs about the importance of community, the illegitimacy of unjust authority, and a number of other radical beliefs. In effect, they are advocates of pluralism and religious social democracy or socialism.
Affiliations: Some churches and synagogues in New York
American People's Futurist Alliance:
The rapid industrialization and technological development of the late 19th century caught the attention of a variety of up-and-coming inventors, industrialists, political reformers, and even the occasional revolutionary. A "Futurist Symposium" held at the 1878 World's Fair in Paris helped catalyze them into a political movement, of which the APFA is the American manifestation.
Locale: Major urban centers, especially in the Northeast, West Coast, and industrial Midwest
Supporters: Intellectuals, reformist/anti-machine politicians, immigrants (both wings); trade union leaders, feminists, civil rights advocates (left wing); industrial magnates, nationalist politicians, military officers (right wing)
Ideology: Technocracy, anti-corruption, education reform—the right wing advocates for "rational management" of politics as well as the economy and for the "technological and societal uplifting of primitive cultures", while the left wing backs socially progressive causes on the basis that bigotry and excessive hierarchy stifle the development of society.
Locale: Major urban centers, especially in the Northeast, West Coast, and industrial Midwest
Supporters: Intellectuals, reformist/anti-machine politicians, immigrants (both wings); trade union leaders, feminists, civil rights advocates (left wing); industrial magnates, nationalist politicians, military officers (right wing)
Ideology: Technocracy, anti-corruption, education reform—the right wing advocates for "rational management" of politics as well as the economy and for the "technological and societal uplifting of primitive cultures", while the left wing backs socially progressive causes on the basis that bigotry and excessive hierarchy stifle the development of society.
The Friends of the Huddled Masses:
Dues: Income with delinquency
Created in response to the Page Act, Chinese Exclusion Act and longtime mistreatment of Chinese immigrants, what was once a loose coalition of advocacy groups and Chinese district associations on the West Coast has evolved into an organization dedicated to championing the rights of East Asian Immigrants in search of a better future.
Locale: California, Pacific Northwest, areas with large Chinese Immigrant populations (and a branch in New York City.)
Supporters: Chinese laborer, farmer, worker, and business owner populations
Ideology: Loose, pro labor, pro Chinese advocacy
Created in response to the Page Act, Chinese Exclusion Act and longtime mistreatment of Chinese immigrants, what was once a loose coalition of advocacy groups and Chinese district associations on the West Coast has evolved into an organization dedicated to championing the rights of East Asian Immigrants in search of a better future.
Locale: California, Pacific Northwest, areas with large Chinese Immigrant populations (and a branch in New York City.)
Supporters: Chinese laborer, farmer, worker, and business owner populations
Ideology: Loose, pro labor, pro Chinese advocacy
The Orange Disciples:
The Orange Disciples have their genesis in the various abolitionist movements in various American churches. Their name is derived from Orange Scott, a founder of the Wesleyan church and a lifelong abolitionist. The Disciples have grown, bringing in members from various denominations who have been consistently speaking against slavery, racism, and (more recently) sexism and the lack of women's suffrage. Other causes have started to be taken up by the Disciples, but despite the ongoing fervor with which they speak up, the movement has firmly set itself as a non-violent group. They seek change, reformation, and transformation, albeit not explicitly seeking to connect to the Great Awakening movements.
Locale: While seeking nation-wide acceptance, they are currently strongest in New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, and West Virginia, with an eye toward spreading south through Virginia and the Carolinas, before moving out to the Midwest and beyond.
Supporters: While by no means hostile to non-Christians, the Orange Disciples movement is grounded in particularly Christian belief and theology. Its membership has Wesleyan, Methodist, Baptist, Catholic, Mennonite, and Moravians, along with small numbers of other scattered denominations. They have a fairly equal mix of men and women in membership (due to their outstated support of women's rights and suffrage), and while still majority white they have a large segment that is a cross-section of other ethnicities, and a stated intention to continue to accept all members of the Church regardless of heritage.
Ideology: Fundamentally, the Orange Disciples focus on the idea of "speaking for those with little or no voice". Though slavery is now abolished, those who counted themselves as abolitionists now advocate for robust equal rights for African-Americans, Asian-Americans, and all others. As well, women's rights are of major concern for them, and a growing force within the movement. Other areas of concern include labor laws and conditions (both for adults and even more for children), the conditions and treatments of prisoners, and immigrants. The Orange Disciples are, while not completely pacifistic, firmly opposed to the use of violence for their aims. The last couple of decades have shown them that it is difficult but possible to change things. As well, they have a keen understanding that they are not the lawful government, and thus believe there is a great inherent risk in utilizing force, especially lethal force, to enact their goals. They will stand in the path of violence but will never enact or support it themselves.
Affiliations: Many churches across New York and Pennsylvania.
Locale: While seeking nation-wide acceptance, they are currently strongest in New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, and West Virginia, with an eye toward spreading south through Virginia and the Carolinas, before moving out to the Midwest and beyond.
Supporters: While by no means hostile to non-Christians, the Orange Disciples movement is grounded in particularly Christian belief and theology. Its membership has Wesleyan, Methodist, Baptist, Catholic, Mennonite, and Moravians, along with small numbers of other scattered denominations. They have a fairly equal mix of men and women in membership (due to their outstated support of women's rights and suffrage), and while still majority white they have a large segment that is a cross-section of other ethnicities, and a stated intention to continue to accept all members of the Church regardless of heritage.
Ideology: Fundamentally, the Orange Disciples focus on the idea of "speaking for those with little or no voice". Though slavery is now abolished, those who counted themselves as abolitionists now advocate for robust equal rights for African-Americans, Asian-Americans, and all others. As well, women's rights are of major concern for them, and a growing force within the movement. Other areas of concern include labor laws and conditions (both for adults and even more for children), the conditions and treatments of prisoners, and immigrants. The Orange Disciples are, while not completely pacifistic, firmly opposed to the use of violence for their aims. The last couple of decades have shown them that it is difficult but possible to change things. As well, they have a keen understanding that they are not the lawful government, and thus believe there is a great inherent risk in utilizing force, especially lethal force, to enact their goals. They will stand in the path of violence but will never enact or support it themselves.
Affiliations: Many churches across New York and Pennsylvania.
The Party of Justice:
Jebediah Roberts was always unusually compassionate and friendly towards the poor and downtrodden no matter their race or faith or gender. It made sense as he was one of them, a wanderer and vagrant who toured the country by whatever means he could. During his travels he talked with many different people from all sorts of different backgrounds, and wrote down his observations in a manuscript. Eventually he became sick from a cancer still unidentified by scientists and died near the house of the Freemans, a family of poor black sharecroppers. The sharecroppers gave him water and shelter while he waited for the end and so Jebediah Roberts passed on his notebook to the Freeman household. The head of the household had never learned to read or write, but felt as if he should not destroy a man's life's work and so the book was sold for a pittance to a general store. The owner there, who was well versed in politics read a few pages out of boredom on a rainy day and became amazed at the wisdom contained in the book. He moved to have it published and shared and eventually a political party was formed based on his ideas.
Locale: Primarily the mid-Atlantic region.
Supporters: The educated white middle class with left leaning beliefs, and also popular with minorities attracted to its ideas of racial equality.
Ideology: Robert's Philosophy has a few key points:
1. No one is at fault for their actions: Yes, bad people do exist, but a combination of nature and nurture determines their choices. If they are not responsible for their choices, punishment should never be punitive, but exist to maintain order.
2. Human beings are equal. Any differences between peoples living standards is due to various factors that cause inequality.
3. People are generally good. However, they are at their best when being bad is disadvantageous.
4. Power imbalances lessen the negative consequences for being evil in favor of the strong.
5. Therefore, the best way to ensure a good society is to make moderate and eliminate power imbalances.
Continuous Actions:
A book club in Baltimore. +5 to ideological rolls.
Locale: Primarily the mid-Atlantic region.
Supporters: The educated white middle class with left leaning beliefs, and also popular with minorities attracted to its ideas of racial equality.
Ideology: Robert's Philosophy has a few key points:
1. No one is at fault for their actions: Yes, bad people do exist, but a combination of nature and nurture determines their choices. If they are not responsible for their choices, punishment should never be punitive, but exist to maintain order.
2. Human beings are equal. Any differences between peoples living standards is due to various factors that cause inequality.
3. People are generally good. However, they are at their best when being bad is disadvantageous.
4. Power imbalances lessen the negative consequences for being evil in favor of the strong.
5. Therefore, the best way to ensure a good society is to make moderate and eliminate power imbalances.
Continuous Actions:
A book club in Baltimore. +5 to ideological rolls.
The Association of Friends of the Yellow Scarves
An association that was originally formed by a particularly religious and militant group of Chinese dynamite blasters who demonstrated their displeasure with the working conditions on the First Transcontinental railroad by blowing up their Union Pacific bosses with nitroglycerin, inspiring a series of copycat rebellions across the line even as the National Guard was called in to restore order on the worksite. Now "Yellow Scarves" is a catchall term for a heavily decentralized group who engage in a relationship of mutual assistance to protect each other from what they view as a tyrannical, unjust, and disharmonious United States government. While secretive, many local leaders wear distinctive yellow vests, scarves, bands, or sashes as proof of their allegiance to one another.
Locale: As the Scarves are a decentralized group, they have no central command nexus. However, they are especially prominent in the city of Sacramento, and are able to exert some power over the West Coast due to their connections to the railroad industry.
Supporters: The Scarves are extremely popular with Chinese and Asian immigrants. However, over the years, they have gained some sympathizers amongst railroad workers, miners, and even disgruntled frontiersmen. They also have some tacit supporters among the Mormons of Utah, curiously enough.
Ideology: The core underlying belief that defines the Scarves is known as the Way of Harmonious Peace, which can be said to be an application, or perhaps a bastardization, of Taoist principles to industrialized society. The exact tenets, practices, and religious convictions vary wildly, but, in general, the Scarves believe that businesses, bosses, and worldly governments have thrown the world into spiritual disbalance through their accumulation of wealth and largess, and that the only way to resolve this disbalance is to use the power of their shared zealotry and their close connections with each other to seize that which has been stolen and give it back to the people; to replace the oppressive Azure Sky with a new Yellow Dawn. In practice, they are a religious, communal, militant, proto-anarchist movement, unified by vague religious ideological trappings and a shared sense of disenchantment with their lot in life.
Infiltrations: Several west coast mining unions.
Locale: As the Scarves are a decentralized group, they have no central command nexus. However, they are especially prominent in the city of Sacramento, and are able to exert some power over the West Coast due to their connections to the railroad industry.
Supporters: The Scarves are extremely popular with Chinese and Asian immigrants. However, over the years, they have gained some sympathizers amongst railroad workers, miners, and even disgruntled frontiersmen. They also have some tacit supporters among the Mormons of Utah, curiously enough.
Ideology: The core underlying belief that defines the Scarves is known as the Way of Harmonious Peace, which can be said to be an application, or perhaps a bastardization, of Taoist principles to industrialized society. The exact tenets, practices, and religious convictions vary wildly, but, in general, the Scarves believe that businesses, bosses, and worldly governments have thrown the world into spiritual disbalance through their accumulation of wealth and largess, and that the only way to resolve this disbalance is to use the power of their shared zealotry and their close connections with each other to seize that which has been stolen and give it back to the people; to replace the oppressive Azure Sky with a new Yellow Dawn. In practice, they are a religious, communal, militant, proto-anarchist movement, unified by vague religious ideological trappings and a shared sense of disenchantment with their lot in life.
Infiltrations: Several west coast mining unions.
1891: Planning
- Location
- United States
- Pronouns
- He/She/They
With the start of a new year, many are angry. The federal government seems intent on siding with the captains of industry, with the only real help coming from organizations on the ground whose membership grows everyday.
Some actions are universal and can be included in any organization's plan, others are just for one. Funds are per turn, they don't stack. Any ?s are for you to write-in a number for that action. New actions as write-ins are encouraged to be suggested at any time.
When voting, put the organization acronym before the name of the plan like this:
[X][WCUA] Plan do stuff
Universal Actions:
[] Require dues
--[] Small
--[] Medium
--[] Large
--[] Based on income
-[] Allow delinquent members
More dues reduces membership but increases income. Allowing delinquent members offsets the membership decrease but you also get less income.
[] Make a newspaper.
-[] Local: 5 funds, -2 per turn.
-[] National: 20 funds, -10 per turn.
-[] Many local across core region: 100 funds, -20 per turn.
Making newspapers can increase recruitment and increase the effectiveness of other actions such as putting candidates up for election. Only use an action for initial creation.
[] Stockpile guns. ? funds.
To complete is members/100. Roll 1d20 per funds. Rolling completion, decays 5% per turn representing use and action never disappears.
[] Train militia. ? cadres.
Uses 1 funds and 10 "stockpile guns" progress per cadre. Get 5d20 trained militia per cadre.
[] Organize protests about ?
Write-in option.
[] Attack organization building of ?
-[] ? times.
-[] Claim credit.
Write-in, can be an OTL organization or one of the other player organizations. Costs 1 wealth per building attacked. Note if it's discovered you did it, or if you claim credit, there will be consequences.
[] Make a public campaign defaming a rival person or group.
-[] Spend ? funds.
[] Send agitators to publicly speak supporting your cause.
-[] On the streets of cities. ? funds.
-[] In the factories of cities. ? funds.
-[] To mining towns. ? funds.
-[] To the farmworkers. ? funds.
-[] At parties of the rich. ? funds, min 20.
-[] In the lobbies of politicians. ? funds.
West Coast Union Association:
14740 supporters
2 actions, 10 funds
The Land and Labor Reform Party:
5130 supporters
1 action, 18 funds
The Revolutionary Federation of American Anarchists (RFAA):
20,000 supporters
4 actions, 16 funds
The Forty Acres Movement:
53,000 supporters
5 actions, 31 funds
The Society of Friends of All Faiths:
12,000 supporters
3 actions, 10 funds
American People's Futurist Alliance:
7360 supporters
1 action, 8 funds
The Friends of the Huddled Masses:
32,640 supporters
5 actions, 31 funds
The Orange Disciples:
13,200 supporters
3 actions, 13 funds
The Party of Justice:
5400 supporters
1 action, 7 funds
The Association of Friends of the Yellow Scarves:
7800 supporters
1 action, 3 funds
Some actions are universal and can be included in any organization's plan, others are just for one. Funds are per turn, they don't stack. Any ?s are for you to write-in a number for that action. New actions as write-ins are encouraged to be suggested at any time.
When voting, put the organization acronym before the name of the plan like this:
[X][WCUA] Plan do stuff
Universal Actions:
[] Require dues
--[] Small
--[] Medium
--[] Large
--[] Based on income
-[] Allow delinquent members
More dues reduces membership but increases income. Allowing delinquent members offsets the membership decrease but you also get less income.
[] Make a newspaper.
-[] Local: 5 funds, -2 per turn.
-[] National: 20 funds, -10 per turn.
-[] Many local across core region: 100 funds, -20 per turn.
Making newspapers can increase recruitment and increase the effectiveness of other actions such as putting candidates up for election. Only use an action for initial creation.
[] Stockpile guns. ? funds.
To complete is members/100. Roll 1d20 per funds. Rolling completion, decays 5% per turn representing use and action never disappears.
[] Train militia. ? cadres.
Uses 1 funds and 10 "stockpile guns" progress per cadre. Get 5d20 trained militia per cadre.
[] Organize protests about ?
Write-in option.
[] Attack organization building of ?
-[] ? times.
-[] Claim credit.
Write-in, can be an OTL organization or one of the other player organizations. Costs 1 wealth per building attacked. Note if it's discovered you did it, or if you claim credit, there will be consequences.
[] Make a public campaign defaming a rival person or group.
-[] Spend ? funds.
[] Send agitators to publicly speak supporting your cause.
-[] On the streets of cities. ? funds.
-[] In the factories of cities. ? funds.
-[] To mining towns. ? funds.
-[] To the farmworkers. ? funds.
-[] At parties of the rich. ? funds, min 20.
-[] In the lobbies of politicians. ? funds.
West Coast Union Association:
14740 supporters
2 actions, 10 funds
[] Buy a permanent meeting room, either an office or small building. 5 funds. Gives +1 action.
[] Send organizers to help farm workers form unions. ? funds. 56/500 progress.
[] Send representatives to existing west coast industrial unions to set up a meeting for potentially becoming affiliated.
[] Set up a strike fund for associated unions to increase in the effectiveness of their strikes. ? funds.
[] Set up a think-group from contacts within various unions to find the best way to strike and get one's goals met. 2 funds, -2 per turn.
[] Send organizers to help farm workers form unions. ? funds. 56/500 progress.
[] Send representatives to existing west coast industrial unions to set up a meeting for potentially becoming affiliated.
[] Set up a strike fund for associated unions to increase in the effectiveness of their strikes. ? funds.
[] Set up a think-group from contacts within various unions to find the best way to strike and get one's goals met. 2 funds, -2 per turn.
The Land and Labor Reform Party:
5130 supporters
1 action, 18 funds
[] Buy a permanent meeting room, either an office or small building. 5 funds. Gives +1 action.
[] Contact various politicians in the main two parties to see if they would be willing to be affiliated with the Land and Labor Reform Party.
[] Contact various politicians in the main two parties to see if they would be willing to be affiliated with the Land and Labor Reform Party.
The Revolutionary Federation of American Anarchists (RFAA):
20,000 supporters
4 actions, 16 funds
[] Send organizers to help factory workers form unions. ? funds.
[] Send organizers to help ship workers form unions. ? funds.
[] Set up a think-group from contacts within various unions to find the best way to strike and get one's goals met. 2 funds. -2 per turn.
[] Send organizers all across New York to set up mutual aid groups. 2 funds, -1 per turn.
[] Send agitators to local unions to try to convince them of the necessity of Anarcho-Collectivism.
[] Request various members, especially police officers or former police officers, to transfer to the New York Police Department. 1 funds.
[] Attempt a takeover of the New York Police Department. ? funds. Warning: There will be consequences, especially if you fail.
[] Send organizers to help ship workers form unions. ? funds.
[] Set up a think-group from contacts within various unions to find the best way to strike and get one's goals met. 2 funds. -2 per turn.
[] Send organizers all across New York to set up mutual aid groups. 2 funds, -1 per turn.
[] Send agitators to local unions to try to convince them of the necessity of Anarcho-Collectivism.
[] Request various members, especially police officers or former police officers, to transfer to the New York Police Department. 1 funds.
[] Attempt a takeover of the New York Police Department. ? funds. Warning: There will be consequences, especially if you fail.
The Forty Acres Movement:
53,000 supporters
5 actions, 31 funds
[] Make a fund dedicated to buying out farms that members work on and giving them to the sharecroppers who work them when possible, as well as buying equipment for them. ? funds. 0/(5300) progress, 1d20 per fund.
[] Make a fund dedicated to paying fines put on African-Americans for arrests that could result in prison. ? funds.
[] Set up a committee to organize groups with whatever they can get their hands on (bats, batons, etc.) to work together to prevent lynchings and unlawful seizures of property.
[] Make a think-group to make propaganda targeted at poor whites in terms of solidarity between races. 2 funds, -2 funds per turn.
[] Contact town manufacturers, making inroads to invite them to join the movement and potentially include them in a more expansive mutual aid network.
[] Make a fund dedicated to paying fines put on African-Americans for arrests that could result in prison. ? funds.
[] Set up a committee to organize groups with whatever they can get their hands on (bats, batons, etc.) to work together to prevent lynchings and unlawful seizures of property.
[] Make a think-group to make propaganda targeted at poor whites in terms of solidarity between races. 2 funds, -2 funds per turn.
[] Contact town manufacturers, making inroads to invite them to join the movement and potentially include them in a more expansive mutual aid network.
The Society of Friends of All Faiths:
12,000 supporters
3 actions, 10 funds
[] Form cross-community mutual aid groups in New York out of your members. 2 funds, -1 per turn.
[] Set up charitable aid out of the churches and synagogues in New York that you're associated with, open to all. 1 fund, -1 per turn.
[] Reach out to new immigrants fleeing religious prosecution to help them integrate. ? funds.
[] Set up cross-religion meetings among to amicably discuss theology and other topics. 1 fund, -1 per turn.
[] Set up charitable aid out of the churches and synagogues in New York that you're associated with, open to all. 1 fund, -1 per turn.
[] Reach out to new immigrants fleeing religious prosecution to help them integrate. ? funds.
[] Set up cross-religion meetings among to amicably discuss theology and other topics. 1 fund, -1 per turn.
American People's Futurist Alliance:
7360 supporters
1 action, 8 funds
[] Buy a permanent meeting room, either an office or small building. 5 funds. Gives +1 action.
[] Set up a committee to make a plan to either work aside local parties or replace them in integrating immigrants into America, in exchange for their loyalty. 2 funds, -2 per turn.
[] Find politicians that may be willing to support your cause and convince them to, as well as endorsing them. ? funds.
[] Set up a committee to help mediate between trade unions and industrial magnates, helping ensure good working conditions and a healthy profit. 2 funds, -1 per turn.
[] Set up a committee to make a plan to either work aside local parties or replace them in integrating immigrants into America, in exchange for their loyalty. 2 funds, -2 per turn.
[] Find politicians that may be willing to support your cause and convince them to, as well as endorsing them. ? funds.
[] Set up a committee to help mediate between trade unions and industrial magnates, helping ensure good working conditions and a healthy profit. 2 funds, -1 per turn.
The Friends of the Huddled Masses:
32,640 supporters
5 actions, 31 funds
[] Set up mutual aid groups in the San Gabriel Valley of Los Angeles. 2 funds, -1 per turn.
[] Contact Chinese majority towns such as Locke and Walnut Grove and set up a committee dedicated to helping them coordinate when needed. 5 funds, -1 per turn.
[] Send organizers to help Chinese miners form their own unions. ? funds.
[] Send organizers to help the former fishermen now working at canning factories form unions. ? funds.
[] Set up a canning factory in San Francisco and pay good wages, employing the former Chinese fishermen forced out of their jobs and into cannery. 20 funds.
[] Accept the proposition by The Association of Friends of the Yellow Scarves.
This will accept whatever merger the AFYS requests if they request one–see their vote section for details. This does not take an action ONLY IF they pick their third option, which is not a merger but allows you to work together.
[] Contact Chinese majority towns such as Locke and Walnut Grove and set up a committee dedicated to helping them coordinate when needed. 5 funds, -1 per turn.
[] Send organizers to help Chinese miners form their own unions. ? funds.
[] Send organizers to help the former fishermen now working at canning factories form unions. ? funds.
[] Set up a canning factory in San Francisco and pay good wages, employing the former Chinese fishermen forced out of their jobs and into cannery. 20 funds.
[] Accept the proposition by The Association of Friends of the Yellow Scarves.
This will accept whatever merger the AFYS requests if they request one–see their vote section for details. This does not take an action ONLY IF they pick their third option, which is not a merger but allows you to work together.
The Orange Disciples:
13,200 supporters
3 actions, 13 funds
[] Lobby various politicians to support progressive laws. ? funds.
[] Start handing out flyers and other methods of recruiting at associated churches. ? funds.
[] Set up a think group which can draft and modify legislation to be anti-racist, both in local areas and federally. 2 funds, -2 per turn.
[] Write up a state referendum proposal for Ohio giving women the right to vote, and form a committee tor advertising for it. 2 funds, ? per turn.
[] Start handing out flyers and other methods of recruiting at associated churches. ? funds.
[] Set up a think group which can draft and modify legislation to be anti-racist, both in local areas and federally. 2 funds, -2 per turn.
[] Write up a state referendum proposal for Ohio giving women the right to vote, and form a committee tor advertising for it. 2 funds, ? per turn.
The Party of Justice:
5400 supporters
1 action, 7 funds
[] Buy a permanent meeting room, either an office or small building. 5 funds. Gives +1 action.
[] Set up a party apparatus in Maryland to prepare to campaign on the state level. 5 funds, -5 per turn.
[] Set up a party apparatus in Maryland to prepare to campaign on the state level. 5 funds, -5 per turn.
The Association of Friends of the Yellow Scarves:
7800 supporters
1 action, 3 funds
[] Buy a permanent meeting room, either an office or small building. 5 funds. Gives +1 action.
[] Set up mutual assistance groups in Sacramento among communities your members are a part of. 2 funds, -1 per turn.
[] Request better conditions at mines, and assassinate bosses who refuse. 1/5/10 funds.
[] Contact various guilds (Chinese trade unions) and set up a committee to help them coordinate.
[] Petition the Friends of the Huddled Masses for a merger of organizations, in which the Association of Friends of the Yellow Scarves becomes the militant arm of the Friends of the Huddled Masses.
This will merge the two organizations together into one. The AFYS actions will be given to the FHM, which will have an internal faction that permanently gets 1 extra action specifically for AFYS tagged actions. This needs to be taken as an action by both groups, otherwise you can take a different action.
[] Petition the Friends of the Huddled Masses for a merger in which the AFYS becomes the militant arm of the other organization but retains its independence.
This will merge the two organizations together into one with two factions where they retain separate actions and the resources/number of actions of each faction depends on their influence within the total organization.
[] Petition the FHM for association status much like they have with unions, allowing for them to call upon you and coordinate when needed. Does NOT take an action.
The organizations will stay separate, but you will be able to get actions in the future for more coordination.
[] Set up mutual assistance groups in Sacramento among communities your members are a part of. 2 funds, -1 per turn.
[] Request better conditions at mines, and assassinate bosses who refuse. 1/5/10 funds.
[] Contact various guilds (Chinese trade unions) and set up a committee to help them coordinate.
[] Petition the Friends of the Huddled Masses for a merger of organizations, in which the Association of Friends of the Yellow Scarves becomes the militant arm of the Friends of the Huddled Masses.
This will merge the two organizations together into one. The AFYS actions will be given to the FHM, which will have an internal faction that permanently gets 1 extra action specifically for AFYS tagged actions. This needs to be taken as an action by both groups, otherwise you can take a different action.
[] Petition the Friends of the Huddled Masses for a merger in which the AFYS becomes the militant arm of the other organization but retains its independence.
This will merge the two organizations together into one with two factions where they retain separate actions and the resources/number of actions of each faction depends on their influence within the total organization.
[] Petition the FHM for association status much like they have with unions, allowing for them to call upon you and coordinate when needed. Does NOT take an action.
The organizations will stay separate, but you will be able to get actions in the future for more coordination.
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Tabascoheath
Unkempt, Evil-eyed Charlatan, and Pseudo-Mystic
- Location
- Your Nearest Orbital Habitat
- Location
- United States
- Pronouns
- He/She/They
Passive once your choice has been made. What dues amount for each org is currently active is in the info post.
- Location
- California,USA
[X][LLRP]PLAN Settling Roots
-[X] Buy a permanent meeting room, either an office or small building. 5 funds. Gives +1 action.
-[X] Buy a permanent meeting room, either an office or small building. 5 funds. Gives +1 action.
Tabascoheath
Unkempt, Evil-eyed Charlatan, and Pseudo-Mystic
- Location
- Your Nearest Orbital Habitat
-[]Make a newspaper.
--[] Local: 5 funds, -2 per turn.
-[] Make a fund dedicated to paying fines put on African-Americans for arrests that could result in prison. 10 funds.
-[] Set up a committee to organize groups with whatever they can get their hands on (bats, batons, etc.) to work together to prevent lynchings and unlawful seizures of property.
-[] Make a think-group to make propaganda targeted at poor whites in terms of solidarity between races. 2 funds, -2 funds per turn.
-[] Contact town manufacturers, making inroads to invite them to join the movement and potentially include them in a more expansive mutual aid network.
Set up for more aggressive action, I really don't like that bit about the southern state legislators eyeing us up for nasty stuff, so I figure we go all in on the fines and stuff this turn and then next turn we split our funds on the sharecropping buy back program and stockpiling arms/training militias, what think?
This plan leaves us with 14 wealth and -4 drain on income, but would net us further reach/recruitment and have something to fall back on if the southern states try anything funny.
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[x][AFPA] Plan: Action Economy
-[x] Buy a permanent meeting room, either an office or small building. 5 funds. Gives +1 action.
Dang, while I'm happy that we had some success, more than doubling our member count, we need to have more freedom of action and putting off getting more actions to do something else could build the momentum of the organisation, but it would be at an opportunity cost in the future.
-[x] Buy a permanent meeting room, either an office or small building. 5 funds. Gives +1 action.
Dang, while I'm happy that we had some success, more than doubling our member count, we need to have more freedom of action and putting off getting more actions to do something else could build the momentum of the organisation, but it would be at an opportunity cost in the future.
Astra Myst
Do you want a wish?
- Location
- Milky Way Galaxy
[X][FFAF] Sowing the seeds
-[X] Require dues
--[X] Based on income
-[X] Set up cross-religion meetings among to amicably discuss theology and other topics. 1 fund, -1 per turn.
-[X] Form cross-community mutual aid groups in New York out of your members. 2 funds, -1 per turn.
-[X] Require dues
--[X] Based on income
-[X] Set up cross-religion meetings among to amicably discuss theology and other topics. 1 fund, -1 per turn.
-[X] Form cross-community mutual aid groups in New York out of your members. 2 funds, -1 per turn.
[X] [RFAA] Plan Unionization and Consolidation
-[X] Require dues
--[X] Based on income
-[X] Send organizers all across New York to set up mutual aid groups. 2 funds, -1 per turn.
-[X] Make a newspaper.
--[X] Local: 5 funds, -2 per turn. [If it needs a name, I would suggest something like 'The Proletariat Press' or 'The Worker's Post']
-[X] Send agitators to local unions to try to convince them of the necessity of Anarcho-Collectivism.
Firstly, I think in order to effectively expand further we'll probably have to require some sort of dues for members; organizing dues based on income may anger some of the more wealthier members of the society, but in the end our goal is the abolishment of all unjust hierarchies (including class) and as such contributing a bit more now will ensure that they reap the fruits of their own labour later.
Secondly, the establishment of mutual aid groups throughout New York will rally the proletariat to our cause, and prove to the world that we really dedicated in seeing through a post-capitalist America; if the mutual aid groups are successful in establishing vibrant, self-sustaining communities, then not only will capitalism be easier to dismantle (in New York) due to easier and free access to basic amenities for the proletariat, but it will also prove that our system can actually work, which will make it easier for other groups to accept our ideology as legitimate.
Thirdly, the establishment of an anarchist newspaper will of course help us consolidate our beliefs in New York and garner us new members; this will offset the slight decrease in membership from the dues and hopefully allow to continue our expansion across New York and the Upper Eastern Coast.
Finally, whilst we have gotten our ideology out there, there's still a large minority of unions which haven't yet heard of our cause; if the proletariat of New York are to throw off the chains of capitalism and statism, all of labour must agree on which ideals we will follow, and as such the more unions adhere to Anarcho-Collectivism, the less chance that the united front against capitalism will splinter along ideological camps.
-[X] Require dues
--[X] Based on income
-[X] Send organizers all across New York to set up mutual aid groups. 2 funds, -1 per turn.
-[X] Make a newspaper.
--[X] Local: 5 funds, -2 per turn. [If it needs a name, I would suggest something like 'The Proletariat Press' or 'The Worker's Post']
-[X] Send agitators to local unions to try to convince them of the necessity of Anarcho-Collectivism.
Firstly, I think in order to effectively expand further we'll probably have to require some sort of dues for members; organizing dues based on income may anger some of the more wealthier members of the society, but in the end our goal is the abolishment of all unjust hierarchies (including class) and as such contributing a bit more now will ensure that they reap the fruits of their own labour later.
Secondly, the establishment of mutual aid groups throughout New York will rally the proletariat to our cause, and prove to the world that we really dedicated in seeing through a post-capitalist America; if the mutual aid groups are successful in establishing vibrant, self-sustaining communities, then not only will capitalism be easier to dismantle (in New York) due to easier and free access to basic amenities for the proletariat, but it will also prove that our system can actually work, which will make it easier for other groups to accept our ideology as legitimate.
Thirdly, the establishment of an anarchist newspaper will of course help us consolidate our beliefs in New York and garner us new members; this will offset the slight decrease in membership from the dues and hopefully allow to continue our expansion across New York and the Upper Eastern Coast.
Finally, whilst we have gotten our ideology out there, there's still a large minority of unions which haven't yet heard of our cause; if the proletariat of New York are to throw off the chains of capitalism and statism, all of labour must agree on which ideals we will follow, and as such the more unions adhere to Anarcho-Collectivism, the less chance that the united front against capitalism will splinter along ideological camps.
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