Communist Party of Tarper

Communist Party of Tarper Parti Communiste de Tarper
Former name	Tarperti Section of the Socialist Party
Abbreviation	CPT
Leader	Raul Gomez
President	Daniel Mynatt
Chairperson	Lambert Salinas
Founder	Ernesto Rivero
Founded	1892 (as Tarperti Section of the Socialist Party) 1902 (as Communist Party of Tarper)
Legalised	1901
Preceded by	United Socialist Democratic Party (Not legal predecessor)
Newspaper	The Vanguard
Think tank	Politburo of the CPT
Student wing	University Communists
Youth wing	Tarperti League of Young Communists
Women's wing	Communist Women's Auxiliary
Paramilitary wing	The Red Brigade (1902-1929)
Membership (December 2017)	65,000
Ideology	Communism Left Communism Classical Marxism Socialism Historical: Revolutionary Socialism Democratic Socialism Social Democracy
Political position	Far-left Historical: Left-wing
International affiliation	International Meeting of Communist and Workers' Parties
Colors	Maroon
Slogan	"Workers of the world, unite!"
Federal Council	6 / 123
Federal Assembly	80 / 709
State legislatures	98 / 1,520
Party flag
Political parties Elections

The Communist Party of Tarper, also commonly referred to as the CPT, is a Communist political party in Tarper. The party was founded in 1892 as a continuation of the United Socialist Democratic Party, USDP, of the Platesan Empire.

Since mid-2010, Raul Gomez has been the party's leader. In the Federal Assembly the party has 80 out of 709 seats after polling 10.7% of the vote in the 2017 federal elections , the party joined the Socialist Party of Tarper and Green Liberation Union to form a coalition government.

According to official party figures, the Party had 65,000 registered members as of December 2017, making it the fourth-largest party in Tarper.

The party participates in the legislatures of seven states and is the senior partner in the government coalition of Meerland.

History

The party was created by Ernesto Rivero. Rivero was a member of the United Socialist Democratic Party and influential party in the Platesan Empire. After the breakup of the Empire, Rivero took the Tarperti branch of the party and created the party under its original name of the Tarperti Section of the Socialist Party.

From 1892 to 1901, the party remained largely underground, due to the absolutist government and outright banning of parties in the Kingdom of Astra. After the founding of the United Kingdoms of Tarper, the party planned for a public reappearance. and on 1902 the party changed into its current name and started campaigning.

Ideology

Since its renaming in 1902, the party has followed the principles of libertarian communism, fundamentally opposed to authoritarian regimes, the communist party was the first of its kind to allow democratic elections in a communist country in 1920.

The party currently embraces the ideas of democracy in order to allow a communist society to follow. In recent times the party pressure group, "Rebirth Coalition", has criticized the leadership for a rightward shift due to "vote chasing".

Organization

Symbols

In its early days the party used a maroon cockade, which was customary for parties of the late 18th through early 20th centuries. Since the first civil war the party has used the hammer and sickle, first only appearing in the party's flag and then being used by its contemporary logo.

The party makes use of a march titled,"The Red Banner" as its primary anthem. It used to use a modified version of the State Anthem of the Tarperti Confederation but halted use of it do to its purported "soiling" by the Republic of Tarper.

Special organizations

Notable sub-organizations of the CPT are:

• Alliance for Left Communism (ALLCO), Caucus created to drive the party towards a non-authoritarian form of Communism.
• Tarperti League of Young Communists (TLYC), Youth and Student group of the party.
• The Left Party (LEFT), Coalition of Socialists and Moderate Communists.
• Rebirth Coalition (RC), Members who wish to return to follow more orthodox communist policy and stop chasing after the Socialist Party.

Election results, (1900-present)

The party has been active since 1892 but did not partake in elections until the 1900 Tarperti federal election. Due to the fact that from 1890-1900 the Tarperti kingdoms outlawed elections, the Tarperti Section of the Socialist Party remained in secret.

During the Republic of Tarper, the Communist Party underwent a forced self-exile and did not partake in elections.

Election	Seats won	±	Position	Leader	Government
1900	0 / 397	0	—	Ernesto Rivero	Extra-parliamentary
1904	81 / 397	81	3rd	Ernesto Rivero	In opposition
1908	54 / 397	27	3rd	Ernesto Rivero	In opposition
1912	110 / 397	56	2nd	Ernesto Rivero	In opposition
1920	257 / 423	147	1st	Yakov Menendez	Vanguard Coalition
1930	391 / 577	126	1st	Ludovic Leone	Vanguard Coalition
1940	408 / 647	17	1st	Zoe Tapia	War & Reconstruction Assembly
1950	196 / 402	212	1st	Alois Benini	People's Front
1960	318 / 521	122	1st	Tom Starpin	People's Front
1970	268 / 518	50	1st	Tom Starpin	People's Front
1980	228 / 519	40	1st	Tom Starpin	People's Front
1990	239 / 662	11	2nd	Tom Starpin	In opposition
1992	Did not contest. Party underwent forced self-exile from elections.
March 1996	Did not contest. Party underwent forced self-exile from elections.
September 1996	Did not contest. Party underwent forced self-exile from elections.
2002	248 / 603	9	2nd	Harper Paszek	United Coalition for the Federal Commonwealth
2005	61 / 614	187	3rd	Harper Paszek	In opposition
2009	93 / 622	32	3rd	Harper Paszek	LP–CPT–GPT
2013	64 / 630	29	3rd	Raul Gomez	In opposition
2017	80 / 709	16	4th	Raul Gomez	SP–GLU/ULV–CPT

Leaders of the Communist Party, 1892-present

Leader	Period
Ernesto Rivero	1892-1920
Yakov Menendez	1920-1930
Ludovic Leone	1930-1940
Zoe Herzog	1940-1950
Alois Benini	1950-1960
Tom Starpin	1960-1991
Finley Stringer	1991-2000
Harper Paszek	2000-2010
Raul Gomez	2010-present