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The '''Alslandic Section of the Workers' International''' ({{wpl|Frisian Language|Dellish}}: Aalslânske Seksje fan de Arbeiders Ynternasjonaal, {{wpl|German Language|Weranian}}: Aalslandisch Sektion der Arbeiterinternationale, {{wpl|Anglo-Frisian_languages#Anglic_languages|Swathish}}: Ẹlslandliṡ Stycc af þe Vẹrcmannas' Ẹlllandas, {{wpl|Estonian Language|Kirenian}}: Töötajate rahvusvahelise Alslandi sektsioon), is a [[Council republic|councilist]] {{wpl|Political alliance|bloc}} in Alsland. It consists of the [[Alslandic Section of the Workers' International#Member parties|Dellish Section of the Workers' International]] (DSAY), the [[Alslandic Section of the Workers' International#Member parties|Holsaten Section of the Workers' International]] (HSAI), the [[Alslandic Section of the Workers' International#Member parties|Swathish Section of the Workers' International]] (SSVE) and the [[Alslandic Section of the Workers' International#Member parties|Martish Section of the Workers' International]] (TRMS). All 4 member parties of the Section are also members of the [[Mixed Radical Left]] group in the [[Euclean Parliament]] and [[Congress of the Workers' International|InterCon]]. | The '''Alslandic Section of the Workers' International''' ({{wpl|Frisian Language|Dellish}}: Aalslânske Seksje fan de Arbeiders Ynternasjonaal, {{wpl|German Language|Weranian}}: Aalslandisch Sektion der Arbeiterinternationale, {{wpl|Anglo-Frisian_languages#Anglic_languages|Swathish}}: Ẹlslandliṡ Stycc af þe Vẹrcmannas' Ẹlllandas, {{wpl|Estonian Language|Kirenian}}: Töötajate rahvusvahelise Alslandi sektsioon), is a [[Council republic|councilist]] {{wpl|Political alliance|bloc}} in Alsland. It consists of the [[Alslandic Section of the Workers' International#Member parties|Dellish Section of the Workers' International]] (DSAY), the [[Alslandic Section of the Workers' International#Member parties|Holsaten Section of the Workers' International]] (HSAI), the [[Alslandic Section of the Workers' International#Member parties|Swathish Section of the Workers' International]] (SSVE) and the [[Alslandic Section of the Workers' International#Member parties|Martish Section of the Workers' International]] (TRMS). All 4 member parties of the Section are also members of the [[Mixed Radical Left]] group in the [[Euclean Parliament]] and [[Congress of the Workers' International|InterCon]]. | ||
During the [[Great War (Kylaris)|Great War]] the party was one of the most influential in Alsland, between 1934 and 1988 the party was the largest opposition party in Alsland and formed | During the [[Great War (Kylaris)|Great War]] the party was one of the most influential in Alsland, between 1934 and 1988 the party was the largest opposition party in Alsland and formed an unofficial coalition of equals with the governing [[National Bloc (Alsland)|National Bloc]] between 1942 and 1968. The bloc achieved it's best electoral result since 1968 in 2006 when it won 92 seats in the Senate. The party's leader [[Jabik Nieuwenhuis]] became Premier after the election and became the first councilist head of government in the [[Euclean Community]]. Since 2010 the Bloc has been the largest opposition party in the [[Folkssenaat]]. ASAY enjoys close relations to the Alslandic trade union movement, the largest trade union in Alsland, the [[Alslandic Trade Union Federation]], is supportive to the Party. It is currently the largest [[Council republic|councilist party]] in the [[Euclean Community]]. | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
===Opposition and persecution=== | ===Opposition and persecution=== | ||
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===Growth and coalitions with Workers' Party=== | ===Growth and coalitions with Workers' Party=== | ||
===Present=== | ===Present=== | ||
==Ideology== | |||
[[File:Bundesparteitag der Partei DIE LINKE (35036510352).jpg|thumb|Representatives at the party's regular conference where it drafts policies voted on by members]] | |||
The Bloc's official constitution commits the party to a {{wpl|Council communism|councilist}} ideology and instructs the Bloc to work towards the establishment of a {{wpl|Federal republic|federal}}, {{wpl|Classless society|classless}}, {{wpl|Multiculturalism|multicultural}} and councilist workers state through the use of democratic and lawful means. | |||
The party's 2022 manifesto featured a 9-point plan for the party's legislative aims as well as issues the party wanted to address. They include: | |||
* Ending the economic inequalities between different regions in Alsland through massive spending programs to grow the standards of living for local residents. The party believes successive centre-right governments are directly responsible for a failure to develop the entire nation equally. It also wants to close the {{wpl|Gender pay gap|gender pay gap}} as soon as possible. | |||
* Addressing the climate crisis by adopting policies such as the {{wpl|Just transition}} plan and creating new jobs in green energy sectors. To do this the party proposes nationalising various energy companies and directing them to focus on expanding the country's renewable energy capacity. According to the party they could achieve this by 2030 and meet Alsland's net-zero target ahead of schedule. | |||
* The party wants to raise taxes for the top 5% of earners in Alsland and increase the country's corporation tax to fund public programs and policies to help ordinary people. ASAY points to it's so called "Billionaires tax" as evidence these policies can work in the real world. The party also wants to simultaneously establish {{wpl|Workers' council|workers' councils}} in every type of workplace and points to the success and prevalence of {{wpl|Cooperative|cooperatives}} in Alsland as a model to be emulated by other countries. | |||
* Abolishing tuition fees for Alslandic Universities which had been abolished during the Nieuwenhuis government but reintroduced during the government of [[Liekele Ykema]]. The party also wants to support students seeking other forms of tertiary education by promoting trade schools and ending societal stigma of trade schools. | |||
* Implementing a nationwide {{wpl|Single-payer healthcare|single-payer healthcare}} system in Alsland within it's first term of government and replacing the current healthcare system. | |||
* The party supports {{wpl|Intersectionality|intersectionality}} and wants to expand [[LGBT rights in Alsland]] as well as introduce stronger anti-hate speech laws which would make public displays of racism, homophobia, transphobia, xenophobia, sexism, ableism and classism punishable by police. | |||
* Create a directly elected constitutional convention to write a new constitution for Alsland that would enshrine workers rights, marriage equality as well as other anti-discrimination policies into the constitution. The party also wants to use this new constitution to introduce a form of {{wpl|Direct democracy|direct democracy}}, give more power to elected workers' councils, enshrine Neutrality in the constitution and therefore withdraw from the ECDTO and finally enshrine {{wpl|Soviet democracy|council democracy}} as part of the Alslandic political system. In this new constitution the party wants to keep freedom of speech, expression, religion and organisation which it claims are key parts of a councilist society. | |||
* Push for reforms to the [[Euclean Community]] to support workers' rights and minority rights across the community. The party wishes to retain Alslandic membership of the community as well as keeping the Euclo as Alsland's national currency. It is critical of the [[Popular Victory]] government in [[Paretia]] and calls for the threat of complete and immediate expulsion from the Community if the government pursues an authoritarian path. | |||
* Support Alslandic membership in the [[Association for International Socialism]] and a partnership with the [[Mutual Assistance Organisation]] although strictly opposing full membership of the latter to enforce it's policy of neutrality and peace. It opposed the [[December Revolution]] in [[Champania]] and called it an "ugly display of radicals, with no regard for human life, removing a popular democratic government". | |||
===Support base=== | |||
Due to the part's close ties to the [[Alslandic Trade Union Federation]] it is consistently supported by trade union members. For most of it's history it was the largest party of the left-wing in Alsland, since 1938 it has been the largest left-wing party in Alsland for 72 years and having only been overtaken by other centre-left parties in a federal election 3 times in it's electoral history: 1994, 1998 and 2018. Due to it's historical status as the major party of the left in Alsland the party is officially a {{wpl|Big tent|big tent}} party that had members ranging from {{wpl|Social democracy|social democrats}} to hardline [[Tretyakism|tretyakists]] and [[Equalism|equalists]] although the party has worked hard to remove hardliners from it's membership. Rcently the party has also attracted the support of {{wpl|Democratic socialism|democratic socialists}} who now compose a large section of the party's membership. | |||
In every parliamentary election until 2018 the party was the most popular party in the [[Swathish Community]] and [[Wottested]]. | |||
==Member parties== | ==Member parties== | ||
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Alslandic Section of the Workers' International Aalslânske Seksje fan de Arbeiders Ynternasjonaal Aalslandisch Sektion der Arbeiterinternationale Ẹlslandliṡ Stycc af þe Vẹrcmannas' Ẹlllandas Töötajate rahvusvahelise Alslandi sektsioon | |
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| Abbreviation | ASAY ASAI ESVE TRAS |
| Presidium | Sierk Heida (DSAY) Nicole Scheffler (HSAI) Riċard utNocct (SSVE) Rita Peebo (TRMS) |
| Founded | December 10, 1919 |
| Headquarters | Yndyk |
| Youth wing | Alslandic Pioneers |
| Labour wing | Alslandic Trade Union Federation |
| Ideology | |
| Political position | Left-wing to far-left |
| International affiliation | InterCon |
| Euclean Parliament group | GRM |
| Colors | Red |
| Slogan | "The worker's struggle has no borders" |
| Members | |
| Folkssenaat | 27 / 201
|
| Euclean Parliament | 0 / 24
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| Website | |
| asaypartij | |
The Alslandic Section of the Workers' International (Dellish: Aalslânske Seksje fan de Arbeiders Ynternasjonaal, Weranian: Aalslandisch Sektion der Arbeiterinternationale, Swathish: Ẹlslandliṡ Stycc af þe Vẹrcmannas' Ẹlllandas, Kirenian: Töötajate rahvusvahelise Alslandi sektsioon), is a councilist bloc in Alsland. It consists of the Dellish Section of the Workers' International (DSAY), the Holsaten Section of the Workers' International (HSAI), the Swathish Section of the Workers' International (SSVE) and the Martish Section of the Workers' International (TRMS). All 4 member parties of the Section are also members of the Mixed Radical Left group in the Euclean Parliament and InterCon.
During the Great War the party was one of the most influential in Alsland, between 1934 and 1988 the party was the largest opposition party in Alsland and formed an unofficial coalition of equals with the governing National Bloc between 1942 and 1968. The bloc achieved it's best electoral result since 1968 in 2006 when it won 92 seats in the Senate. The party's leader Jabik Nieuwenhuis became Premier after the election and became the first councilist head of government in the Euclean Community. Since 2010 the Bloc has been the largest opposition party in the Folkssenaat. ASAY enjoys close relations to the Alslandic trade union movement, the largest trade union in Alsland, the Alslandic Trade Union Federation, is supportive to the Party. It is currently the largest councilist party in the Euclean Community.
History
Opposition and persecution
Government of national unity
Growth and coalitions with Workers' Party
Present
Ideology
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The Bloc's official constitution commits the party to a councilist ideology and instructs the Bloc to work towards the establishment of a federal, classless, multicultural and councilist workers state through the use of democratic and lawful means.
The party's 2022 manifesto featured a 9-point plan for the party's legislative aims as well as issues the party wanted to address. They include:
- Ending the economic inequalities between different regions in Alsland through massive spending programs to grow the standards of living for local residents. The party believes successive centre-right governments are directly responsible for a failure to develop the entire nation equally. It also wants to close the gender pay gap as soon as possible.
- Addressing the climate crisis by adopting policies such as the Just transition plan and creating new jobs in green energy sectors. To do this the party proposes nationalising various energy companies and directing them to focus on expanding the country's renewable energy capacity. According to the party they could achieve this by 2030 and meet Alsland's net-zero target ahead of schedule.
- The party wants to raise taxes for the top 5% of earners in Alsland and increase the country's corporation tax to fund public programs and policies to help ordinary people. ASAY points to it's so called "Billionaires tax" as evidence these policies can work in the real world. The party also wants to simultaneously establish workers' councils in every type of workplace and points to the success and prevalence of cooperatives in Alsland as a model to be emulated by other countries.
- Abolishing tuition fees for Alslandic Universities which had been abolished during the Nieuwenhuis government but reintroduced during the government of Liekele Ykema. The party also wants to support students seeking other forms of tertiary education by promoting trade schools and ending societal stigma of trade schools.
- Implementing a nationwide single-payer healthcare system in Alsland within it's first term of government and replacing the current healthcare system.
- The party supports intersectionality and wants to expand LGBT rights in Alsland as well as introduce stronger anti-hate speech laws which would make public displays of racism, homophobia, transphobia, xenophobia, sexism, ableism and classism punishable by police.
- Create a directly elected constitutional convention to write a new constitution for Alsland that would enshrine workers rights, marriage equality as well as other anti-discrimination policies into the constitution. The party also wants to use this new constitution to introduce a form of direct democracy, give more power to elected workers' councils, enshrine Neutrality in the constitution and therefore withdraw from the ECDTO and finally enshrine council democracy as part of the Alslandic political system. In this new constitution the party wants to keep freedom of speech, expression, religion and organisation which it claims are key parts of a councilist society.
- Push for reforms to the Euclean Community to support workers' rights and minority rights across the community. The party wishes to retain Alslandic membership of the community as well as keeping the Euclo as Alsland's national currency. It is critical of the Popular Victory government in Paretia and calls for the threat of complete and immediate expulsion from the Community if the government pursues an authoritarian path.
- Support Alslandic membership in the Association for International Socialism and a partnership with the Mutual Assistance Organisation although strictly opposing full membership of the latter to enforce it's policy of neutrality and peace. It opposed the December Revolution in Champania and called it an "ugly display of radicals, with no regard for human life, removing a popular democratic government".
Support base
Due to the part's close ties to the Alslandic Trade Union Federation it is consistently supported by trade union members. For most of it's history it was the largest party of the left-wing in Alsland, since 1938 it has been the largest left-wing party in Alsland for 72 years and having only been overtaken by other centre-left parties in a federal election 3 times in it's electoral history: 1994, 1998 and 2018. Due to it's historical status as the major party of the left in Alsland the party is officially a big tent party that had members ranging from social democrats to hardline tretyakists and equalists although the party has worked hard to remove hardliners from it's membership. Rcently the party has also attracted the support of democratic socialists who now compose a large section of the party's membership.
In every parliamentary election until 2018 the party was the most popular party in the Swathish Community and Wottested.
Member parties
| Party | Scope | Leader | Community Seats | Community parliament | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dellish Section of the Workers' International (DSAY) | Dellish Community | Sierk Heida | 10 / 64
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2 / 190
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| Holsaten Section of the Workers' International (HSAI) | Holsaten Community | Nicole Scheffler | 8 / 53
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37 / 190
| |
| Swathish Section of the Workers' International (SSVE) | Swathish Community | Riċard utNocct | 7 / 45
|
5 / 178
| |
| Martish Section of the Workers' International (TRMS) | Martish Community | Rita Peebo | 2 / 39
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0 / 150
| |