Springtime of Nations II: A European Republic Quest

My first attempt of a plan for the ConSocs...by stealing& adjusting from the plans of my fellow socialist, the radical republicans, & the anarcho-confederalists. EdIt: the foreign trade & foreign branches of German coops planks + the People's Lanor Reserve & Karl Marx Canal Authority are picked for synergies, whole Basic Living Guaranteesn is in accordance with fellow socialists

[] Constitutional Socialists
-[] Build Better Together
--[] Introduce a national ration providing all persons within the Republic their guaranteed basic rights to food, clothing, and housing.
--[] Seek to secure favorable trade treaties with the newly independent powers of Eastern Europe (Albania, Greece, Romania, and Serbia), free countries of the Americas (Union of Central America, the Caribbean countries, & the South American countries), as well as old and new sovereign states of Asia (Persia, Japan, Qing China, & the Philippines). This could help the economy and getting a foot in the door there could be good long term.
--[] create a framework for German cooperatives to operate foreign branches in nations we have friendly trade relations with, enfranchising foreign hires as part of our worker owned structure
--[] Direct the People's Labor Reserve to projects across the country with two main priorities 1)continuing the repair of our damaged infrastructure & industry as well as 2)expansion of transport infrastructure to facilitate domestic & international commerce
--[] Establish the Karl Marx Canal Authority with the mandate and powers to review the Canal's plans and propose modernized design elements, and introduce modern labor-saving devices and labor processes to hasten construction and free up workers for reconstruction projects.

"Transport infrastructure" obviously includes the canal

Edit: changed some wording
Edit2: Added countries in the Americas & Asia for the trade plank.
Edit3: Changed "former Spanish Americas" - referring to recently independent ones - into Caribbean countries

[] Progressive Independents
-[] Social Gospel
--[] Focus excess state funds on family subsidies and single family detached homes.
--[] Open up the Republic to lay social ministries from Catholic and Protestant churches and attempt a diplomatic thaw with the Vatican.
--[] Open up Germany to American missionaries and send a goodwill tour of German athletes and performers through the US.
--[] Legalize Christian and Jewish parochial schools that accept basic republican civic curriculum.
--[] Head off a laicist ministry of culture by creating independent government funded agencies for art and sport, which have supporting regional and traditional folkways in their charters

Namaroff said:

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Yeah about that

[] Vanguard Communists
-[] Ante-Bordigism with Boats
--[] Introduce a national ration providing all persons within the Republic their guaranteed basic rights to food, clothing, and housing.
--[] Establish the Karl Marx Canal Authority with the mandate and powers to review the Canal's plans and propose modernized design elements, and introduce modern labor-saving devices and labor processes to hasten construction and free up workers for reconstruction projects.
--[] Establish municipal and district planning committees consisting of local and national political, and local worker, delegates to develop local economic plans in conformity with the national plan - such as it is - and to coordinate the efforts of local cooperative and state enterprises towards the accomplishment of the local and national plans.
--[] Through organising and arming a network of lookouts and fishermen along the northern coast, a militia can be raised to provide aid to stranded or distressed ships in our waters. They can also serve as a warning and a first line of defence against opportunistic privateers and raiders.
--[] Establish a Continuing Committee of the International Socialist and Workers' Congress as a means of governing the activities of the Congress's members during the intervals between official Congress meetings. All activities, understandings and resolutions established and adopted by the Congress should be implemented in full by the Party as a whole

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"Man" huh? Obviously the most radically vanguard-y thing is to abolish gender distinctions so that the only gender is "Comrade". This comrade fights for your right to bread!

Furthermore, every comrade must have access to sanitary pad rations for the health and stability of the revolution!

[X] Social Radicals
-[X] Arsenal of the Revolution
--[X] Ban the use of gold coinage for domestic transactions effectively switching to paper money for all transactions that don't involve foreign nationals or entities. Introduce upper limits for how much gold citizens and co-ops can hold and mandate that all gold above the limit is sold to the National Bank at market price.
--[X] Overhaul the strategy, tactics, training and equipment of all military branches implementing the lessons we learned in the Second Civil War. Use the unparalleled expertise of our veterans to prepare the Second Republic for the next war.
--[X] Initiate a broad program of urban renewal for the devastated regions of the Second Republic. Modernize and repair destroyed or damaged industry, underlining the Republican character of our rebuilding efforts with impressive monuments for the heroes of the civil war. Allocate additional funds to areas that remained loyal.
--[X] Begin an mechanized construction effort to finish the Marx Canal quickly and use this as a flagship project to initiate a broader, nationwide infrastructure program. Focus on building or repairing roads and railways destroyed in the war, concentrating on areas of strategic importance.
--[X] Lay the groundwork for long-term naval expansion by creating the necessary industry and infrastructure to expand both the navy and the merchant navy. The goals of this expansion are hegemony in the Baltic Sea and a stronger merchant marine to bolster our foreign trade.

[X] Radical Republicans
-[X] Plan Ready for War by 1890
--[X] Repair, reintegrate, and expand internal infrastructure, especially rail lines. This is vital both to internal commerce and rapid mobilization.
--[X] Expand our port facilities, both for receiving trade and for constructing warships. We will need a strong navy to protect our trade and challenge reactionaries in the Baltic.
--[X] Resume work on the Karl Marx Canal, prioritizing advanced methods of construction rather than the old labor intensive plan.
--[X] Have a formal review from our Combined Staff to determine what lessons of modern war were learned from the Civil War, and how best to conduct campaign efficiently and with minimal loss of life.
--[X] Seek to secure favorable trade treaties with the newly independent powers of Eastern Europe (Albania, Greece, Romania, and Serbia). This could help the economy and getting a foot in the door here could be good long term.

[X] Anarcho-Confederalists
-[X] The syndicalist case against central bureaucratic answers
--[X] organize collective answers to childcare and housework through workplaces, unions and cooperatives as a way to liberate women from domestic labour through the workers' self organization
--[X] organize participative planning between local government and local workplaces, to find short circuit answers to demand where possible
--[X] create a framework for German cooperatives to operate foreign branches in nations we have friendly trade relations with, enfranchising foreign hires as part of our worker owned structure
--[X] experiment with more participative forms of schooling, encouraging both teachers and students to take an active part in organizing less hierarchical education
--[X] welcome the marginalized of the world to Germany, offering citizenship and employment to those who lack a nation, are persecuted where they live or just want opportunities in a country that respect their contribution as workers

I think anarchism can do better than technocracy

[x] Progressive Independents
-[x] Plan Socialism with German Characteristics
--[x] Support general lowering of taxation and tariffs to more sustainable levels.
--[x] Diplomatically reach out to Britain and France, assuring them of the incredibly peaceful intentions of the German Republic and hopefully establish trade agreements with both.
--[x] Open up the state owned industries and interested co-operatives to foreign investment from Spain, France and Britain through allowing purchase of minority shares.
--[x] Support establishment of regional banks in each district or region to provide loans to citizens seeking to establish new innovative co-operative enterprises or allow them to deposit savings.
--[x] Rationalize the current system of social security by transferring the duty of providing them to the unions and co-operatives, with the state supporting them through subsidies and tax breaks now.

[x] Progressive Independents
-[x] Plan Socialism with German Characteristics
--[x] Support general lowering of taxation and tariffs to more sustainable levels.
--[x] Diplomatically reach out to Britain and France, assuring them of the incredibly peaceful intentions of the German Republic and hopefully establish trade agreements with both.
--[x] Open up the state owned industries and interested co-operatives to foreign investment from Spain, France and Britain through allowing purchase of minority shares.
--[x] Support establishment of regional banks in each district or region to provide loans to citizens seeking to establish new innovative co-operative enterprises or allow them to deposit savings.
--[x] Rationalize the current system of social security by transferring the duty of providing them to the unions and co-operatives, with the state supporting them through subsidies and tax breaks now.

[X] Radical Republicans
-[X] Plan Ready for War by 1890
--[X] Repair, reintegrate, and expand internal infrastructure, especially rail lines. This is vital both to internal commerce and rapid mobilization.
--[X] Expand our port facilities, both for receiving trade and for constructing warships. We will need a strong navy to protect our trade and challenge reactionaries in the Baltic.
--[X] Resume work on the Karl Marx Canal, prioritizing advanced methods of construction rather than the old labor intensive plan.
--[X] Have a formal review from our Combined Staff to determine what lessons of modern war were learned from the Civil War, and how best to conduct campaign efficiently and with minimal loss of life.
--[X] Seek to secure favorable trade treaties with the newly independent powers of Eastern Europe (Albania, Greece, Romania, and Serbia). This could help the economy and getting a foot in the door here could be good long term.

[X] Anarcho-Confederalists
-[X] The syndicalist case against central bureaucratic answers
--[X] organize collective answers to childcare and housework through workplaces, unions and cooperatives as a way to liberate women from domestic labour through the workers' self organization
--[X] organize participative planning between local government and local workplaces, to find short circuit answers to demand where possible
--[X] create a framework for German cooperatives to operate foreign branches in nations we have friendly trade relations with, enfranchising foreign hires as part of our worker owned structure
--[X] experiment with more participative forms of schooling, encouraging both teachers and students to take an active part in organizing less hierarchical education
--[X] welcome the marginalized of the world to Germany, offering citizenship and employment to those who lack a nation, are persecuted where they live or just want opportunities in a country that respect their contribution as workers


I am currently feeling too lazy to actually come up with a coherent plan for my whole "Making the OTL Spanish anarchists look like conservatives in comparison to us" shtick so Nyvis's plan it is. If someone more motivated and/or knowledgeable than me wants to pick up the torch for Ultraleft Anarchism, please do.

[X] Social Radicals
-[X] Arsenal of the Revolution
--[X] Ban the use of gold coinage for domestic transactions effectively switching to paper money for all transactions that don't involve foreign nationals or entities. Introduce upper limits for how much gold citizens and co-ops can hold and mandate that all gold above the limit is sold to the National Bank at market price.
--[X] Overhaul the strategy, tactics, training and equipment of all military branches implementing the lessons we learned in the Second Civil War. Use the unparalleled expertise of our veterans to prepare the Second Republic for the next war.
--[X] Initiate a broad program of urban renewal for the devastated regions of the Second Republic. Modernize and repair destroyed or damaged industry, underlining the Republican character of our rebuilding efforts with impressive monuments for the heroes of the civil war. Allocate additional funds to areas that remained loyal.
--[X] Begin an mechanized construction effort to finish the Marx Canal quickly and use this as a flagship project to initiate a broader, nationwide infrastructure program. Focus on building or repairing roads and railways destroyed in the war, concentrating on areas of strategic importance.
--[X] Lay the groundwork for long-term naval expansion by creating the necessary industry and infrastructure to expand both the navy and the merchant navy. The goals of this expansion are hegemony in the Baltic Sea and a stronger merchant marine to bolster our foreign trade.

Vote's open for anyone who missed it.

[X] Vanguard Communists
-[X] Ante-Bordigism
--[X] Introduce a national ration providing all persons within the Republic their guaranteed basic rights to food, clothing, and housing.
--[X] Establish the Karl Marx Canal Authority with the mandate and powers to review the Canal's plans and propose modernized design elements, and introduce modern labor-saving devices and labor processes to hasten construction and free up workers for reconstruction projects.
--[X] Establish municipal and district planning committees consisting of local and national political, and local worker, delegates to develop local economic plans in conformity with the national plan - such as it is - and to coordinate the efforts of local cooperative and state enterprises towards the accomplishment of the local and national plans.
--[X] Experiment with implementing labor vouchers, in the Ruhr Area as it was relatively untouched by the civil war, as a starting point (along with the national ration) for decommodifying the internal economy.
--[X] Establish a Continuing Committee of the International Socialist and Workers' Congress as a means of governing the activities of the Congress's members during the intervals between official Congress meetings. All activities, understandings and resolutions established and adopted by the Congress should be implemented in full by the Party as a whole.

EDIT: changed my vote.

Vote for the ATA! It is much more interesting to be our own thing trying to play politics effectively than have people who aren't invested in the ideology try to turn it into a slightly different wing of the reds.

[X] Anarcho-Confederalists
-[X] Anarchist-Technocrat Alignment

--[X] Establish a bureau of independent citizen-researchers who are empowered to expect cooperation from the government on investigations of failures and best practices in administration, to maintain statistics and qualitive research projects on matters of public interest free of pressure from the government, and generally to effectively answer questions posed to them by legislators, cooperatives, public petitions, etc.

--[X] Expand protections for freedom of thought and expression at universities, and promote the use of night classes for all curious adults.

--[X] Expand protections for minorities in the face of government policing power by establishing a heightened level of judicial scrutiny for actions that target them, and making clear and public the avenues for such appeals. Allow minority communities to set up their own local police forces and set up special culturally-competent units of the National Police to handle national cases there.

--[X] Establish a commission to review of military doctrine and operations in the Civil War, including civilians and common soldiers alongside military planners and officers, with an eye to identifying key reforms for military justice and legitimacy as well as battlefield success.

--[X] Ask local governments and collectives in their area to identify the local infrastructure needs that are the most pressing and valuable, and support those local needs with the national supply of labor and material. Prioritize national resources to these projects first according to their benefit to the overall recovery and secondarily according to local damage.

VOOOTE to defeat statist overreach!

[X] Anarcho-Confederalists
-[X] The syndicalist case against central bureaucratic answers
--[X] organize collective answers to childcare and housework through workplaces, unions and cooperatives as a way to liberate women from domestic labour through the workers' self organization
--[X] organize participative planning between local government and local workplaces, to find short circuit answers to demand where possible
--[X] create a framework for German cooperatives to operate foreign branches in nations we have friendly trade relations with, enfranchising foreign hires as part of our worker owned structure
--[X] experiment with more participative forms of schooling, encouraging both teachers and students to take an active part in organizing less hierarchical education
--[X] welcome the marginalized of the world to Germany, offering citizenship and employment to those who lack a nation, are persecuted where they live or just want opportunities in a country that respect their contribution as workers

[x] Vanguard Communists
-[x] Ante-Bordigism
--[x] Introduce a national ration providing all persons within the Republic their guaranteed basic rights to food, clothing, and housing.
--[x] Establish the Karl Marx Canal Authority with the mandate and powers to review the Canal's plans and propose modernized design elements, and introduce modern labor-saving devices and labor processes to hasten construction and free up workers for reconstruction projects.
--[x] Establish municipal and district planning committees consisting of local and national political, and local worker, delegates to develop local economic plans in conformity with the national plan - such as it is - and to coordinate the efforts of local cooperative and state enterprises towards the accomplishment of the local and national plans.
--[x] Experiment with implementing labor vouchers, in the Ruhr Area as it was relatively untouched by the civil war, as a starting point (along with the national ration) for decommodifying the internal economy.
--[x] Establish a Continuing Committee of the International Socialist and Workers' Congress as a means of governing the activities of the Congress's members during the intervals between official Congress meetings. All activities, understandings and resolutions established and adopted by the Congress should be implemented in full by the Party as a whole.

Gotta go with the plan with labor vouchers.

[X] Anarcho-Confederalists
-[X] The syndicalist case against central bureaucratic answers
--[X] organize collective answers to childcare and housework through workplaces, unions and cooperatives as a way to liberate women from domestic labour through the workers' self organization
--[X] organize participative planning between local government and local workplaces, to find short circuit answers to demand where possible
--[X] create a framework for German cooperatives to operate foreign branches in nations we have friendly trade relations with, enfranchising foreign hires as part of our worker owned structure
--[X] experiment with more participative forms of schooling, encouraging both teachers and students to take an active part in organizing less hierarchical education
--[X] welcome the marginalized of the world to Germany, offering citizenship and employment to those who lack a nation, are persecuted where they live or just want opportunities in a country that respect their contribution as workers

[x] Progressive Independents
-[x] Plan Socialism with German Characteristics
--[x] Support general lowering of taxation and tariffs to more sustainable levels.
--[x] Diplomatically reach out to Britain and France, assuring them of the incredibly peaceful intentions of the German Republic and hopefully establish trade agreements with both.
--[x] Open up the state owned industries and interested co-operatives to foreign investment from Spain, France and Britain through allowing purchase of minority shares.
--[x] Support establishment of regional banks in each district or region to provide loans to citizens seeking to establish new innovative co-operative enterprises or allow them to deposit savings.
--[x] Rationalize the current system of social security by transferring the duty of providing them to the unions and co-operatives, with the state supporting them through subsidies and tax breaks now.

[x] Progressive Independents
-[x] Plan Socialism with German Characteristics
--[x] Support general lowering of taxation and tariffs to more sustainable levels.
--[x] Diplomatically reach out to Britain and France, assuring them of the incredibly peaceful intentions of the German Republic and hopefully establish trade agreements with both.
--[x] Open up the state owned industries and interested co-operatives to foreign investment from Spain, France and Britain through allowing purchase of minority shares.
--[x] Support establishment of regional banks in each district or region to provide loans to citizens seeking to establish new innovative co-operative enterprises or allow them to deposit savings.
--[x] Rationalize the current system of social security by transferring the duty of providing them to the unions and co-operatives, with the state supporting them through subsidies and tax breaks now.