Futurist Party of Alscia

Futurist Party of Alscia Partito Futurista di Alscia
Abbreviation	PFA
Founded	1919
Dissolved	1939
Succeeded by	Futurist Front
Ideology	Political Futurism National syndicalism
Political position	Far-right
Colours	Dark blue

The Futurist Party of Alscia (Italian: Partito Futurista di Alscia, abbreviated PFA) was a political party in Alscia. It was formed after the Futurist Political Party's seizure of power in Megelan, and served as a political extension of the futurist artistic and social movement.

The PFA was a far-right party that advocated a radical program based on a rejection of the past, glorification of violence, and national syndicalism. The party had little electoral success, and was marginalised in Alscian society, winning the enmity of the Donatella Rossetti government, the CPA, the Free Megelanese community, and Anarchofuturist Association of Alscia.

History

The PFA was founded in 1919, after the coup that brought the Futurist Political Party to power in Megelan. The two parties had close ties, and the PFA followed Enrico Grolli's model for ideology and organisation. It also built ties with Æsthurlavaj's Futurists after their seizure of power.

The party failed to enter the Legislative Council in 1920, and won only 5 councillors in local elections. Throughout its lifespan, its support was generally limited to 1–2% of voters.

In 1922, the PFA tried to stage a march on Etra to spark an insurrection or seize power. They were beaten by PCA counter-protesters and forced to flee in the Farsa su Etra ("Farce of Etra"). In the Legislative Council, PdL leader Beatrice Albini commended the communists for their victory.

The Donatella Rossetti government tried to ban the PFA as a front organisation for the Futurist regime, but there was insufficient evidence to prove the accusation in court. It did succeed in forcing the PFA to abandon attempts to form a paramilitary organisation.

The PFA was a marginal presence in Alscian politics. By slavishly following the Megelanese model, it isolated itself on the far-right — its radical rhetoric and thuggish tendencies drawing scorn and mockery from Alscian society. It became a bitter enemy of the PCA, the two parties attempting to disrupt each other's events and attack each other's meetings or members.

Another ardent opponent of the PFA was the Free Megelanese community of Alscia. Particularly embarrassing for the PFA was that Enrico Grolli's daughter Edda was an exile and prominent anti-Futurist activist.

Due to the influence of futurism on Alscia's avantgarde art and cinema, the Anarchofuturist Association of Alscia was created, reuniting anarchists, communists, and socialists who supported a leftist version of futurism and opposed the PFA's attempts to identify futurism with the totalitarian Megelanese regime. The AAFA became a notable political and cultural movement, including many of the province's renowned cultural and civic figures, regardless of political beliefs.

The PFA ceased to exist when Alscia joined the Free Territories in 1939. It was succeeded by several organisations and groups that operated in the amorphous extremist margins of the Liberation War, including the Futurist Front.

Ideology

The PFA was an extremist party. Its identity was defined by glorification of modernity, violence, and patriotism. They were ultranationalists who hated pacifism and democracy.

The party's program presented an incoherent mix of far-right and far-left points. It supported national syndicalism, Georgist land reform, and gender equality, while insisting on gender essentialism against the gender-abolishing current of Gylian feminism. The party's advocacy of gender equality came from an extremist point of view inherited from writer Anna Glans-Vercell: "Humanity is mediocre. The majority of women are neither superior nor inferior to the majority of men. They are all equal. They all merit the same scorn."

It supported accelerationism and political violence as a means to achieve its goals. It envisioned a totalitarian society based on a mystical romantic nationalism, revolutionary syndicalism, and a planned economy, governed by a "technical government" without political parties.

The leadership of the PFA emphasised the far-right aspects of the party program, although its mixture of nationalism and anti-capitalism had some appeal among poor and unemployed Alscians during the 1930s economic crisis. Their political ideals were derided as "the Ruvelkan Socialist Republic run by ultranationalism".

Symbols

The party used a dark shade of blue as its colour and the symbol of an Arditi dagger. The choice of symbol proved unfortunate, as it led to their being nicknamed "backstabbers" (accoltellatori).

Election results

Legislative Council of Alscia

Election	FPV	%	Seats	±	Government
1920	18.596	2,5%	0 / 70		No seats
1924	22.418	2,7%	0 / 70		No seats
1928	21.183	2,3%	0 / 70		No seats
1932	27.120	2,6%	0 / 70		No seats
1936	19.487	1,7%	0 / 70		No seats

Local elections

Election	FPV	%	Councillors	±
1920	13.192	1,8%	5 / 550	5
1922	15.967	2,0%	6 / 550	1
1924	15.875	1,9%	5 / 550	1
1926	18.393	2,1%	4 / 650	1
1928	20.262	2,2%	4 / 650
1930	24.517	2,5%	10 / 720	6
1932	28.192	2,7%	9 / 720	1
1934	19.669	1,8%	11 / 720	2
1936	17.194	1,5%	13 / 840	2
1938	14.241	1,2%	10 / 840	3