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

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    • Scheduled vote count started by notbirdofprey on Dec 21, 2021 at 4:27 PM, finished with 28 posts and 14 votes.
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      [X] The Laurent
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      [X] Plan: Tomorrow, When The War Begins, We Stand United?
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      [x] plan: Democracy vs Dictatorship
      -[x] [De-Emphasize] Crackdown on dissent: Reactionary groups have begun mobilizing, along with a great many moderates and reformists. While the latter can be tolerated, those actively campaigning for Reed to surrender, demanding the factory seizures must be ended, and otherwise advocating for the destruction of worker power must be prevented from organizing. Their demonstrations will be attacked, their organizers arrested. They will be broken.
      -[x] [De-Emphasize] Take control of state governments: While many state governments are dominated by the workers, reactionary and capitalist elements remain in various centers of authority. These powers must be broken, the loyalty of the state governments secured, and the control of the socialist movement asserted. The State Legislative Committee is leading these efforts.
      -[x] [De-Emphasize] Request SyndIntern aid: The SyndIntern is of course interested in your potential interest. Mexican guns and advisors have helped lead to a series of successful actions on the southern border, while the Red Guards sent south are already being returned. But American ships are blocking off New York City and Philadelphia, Boston is isolated, and Seattle is distant from their ports. Still, there must be something they can do...
      -[x] Naval co-option: One area that must be a special priority is to expand the infiltration of the Navy. Ships are blockading nearly every port, and armed sailors and Marines are patrolling sections of Long Island, Seattle, much of the Texas coast...which means they are vulnerable to persuasion. They must be persuaded to join our cause, lest our cities be pounded to rubble beneath their guns.
      -[x] Reach out to ideological allies: Progressive elements of the capitalist powers, Longist supporters in the Red Belt, and minor left and right deviant socialist groups are scattered throughout the Red Belt. In addition, both Long, Olson, and Roosevelt have all sent messages indicating a willingness to cooperate on at least a temporary basis. These groups will need to be persuaded to support you, and the messages will need a response. Norman Thomas is already working on both tasks.
      -[x] Secure food stockpiles: The past years have seen bad harvest after bad harvest, and this year has seen an even worse one for obvious reasons. Food has been stored up as much as possible, but it won't be enough. The stockpiles in the Red Belt won't last. But there is food outside it, in places like St. Louis, Minneapolis, and Wichita. Taking it might not be easy or clean, but Ben Little will do what he can.
      -[x] Begin military production: An army needs everything from boots to bullets, and you are facing potential shortages of them all. Civilian industry must be converted over, artillery workshops established, production chains organized. Chief Commander Butler is working with the Economic Planning Commission and accomplishing miracles, but such a vital task needs every possible effort expended on it.
      -[x] Prepare for winter: This winter promises to be a bitter one, as it will be a winter of bloody conflict and refugee hordes. Food, shelter, fuel, and hope will all be in short supply. Those vital substances must be stockpiled and gathered, and measures taken to keep spirits high and bodies functioning. Ben Stevens and various local party cadres are working to minimize the hardships of the coming months, although their efforts may well be a snowball against an avalanche.
      -[x] Spend time with your family: Your wife is still in the hospital. She'll survive, although there will be a scar. Your daughter is spending every second she can with her. You know both are horribly wounded by the attempted murder, and you ache to comfort them and be comforted in turn...but you don't know if you can find the time...
      -[x] [REV] Formally join Long's unity government, a move which will dramatically change the balance of power in it and likely provoke others to follow, although it will also anger the most radical and revolutionary within your own faction.
      -[x] [GRIP] While expelling everyone you dislike would be satisfying, now is not the time for division. However, some elements must be purged...
      --[x] Remove the bigoted
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      [X] Plan John Brown's Body
      -[X] De-Emphasize: Call for peace
      -[X] De-Emphasize: Request Syndintern Aid
      -[X] De-Emphasize: Reach out to independent groups
      -[X] Naval co-option
      -[X] Secure food stockpiles
      -[X] Begin military production
      -[X] Formalize the militias
      -[X] Prepare your people in DC
      -[X] Secure transportation and communication
      -[X] [REV] Declare the revolution! The hour is now, the place is here, there can be no holding back, no pretense! Declare the immediate and complete destruction of the capitalist state and the establishment of a socialist republic. This will almost certainly provoke an upswelling of support among all your dedicated allies, but it will also alienate moderates, trigger a reactionary backlash, and turn potential comrades into probable enemies.
      -[x] [GRIP] While expelling everyone you dislike would be satisfying, now is not the time for division. However, some elements must be purged...
      --[x] Remove the bigoted
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      -[X] [De-Emphasize] Formalize the militias: While the Red Guards have largely submitted to Butler's discipline and training, there remain holdouts within the organization thanks to its decentralized nature. In addition, there are a number of other irregular forces that have chosen to side with you, such as the Green Guards, the Union Defense Forces, the Black Brigades, the Negro Liberation Army, and more. For the sake of coordination and efficiency, it would be best if they were at least unified into the overall command structure or formally integrated. Butler is trying to accomplish this difficult task, but he is facing pushback.
      -[x] [De-Emphasize] Request SyndIntern aid: The SyndIntern is of course interested in your potential interest. Mexican guns and advisors have helped lead to a series of successful actions on the southern border, while the Red Guards sent south are already being returned. But American ships are blocking off New York City and Philadelphia, Boston is isolated, and Seattle is distant from their ports. Still, there must be something they can do...
      -[x] [De-Emphasize] Take control of state governments: While many state governments are dominated by the workers, reactionary and capitalist elements remain in various centers of authority. These powers must be broken, the loyalty of the state governments secured, and the control of the socialist movement asserted. The State Legislative Committee is leading these efforts.
      -[X] Establish equipment stockpiles: The Red Guards are generally equipped with some form of firearm at a minimum. Some groups have access to mortars, grenades, and machine guns, while other forces make do with clubs and knives. But there is a distinct lack of spares and stockpiles. Butler is leading an organizational effort to create stores of extra weapons and parts already, but his attention is heavily divided and he could use help.
      -[X] Secure transportation and communication: Industrial coordination, troop transportation, information gathering, and more are all dependent on the network of telegraph wires, radio towers, railroad tracks...a network that is incredibly delicate. Lack of maintenance, material shortages, absent personnel, and deliberate sabotage all weaken these ties which bind our forces and economy together, and maintaining their strength is of the utmost importance. The attentions of the Office for Communications and the Economic Planning Commission are both on this vital task.
      -[x] Prepare for winter: This winter promises to be a bitter one, as it will be a winter of bloody conflict and refugee hordes. Food, shelter, fuel, and hope will all be in short supply. Those vital substances must be stockpiled and gathered, and measures taken to keep spirits high and bodies functioning. Ben Stevens and various local party cadres are working to minimize the hardships of the coming months, although their efforts may well be a snowball against an avalanche.
      -[x] Secure food stockpiles: The past years have seen bad harvest after bad harvest, and this year has seen an even worse one for obvious reasons. Food has been stored up as much as possible, but it won't be enough. The stockpiles in the Red Belt won't last. But there is food outside it, in places like St. Louis, Minneapolis, and Wichita. Taking it might not be easy or clean, but Ben Little will do what he can.
      -[x] Naval co-option: One area that must be a special priority is to expand the infiltration of the Navy. Ships are blockading nearly every port, and armed sailors and Marines are patrolling sections of Long Island, Seattle, much of the Texas coast...which means they are vulnerable to persuasion. They must be persuaded to join our cause, lest our cities be pounded to rubble beneath their guns.
      -[X] Reach out to independent groups: While most of the state power has been concentrated into the hands of the working class as a whole, elements of it have managed to remain separate. These include some criminal organizations, ethnic and cultural associations, and various American Indian reservations. The State Legislative Committee is reaching out to these groups in hopes of garnering their support, or at least their neutrality.
      -[X] [REV] Do not yet declare a revolution but take a step towards it. Under the extraordinary circumstances in which the national government has been illegitimately overthrown by the military, a rival central government must be formed...in this case, the CAS. This will be somewhat provocative, especially since the CAS essentially disenfranchises groups like housewives, individual farmers, and the unemployed.
      -[X] In addition, institute reforms to offer limited representation to groups not currently involved such as yeoman farmers, housewives, and doctors.
      -[x] [GRIP] While expelling everyone you dislike would be satisfying, now is not the time for division. However, some elements must be purged...
      --[X] Remove the corrupt
      --[x] Remove the bigoted
      --[X] Remove the reformists
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      [X] Plan: When our turn comes, we shall not make excuses for the terror.
      -[X] [De-Emphasize] Coordinate industry: Coordinating between the various enterprises has long been a struggle for the worker's cause, and many solutions for handling exchange and integration have been used and tested. While the current methods have some inefficiencies, they are the best we can do. And so everything that can be done to maintain and expand this coordination must be done! The attentions of the Office for Communications and the Economic Planning Commission are both on this vital task.
      -[x] [De-Emphasize] Request SyndIntern aid: The SyndIntern is of course interested in your potential interest. Mexican guns and advisors have helped lead to a series of successful actions on the southern border, while the Red Guards sent south are already being returned. But American ships are blocking off New York City and Philadelphia, Boston is isolated, and Seattle is distant from their ports. Still, there must be something they can do...
      -[x] Spend time with your family: Your wife is still in the hospital. She'll survive, although there will be a scar. Your daughter is spending every second she can with her. You know both are horribly wounded by the attempted murder, and you ache to comfort them and be comforted in turn...but you don't know if you can find the time...
      -[X] [De-Emphasize] Call for peace: We do not desire war. We do not want to kill so many sons and daughters of the working class, whether through bullets or blockades. We merely wish to see the will of the people expressed in a democratic fashion. The moral high ground is an advantage we must do our best to keep by emphasizing our desire for peace even as we prepare for war, a task the Propaganda Committee is working hard to accomplish.
      -[X] Garner union support: The revolutionary unions are the ideological and organizational base of the CAS. While supportive of the policies of the socialist party, many in the unions find themselves reluctant to fully seize power, leading to more than a few comparisons to the doomed Soviet Executive. Such hesitation damned one revolution, it cannot damn another. Local party cadres are doing all they can, rallying support among workers and union officials both, but though their efforts are mighty the scale of the task is daunting.
      -[x] Begin military production: An army needs everything from boots to bullets, and you are facing potential shortages of them all. Civilian industry must be converted over, artillery workshops established, production chains organized. Chief Commander Butler is working with the Economic Planning Commission and accomplishing miracles, but such a vital task needs every possible effort expended on it.
      -[X] Secure transportation and communication: Industrial coordination, troop transportation, information gathering, and more are all dependent on the network of telegraph wires, radio towers, railroad tracks...a network that is incredibly delicate. Lack of maintenance, material shortages, absent personnel, and deliberate sabotage all weaken these ties which bind our forces and economy together, and maintaining their strength is of the utmost importance. The attentions of the Office for Communications and the Economic Planning Commission are both on this vital task.
      -[x] Secure food stockpiles: The past years have seen bad harvest after bad harvest, and this year has seen an even worse one for obvious reasons. Food has been stored up as much as possible, but it won't be enough. The stockpiles in the Red Belt won't last. But there is food outside it, in places like St. Louis, Minneapolis, and Wichita. Taking it might not be easy or clean, but Ben Little will do what he can.
      -[x] [De-Emphasize] Crackdown on dissent: Reactionary groups have begun mobilizing, along with a great many moderates and reformists. While the latter can be tolerated, those actively campaigning for Reed to surrender, demanding the factory seizures must be ended, and otherwise advocating for the destruction of worker power must be prevented from organizing. Their demonstrations will be attacked, their organizers arrested. They will be broken.
      -[X] Maintain order: The situation is...chaotic. In the sudden vacuum, groups have begun using factory seizures as excuses for looting, cruel attacks on capitalists have begun, bandits and militias have made nuisances of themselves, and there have been cases of pogroms and other violence. Red Guards and other forces must be used to keep order and prevent such senseless violence.
      -[x] Naval co-option: One area that must be a special priority is to expand the infiltration of the Navy. Ships are blockading nearly every port, and armed sailors and Marines are patrolling sections of Long Island, Seattle, much of the Texas coast...which means they are vulnerable to persuasion. They must be persuaded to join our cause, lest our cities be pounded to rubble beneath their guns.
      -[X] [REV] Do not yet declare a revolution but take a step towards it. Under the extraordinary circumstances in which the national government has been illegitimately overthrown by the military, a rival central government must be formed...in this case, the CAS. This will be somewhat provocative, especially since the CAS essentially disenfranchises groups like housewives, individual farmers, and the unemployed.
      --[X] In addition, institute reforms to offer limited representation to groups not currently involved such as yeoman farmers, housewives, and doctors.
      --[X] Create representational bodies within CAS for refugees and those without employment, since in this time of turmoil and violence many, even those able-bodied and willing to work, will struggle to find employment and those who cannot work or who are sick must not be left behind.
      -[x] [GRIP] While expelling everyone you dislike would be satisfying, now is not the time for division. However, some elements must be purged...
      --[X] Remove the corrupt
      --[x] Remove the bigoted
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    Family Matters Pt. 5
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    • A young, blonde man leaps up onto the stage, his gaze sweeping across the crowd. The hubbub dies down, even you and Sylvia find the sheer force of personality in his eyes enough to silence your giggles and gossip. After a tense moment, he relaxes. "Welcome, welcome, my friends, my comrades, my fellow revolutionaries! Did you enjoy my books?"

    The crowd roared their approval, as you glared at the insolent rabble-rouser. Sylvia looked at him with open admiration.

    "What did you enjoy? The witty dialogue? The capitalist pigs getting hoisted by their own petards? The brave, clever heroines who fought and bled for every victory? I enjoyed writing all three, I confess, but I think one part was more important than the other..."

    He goes on to speak about the role women will have in the revolution, sounding more like some hybrid of a preacher and a professor than anything else. If both of them were insane, anyway.

    Even so, there was a compelling note to his argument. "I have met women who were less capable than men at some specific task, but never a woman who was wholly less capable, except for those who made themselves that way," he said, and you couldn't help but nod, thinking of the way some girls you knew could act so dumb and silly in front of boys because they didn't want to seem arrogant.

    "No one thinks its foolishness for women to vote, and the vote is the most important and sacred right in a revolutionary society. If women are trusted with that responsibility, why shouldn't they be trusted with others? Why shouldn't they fight alongside us? Why shouldn't they work and labor, and be given the same respect as any working and laboring man?"

    You can see his point, although you think his emphasis on working and laboring is silly. Does he think the Reds will round up and kill anyone they deem doesn't work? Do they plan to have no art, no dancing, no society?

    You think it a rather witty riposte, and lean in to whisper it to Sylvia. She snickers with amusement.

    Then you hear someone yell in panic. The crowd shudders, heaving like an ocean in a storm, as people pulled away from something while others tried to push closer to it. You tried to see what was going on, but you were surrounded. Sylvia clutched tightly onto your wrist as she stood up on her tiptoes, but she was still too short to overcome the wall of radicals that surrounded you.

    And the yelling was joined by a wave of agonized screams and the crackling of fire. "Petrol bomb! Get blankets!" a voice called out, and then there was a thundercrack loud enough to make your ears ache.

    You didn't know what was going on. You didn't know what was going on. You didn't know what was going on. You smelled roasting pork for some reason and began to laugh, trying to push down the mad giggles but only suppressing them in spurts.

    There were more thundercracks. There were more screams. Sylvia was crying. You might have been as well. Someone stepped on your foot. Someone elbowed you in the chest.

    Suddenly, the crowd parted, and you saw the face of evil.

    They were many. They wore black, from their head to their toes. On their chests were crudely stitched symbols in white: crosses, wolves, lightning bolts, leering demon faces. In their hands were guns and burning glass bottles.

    They had no faces.

    You are definitely crying now, as you feel tears track down your face. You are going to die.

    And then one of their heads explodes. You hear more thunder and realize it's gunfire. Syliva shouts something that you don't hear, and you start to think.

    You grab Sylvia back and look around. There are men in red armbands firing back, and people lying still. You smell more pork.

    But you see a gap, a place where no one is standing. You run for it. Away from the crowd, there's more space. You breathe, but you and Sylvia don't stop running.

    You get back to your safe, familiar neighborhood without any maniacs at all.

    You finally stop running, and let go of Sylvia. The two of you stare at each other. Your stomach churns. Sylvia runs her gaze down her stained dress and streaked skin. "We both look like frightful messes," she murmured.

    You let out a noise somewhere between a laugh, a sob, and a grunt of agreement.

    Then the two of you slowly make your way back to Sylvia's house, sneaking in the back and down to her bathroom. You remove your filthy clothes and scrub your faces and fix your hair and rinse away the stink of sweat and terror and death. Your heart slows, your breath returns to normal.

    On the surface, this sort of thing is nothing unusual for you: the two of you always used her house to hide the physical evidence of any mischief you got up to. But the ground seems unsteady beneath your feet, and the things you saw will haunt your dreams.

    Silently, you make your way down to the kitchen. Sylvia seems to come to a decision and opens a cabinet, reaching into the back and pulling out a half-empty bottle of whiskey. "It was my brother's, but I caught him hiding it here and agreed not to tell Mother," she says, pouring out a few splashes of the golden liquid into a pair of glasses.

    You hold one, feeling it cool your hand, and stare down at the whiskey. "After the day we had, I'd say we deserve a stiff drink," Sylvia proposes, and you don't disagree.

    You take the glass and drink it as fast as you can, like you've seen your father do. It burns going down, and you cough and splutter and send the glass's contents every which way. Sylvia does much the same. The two of you clean up the mess, say goodbyes, and promise to speak tomorrow.

    You make your way back home, trying to think of anything but the events of the last few hours.

    As you enter, your mother approaches, stern and regal and elegant. "Young lady, where have you been?" she demands.

    [] You tell her you were with Sylvia.
    [] You tell her the truth.
    [] You break down crying.
     
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    • [X] You break down crying.
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    You make your way back home, trying to think of anything but the events of the last few hours.

    As you enter, your mother approaches, stern and regal and elegant. "Young lady, where have you been?" she demands.
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    Sylvia just went through a traumatic experience, and her composure is entirely based on a "just don't think about it" coping method. Her mother's confrontational tone combined with a question that calls to mind the traumatic experience would be more than enough to shatter that composure imho.
     
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    November Crisis Week 2 Uprisings
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    • The pool room was dead silent. The boys and men who had hung around their, plotting and drinking and laboring had all left. Samuel was the only one who remained, sitting in a corner and cursing the ill fortune that left him with a leg shattered by a Pinkerton's bullet. He nursed a bitter beer, one that had been cut by water, and wondered what would happen next. He had heard MacArthur's ultimatum and Reed's scornful retort, but other than that no one was talking.

    As he sat, the barmaid came over, holding another beer. She sat down next to him, gulping hers down. "It's all gone to shit, you know. My pa only let you boys come here because he was buddies with one of you, then the bastards tried to burn this place down because they thought he was a Red, and now he's off to war."

    She sighed, slumping in the seat. "What happened to this country? The way the old people talked, it wasn't like this twenty years ago."

    Samuel was old enough to remember that twenty years ago. He didn't think much of what the country had been back then, but he got the sense that wasn't the answer she was looking for.

    "Things gotta get worse before they get better, I guess. We'll come out the other side though, and everything will be better for it," he tried to reassure her (and himself, although he would never admit it).

    For a moment the barmaid looked so incredibly tired, turning from a youth to a broken crone, then it was gone, smoothed away as she gave him a stiff smile. "I'm sure that will mean a lot to all the orphans in the meantime," she said with perfect calm.

    Then she got up and strode out of the room. Samuel pretended he didn't notice that she started to cry.


    Steve and Bucky were standing at New York Harbor, staring out at the steel behemoths and the patrolling ranks of soldiers that "kept order" in the docks. The two of them looked at each other, hesitating. For all that they were friends, they couldn't look more different.

    Bucky was big for his age, tall and brawny, with long, messy brown hair and a red armband on his sleeve. Steven was a full head shorter, reed thin, with close-cropped sandy hair. But both were Red Guards, of a sort, and both had been given orders.

    "Ready?" Bucky asked, and Steve nodded and began to run.

    Bucky chased after, shouting insults and threats, and Steve ran right to the soldiers. Just as planned. The soldiers ran off Bucky with fixed bayonets and angry looks, but Steve wasn't a threat. He couldn't be older than fourteen. So the soldiers took him in and sat him down and gave him a meal. He devoured it, silencing the rumbles in his belly. Food had been getting a little hard to come by, and he wouldn't eat meals that could go to nursing mothers and fighting soldiers. He ate, then he looked up, eyes wide like a child's.

    "Why are you fighting?" he asked a soldier near him.

    The soldier started to talk. He had a lot to say, and most of it was silly, Steve had read enough theory to recognize that.

    He spoke about how things had been fine until rabble-rousing foreigners had stirred things up, he blamed the London Crash, he blamed everything but the people he served. It was all Steve could do to keep from rolling his eyes, but finally he got to ask the question he had come to ask.

    "So what are you going to do now?"

    And for the first time, the soldier looked serious. "Nothing, hopefully. That bas...dastard chasing you was an American, even if he wasn't a very good one. I don't want to shoot him. So hopefully, the army is just going to stay here and keep things calm, and the politicians will come to some sort of solution. I doubt anyone wants a war. Imagine something like the Weltkrieg, all across America."

    He shook his head. "No one wants that," the soldier said, and for just a moment he seemed like he was about to cry.


    "The November Crisis was unquestionably a massive shift in the American Twilight, as the decayed, strained political system, collapsed economy, and radical population led to a catastrophic loss of trust in the electoral system. The ideals of democracy had been left behind, and in its place would be the rule of the strongman and the mob. Even so, no one wanted a war. Blood had been shed, the rule of law had been broken, but there was still some pretense that this was just civil disorder, and so true civil war would still be avoided for a time. Despite the fervent desire for peace among the upper ranks of the army and their political superiors, they knew that pretense could not last, and so decided to end it on their terms. General MacArthur delivered an ultimatum: On December 1st, he would engage in military operations against any rebel groups who had not surrendered.

    The Army was a powerful, trustworthy force. It's main limitations were shortages of supplies and reliable replacements. MacArthur hoped to use the time to resolve both issues to whatever degree he could, while also encouraging some elements of the various rebels to surrender through showing mercy.

    However, for that strategy, his army was forced to maintain a largely passive posture, focused on rooting out dangerous elements in designated "heartland regions," while various aligned forces and warlords were left to secure what territory they could. This strategy also soothed their consciences, allowing them to leave the more unpleasant parts of the quasi-war to those they disliked.

    MacArthur and other generals like Marshall disdained their erstwhile allies, calling them "maniacs," "rabble," and "bandits," but they would be a match for the various improvised gangs and militias of the anti-government forces."
    - The Twilight of America, Cairo Press

    "CC Butler has noted his opinion that large elements of the Red Guards will not be ready for offensive operations for some time. The best troops have been deployed in select positions, while operations have begun to secure links to the Seattle Commune and the Provisional Plains Government. However, anything more will seriously jeopardize the integrity of defenses, and likely provoke an immediate attack by the MacArthur Clique.

    While this attitude is unpopular among segments of the CAS, populace, and military, RevDef Commissioner Schenck has proposed a viable alternative to help liberate suffering workers. Agents and supplies can be sent to various locations with revolutionary potential to help support uprisings. Based on the amounts of stored equipment and ready volunteers, Comrade Schecnk recommends no more than two targets be identified.

    He also advises that potential political ramifications of various operations must be considered, both for their success and their aftermath, internally and externally. He also notes that certain events have led him to begin considering the possibility of a leak..."

    (Vote in plan format, either for two of the targets or for one target twice)

    [] [UPRISE] "The Black Belt is a region with great revolutionary potential. The oppressed Negro underclass is laboring under even greater repression than normal due to their known socialist tendencies, but professional forces to hold them down are stretched thin and insurgencies are likely already beginning against the capitalist occupiers. While an uprising here will certainly do great damage to the enemy, it will also put large swathes of the populace at risk and the territory is of questionable strategic value. However, large sections of the populace and the CAS are advocating for something to be done to relieve the plight of the Negro."
    [] [UPRISE] "Minnesota and the Dakotas are nominally under the control of Olson's Council for Defending Democracy. While he has made a vast number of concessions through the Emergency Decrees, including allowing troops and supplies to transit through in sealed trains, he has stopped just shy of joining the revolution. There is strong socialist sentiment in the area, and many Red Guards units are already mobilized. It will be a simple matter to provoke an uprising, although some fear that doing so will damage our credibility with the less-politicized, class-conscious workers, and Olson's professional troops will almost certainly depart for Canada."
    [] [UPRISE] "Upstate New York has leaned more Longist or Progressive than socialist, but under the circumstances they will likely side with us, especially as Canada and Germany have both begun making threatening noises regarding American sovereignty. Quentin Roosevelt still commands loyalty from the populace, and his alliance with Olson is well known, but he has expressed less interest in concessions and may try to resist us. However, a successful revolution in the state will help us support the Boston Commune. And many demand just that support be given, however it can."
    [] [UPRISE] "New England as a region is lacking in socialist potential, with its populace preferring a more stolid, 'Yankee progressive' attitude that openly tolerates so-called 'controlled capitalism.' There have been rumors of sympathetic strike actions in other parts of Massachusetts and Connecticut, however, suggesting there may be raw material that will help us support the Boston Commune. However, there have also been rumors of BOI operations to suppress these strikes. Nevertheless, supporting the Boston Commune is seen as a necessity by some."
    [] [UPRISE] "Oregon has seen one of the few BOI successes of the November Crisis, with the major socialist groups raided and enough leadership arrested to temporarily behead the rest. Combined with Japanese food aid and some sort of propaganda campaign, our support in the region has plummeted. The planned actions in Oregon will focus on reinvigorating that support through targeted actions of sabotage and insurgency, with the aim of damaging the local capitalists and provoking retaliation that will drive the populace into our arms. Schecnk judges this plan to have the most important long-term consequences by denying Caliornian and Japanese forces ports for supply and bases to attack the Second Seattle Commune.."
    [] [UPRISE] "Further uprisings in California will devastate the capitalist regime in the state, although there is a high probability of brutal retaliation in the event and it will require Mexican support. Several cities are almost certainly on the verge of revolution, however, and will likely need only a little push. And without the industry of California, the capitalists will not be able to win. Schenck also highly recommends this course of action, arguing that the cost would be worth it if California was simply left a wasteland."
    [] [UPRISE] "Texas contains vital oil sources, naval bases, and a major land border with our friends in Mexico. Securing the massive state will badly damage the federal ability to wage war upon workers and give us new opportunities to support uprisings and liberation operations. This will also require Mexican cooperation."
     
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    • [] [UPRISE] "The Black Belt is a region with great revolutionary potential. The oppressed Negro underclass is laboring under even greater repression than normal due to their known socialist tendencies, but professional forces to hold them down are stretched thin and insurgencies are likely already beginning against the capitalist occupiers. While an uprising here will certainly do great damage to the enemy, it will also put large swathes of the populace at risk and the territory is of questionable strategic value. However, large sections of the populace and the CAS are advocating for something to be done to relieve the plight of the Negro."
    [] [UPRISE] "Oregon has seen one of the few BOI successes of the November Crisis, with the major socialist groups raided and enough leadership arrested to temporarily behead the rest. Combined with Japanese food aid and some sort of propaganda campaign, our support in the region has plummeted. The planned actions in Oregon will focus on reinvigorating that support through targeted actions of sabotage and insurgency, with the aim of damaging the local capitalists and provoking retaliation that will drive the populace into our arms. Schecnk judges this plan to have the most important long-term consequences by denying Caliornian and Japanese forces ports for supply and bases to attack the Second Seattle Commune.."
    [] [UPRISE] "Further uprisings in California will devastate the capitalist regime in the state, although there is a high probability of brutal retaliation in the event and it will require Mexican support. Several cities are almost certainly on the verge of revolution, however, and will likely need only a little push. And without the industry of California, the capitalists will not be able to win. Schenck also highly recommends this course of action, arguing that the cost would be worth it if California was simply left a wasteland."
    [] [UPRISE] "Texas contains vital oil sources, naval bases, and a major land border with our friends in Mexico. Securing the massive state will badly damage the federal ability to wage war upon workers and give us new opportunities to support uprisings and liberation operations. This will also require Mexican cooperation."

    At most two of these... not sure which ones.
     
    Note! An uprising in Olson's territory or Upstate New York would be a mistake considering that we're negotiating with both sets of people. Please look at the previous winning vote to make sure we're not fucking over our prior focuses.
     
    [] Connecting our Territories
    -[] [UPRISE] "Oregon has seen one of the few BOI successes of the November Crisis, with the major socialist groups raided and enough leadership arrested to temporarily behead the rest. Combined with Japanese food aid and some sort of propaganda campaign, our support in the region has plummeted. The planned actions in Oregon will focus on reinvigorating that support through targeted actions of sabotage and insurgency, with the aim of damaging the local capitalists and provoking retaliation that will drive the populace into our arms. Schecnk judges this plan to have the most important long-term consequences by denying Caliornian and Japanese forces ports for supply and bases to attack the Second Seattle Commune.."
    -[] [UPRISE] "Further uprisings in California will devastate the capitalist regime in the state, although there is a high probability of brutal retaliation in the event and it will require Mexican support. Several cities are almost certainly on the verge of revolution, however, and will likely need only a little push. And without the industry of California, the capitalists will not be able to win. Schenck also highly recommends this course of action, arguing that the cost would be worth it if California was simply left a wasteland."

    this one seems the most obvious tbh >.<
     
    Astra Myst said:
    [] Connecting our Territories
    -[] [UPRISE] "Oregon has seen one of the few BOI successes of the November Crisis, with the major socialist groups raided and enough leadership arrested to temporarily behead the rest. Combined with Japanese food aid and some sort of propaganda campaign, our support in the region has plummeted. The planned actions in Oregon will focus on reinvigorating that support through targeted actions of sabotage and insurgency, with the aim of damaging the local capitalists and provoking retaliation that will drive the populace into our arms. Schecnk judges this plan to have the most important long-term consequences by denying Caliornian and Japanese forces ports for supply and bases to attack the Second Seattle Commune.."
    -[] [UPRISE] "Further uprisings in California will devastate the capitalist regime in the state, although there is a high probability of brutal retaliation in the event and it will require Mexican support. Several cities are almost certainly on the verge of revolution, however, and will likely need only a little push. And without the industry of California, the capitalists will not be able to win. Schenck also highly recommends this course of action, arguing that the cost would be worth it if California was simply left a wasteland."

    this one seems the most obvious tbh >.<
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    I worry about the Black Belt, though... how much devastation will another week of the racists running wild do? Are we hoping that they have enough forces for now to hold off the worst atrocities?
     
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