Rumors
You have heard rumors of further clashes between MacArthur and Curtis.They actually seem to be getting along. The Vice President has begun to occasionally back the arrogant but charismatic general in his public confrontations with other politicians.
The stock market is...not yet crashing. In fact, it is still slowly rising. But something tells you it is still incredibly fragile, and you anticipate yet another crisis of capital to cause another crash...
News
Henry Ford has begun construction on a large factory complex on the border of Michigan and Canada. Progress is slow as he refuses to use unionized labor. After efforts to recruit from the local area fall through thanks to the interference of the Red Guards and a series of strikes and work stoppages at some of his other plants, he has begun importing labor from Canada and using hired convicts.
A large army of former soldiers has encamped themselves in Baltimore. Calling themselves the Payment Army, they have sent a barrage of telegrams to the White House and the Capitol demanding they receive the payments they were promised for their service. Coverage of the movement varies from sympathetic, to claiming it's a syndicalist plot, to being sympathetic despite it being a syndicalist plot (Long has recognized their grievances and promised to advocate for them, but also accuses their leadership of working for Reed. Vice President Curtis has demanded they disperse before they get their payment, they have replied by demanding they get their payment before dispersing.
The latest wave of Canadian strikes has completely collapsed after appeals from the Liberals in Parliament convinced them to come to the bargaining table. A few minor victories were won by the strikers, including the establishment of a minimum wage and worker's compensation, but in exchange, it seems the unions have allowed the legalization of yellow-dog contracts.
New England governments have begun purging suspected Syndicalists and Longists from the National Guards of their states. A small number of those "retired" have congregated in Boston where they have been recruited as police.
A network of Longist militias has begun to rise up, concentrated in cities, especially New Orleans. Cities with the state-backed unions Long has championed tend to have larger ones. However, they are being somewhat suppressed by several state governments, including Virginia, North Carolina, and Florida.
International News
Unrest in Russia has increased dramatically as the Mensheviks begin leading the remaining unions in a series of strikes, often clashing with Black Hundreds. The exact scale and who is winning is unclear due to the official state media under Sakvinkov refusing to answer questions about the arrest. However, the chaos has been cited by several of the breakaway provinces as to why they are failing to rejoin the Russian Empire. Given that they have been failing for over a decade now, the legal fiction is obvious to all.
In the reactionary dictatorship of the French Republic, rumors spread of several isolated garrisons vanishing and infrastructure being badly damaged. Perhaps the time for the liberation of the oppressed peoples of Africa has come at last!
A/N: Since there is a tie for the vote from the last update, the vote is still open.
