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To Struggle and Strive: The Combined Syndicates of America in 1932. A Kaiserreich Quest

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[] Plan: Left Side Now, Right Side Now
-[] Encourage the Strikes, 1 Influence
-[] Appoint a Red Grange Liason, 1 Influence
-[] Special Foods, 1 Temporary Union Influence
-[] Codes of Conduct, 2 Influence.
-[] Against Pink Unionism, 2 Gravitas.
-[] Create Oversight Committee, 1 Influence
-[] Internal Party Discipline, 1 Influence
-[] Tweak Subordinate--Norman Thomas, don't try to figure out what's going on in the White House.

[] Plan: Centrist Version of Left, Right
-[] Steer the Steady Course, 2 Influence
-[] Appoint a Red Grange Liason, 1 Influence
-[] Special Foods, 1 Temporary Union Influence
-[] Codes of Conduct, 2 Influence.
-[] Against Pink Unionism, 2 Gravitas.
-[] Internal Party Discipline, 1 Influence
-[] Tweak Subordinate--Norman Thomas, don't try to figure out what's going on in the White House.

A different, more Left-wing angle.
 
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My big concern with Left Side Now, Right Side Now is whether we can withstand the likely government response. We didn't exactly roll that high on Preparing for Future Strikes last turn.

Plus we've seen that the strike actions in places where we have a presence, but not a strong one tends to result in some rather painful backlash (like say, coal miners being buried alive in Montana, that scene in Iowa last turn), even when we roll well. So I imagine the strikes will burn great where we're strong, but what about the places where we have a presence, but not a dominating one compared to our opponents? Will that just result in our footholds there being crushed underfoot?

Strike Acceleration: There is a great deal of fire, stretching from coast to coast as strike after strike begins. Cities are being shut down by the dozen, scabs are joining picket lines, anti-union groups are being crushed one by one. It's time to pour some oil on those flames, and encourage more strikes through rhetoric and through the offering of support. All who stand in the path of the working class shall be ground to dust. And the faster that happens, the better. Cost: 5 Resources. Time: 1 month. DC: 0/25/50. Result: Encourage the spread and growth of strikes.
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Though, if we do decide to go for let the strikes grow, should we take this instead of Special Foods with our Temporary Union die? Question is whether we have the bank to afford the cost, but I think we do.

But yeah, my big concern is a lot of skepticism on if we actually are ready to make the Strikes escalate. A lot of places on the map that we want to hold, we've seen our strikes result in bloody defeats rather than victories even with good rolls, and I'm worried we'll just see things repeating themselves.
 
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Winding down the strikes makes the Fosterites look incredibly right about us to the rest of the party. The Centrist option could work well if we roll really high... but if we flub it then we basically get hated by both sides of the party.
 
Since the first elements the average person sees is the Red Guard and local officials we need to bring them to order. Local corruption also needs to be tamped down.
 
notbirdofprey said:
Anti-Corruption Investigation: Time and time again, members of the SPA have betrayed the trust of the workers for their own financial gain. Such practices will no longer be tolerated. Books will be sorted through, testimony will be taken. Those who have embezzled or stolen, committed nepotism or accepted bribes will be found and punished. Cost: Likely to have political ramifications. Time: 3 months. DC: 15/45/75. Result: Corrupt individuals identified and punished.
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Hmm, @The Laurent if we're looking for more anti-corruption stuff, we could replace Oversight Committee with this, since we're already doing code of Conduct.

And we probably need more anti-corruption work than just the immediate punishment the ones we know are guilty anyway.
 
Chimeraguard said:
Hmm, @The Laurent if we're looking for more anti-corruption stuff, we could replace Oversight Committee with this, since we're already doing code of Conduct.

And we probably need more anti-corruption work than just the immediate punishment the ones we know are guilty anyway.
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Internal Party Discipline is a good start, and we need the two dice if we're going to go with the Centrist option. Or did you mean, for the Left version of it?
 
[] Plan: Chimeraguard Version of Centrist Version of Left, Right
-[] Steer the Steady Course, 1 Influence, 1 Gravitas
-[] Appoint a Red Grange Liason, 1 Influence
-[] Special Foods, 1 Temporary Union Influence
-[] Codes of Conduct, 2 Influence.
-[] Anti-Corruption Investigation, 1 Influence
-[] ???, 1 Gravitas
-[] Internal Party Discipline, 1 Influence
-[] Tweak Subordinate--Norman Thomas, don't try to figure out what's going on in the White House.
-[] Personal Action: Spend Time With Your Family

Alright, here's what I have right now. It takes off Condemning Pink Unionism because right now, we need to get a handle on ourselves internally before we even think about doing anything else. I've taken out its two dice to put one on Anti-Corruption Investigation, but I'm not sure what the other should go towards. Any suggestions? I could see Condemn Atrocities for hitting the Fosterites, Ensure Restraint for reducing the level of bloodshed (but that increases Fosterite Strength), or maybe Anti-Adventurism to reign in the Red Guards.

[] Plan: Here and Now Focus
-[] Encourage the Strikes, 1 Influence
-[] Appoint a Red Grange Liason, 1 Influence
-[] Codes of Conduct, 2 Influence.
-[] Ensure Restraint, 1 Gravitas, 1 Temporary Union Influence
-[] Condemn Atrocities, 1 Gravitas, 1 Influence
-[] Internal Party Discipline, 1 Influence
-[] Tweak Subordinate--Norman Thomas, don't try to figure out what's going on in the White House.
-[] Personal Action: Spend Time With Your Family

And here's another plan that takes away Pink Unions and Oversight Committee on Left Side Now, Right Side Now in favor of immediate concerns. That is, both Ensuring Restraint so our various Strikes and Seizures don't badly hit our popular support, and condemning atrocities to weaken the Fosterites (and make up for Ensuring Restraint strengthening them.)

Oh uh... looks like I've got one spare die right now. Could toss it at Condemn Atrocities as well, but I'm not sure...
 
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[X] Plan: The Laurent version of Chimeraguard Version of Centrist Version of Left, Right
-[X] Steer the Steady Course, 2 Influence, 1 Gravitas
-[X] Appoint a Red Grange Liason, 1 Influence
-[X] Special Foods, 1 Temporary Union Influence
-[X] Codes of Conduct, 2 Influence.
-[X] Anti-Corruption Investigation, 1 Influence
-[X] Internal Party Discipline, 1 Influence
-[X] Tweak Subordinate--Norman Thomas, don't try to figure out what's going on in the White House.
-[X] Personal Action: Spend Time With Your Family

Do we want to meet with the Red Army Fiction?
 
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The Laurent said:
-[X] Special Foods, 1 Temporary Union Influence
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Also, do we want to swap this out for anything else? Like say, Prepare Small-Town Unions, to build on what the Coordination Committee did last turn. Lower chance of success than Special Foods though.

[] Plan: Here and Now, Anti-Scab
-[] Encourage the Strikes, 1 Influence
-[] Appoint a Red Grange Liason, 1 Influence
-[] Codes of Conduct, 2 Influence.
-[] Scab Intimidation, 1 Influence, 1 Gravitas
-[] Ensure Restraint, 1 Temporary Union Influence
-[] Condemn Atrocities, 1 Gravitas
-[] Internal Party Discipline, 1 Influence
-[] Tweak Subordinate--Norman Thomas, don't try to figure out what's going on in the White House.
-[] Meet the Red Army Faction
-[] Personal Action: Spend Time With Your Family

Oh, and here's an alternate version of Here and Now that goes for Scab Intimidation, taking a die off Ensure Restraint and Condemn Atrocities to do so. And it also meets with the Red Army Faction since we'll have just done something they'd like.

I am kinda worried about the Red Army Faction though. Does anyone think it might be a trap of some sort? Oh, and going down to just 1 die on Condemn Atrocities and Ensure Restraint may in fact be a bad idea.
 
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The quicker we begin addressing the RAF situation, the better I think. I doubt we can solve the situation quickly, but we should at least try to get some insight on what their agenda is; if nothing else that gives us a chance to try to prevent that it ends up seriously clashing with ours. We really need to avoid that happening right now.
 
Utritum said:
The quicker we begin addressing the RAF situation, the better I think. I doubt we can solve the situation quickly, but we should at least try to get some insight on what their agenda is; if nothing else that gives us a chance to try to prevent that it ends up seriously clashing with ours. We really need to avoid that happening right now.
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My worry is, if this is a BOI trap, will we just show up and they'll go, "We caught you red handed!"
 
That is a pretty good point. Perhaps there is some option to investigate if they are in fact real and serious before we directly engage with them?

But on the other hand, with the Feds running around like headless chickens right now, I also find it a bit hard to believe that they would able to put a sting operation together on such short notice.
 
There is an intrigue option to investigate the RAF. Its DC's are high enough that it'd probably need to be a 2 dice operation though.
 
[X] Plan: The Laurent version of Chimeraguard Version of Centrist Version of Left, Right

The party situation is very contentious and needs to be handled with the utmost of care. Our first and most important priority is to make sure that it doesn't start to splinter, and that may mean we need to start engaging in some dreaded Enlightened Centrism - three Influence on our action will be enough buffer to ensure it doesn't crash and burn, in addition to completing a bunch of mandates to remind the various factions of the party that we're still in their corner even if it doesn't always feel like it. Our second priority is to capitalize on the Fed's disarray, and telling Norman to focus on castigating Curtis will do that quite well alongside the SPA Cadres starting some good ol' fashioned means-of-production seizing.
 
[] Plan: Hard Left
-[] Encourage the Strikes, 1 Influence
-[] Appoint a Red Grange Liason, 1 Influence
-[] Codes of Conduct, 2 Influence.
-[] Scab Intimidation, 1 Influence, 1 Gravitas
-[] Factory Seizure, 1 Temporary Union Influence
-[] Condemn Atrocities, 1 Gravitas
-[] Internal Party Discipline, 1 Influence
-[] Tweak Subordinate--Norman Thomas, don't try to figure out what's going on in the White House.
-[] Personal Action: Spend Time With Your Family

This was my attempt at a left-wing plan but...

[X] Plan: The Laurent version of Chimeraguard Version of Centrist Version of Left, Right

There's so much stuff I want us to do. I want us to reinforce California again and condemn the Pink Unions that are a big part of our opposition there, I want us to shore up Montana where we know the Feds will be focusing on and we've been losing ground in, I want to send Agitators into New York while the iron is hot and the Feds are reeling. I want to do Scab Intimidation while the memories of the New York Rising are still fresh and in everyone's minds.

But none of that is going to matter if we don't shore up the SPA now, before things risk outright collapsing into a split.
 
We really should investigate what is going on in the White House in some way or another, so that we do not have any unexpected occurences hamper our plans. With such instability going on, I suspect that Douglas MacArthur might try to coup the government so that he can take control and give himself the ability to go after the SPA and AFP in full force.
 
ThatGuyWithIdeas said:
We really should investigate what is going on in the White House in some way or another, so that we do not have any unexpected occurences hamper our plans. With such instability going on, I suspect that Douglas MacArthur might try to coup the government so that he can take control and give himself the ability to go after the SPA and AFP in full force.
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I'm not so concerned. A mobilization of that scale would be impossible to do in secret. And, like, if MacArthur wants to coup the Feds... well, to put it very politely, MacArthur is not a political animal. He will fuck a whole lot of things up.

And if MacArthur was gearing up for a coup and we definitely knew he was... what would we do about it, in the sense of a direct response? I think we're better served on our current course.
 
TheArcanist said:
I'm not so concerned. A mobilization of that scale would be impossible to do in secret. And, like, if MacArthur wants to coup the Feds... well, to put it very politely, MacArthur is not a political animal. He will fuck a whole lot of things up.

And if MacArthur was gearing up for a coup and we definitely knew he was... what would we do about it, in the sense of a direct response? I think we're better served on our current course.
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I mean, honestly? We'd make sure to get Norman Thomas out of Washington and guard Reed and Butler and everyone else, and then prepare to denounce him as a dictatorial tyrant.

...actually, that's a thing. If MacArthur becomes even more prominent, we'll need to make fun of him too.
 
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