Alliance of Ornivian Progressives (Ornivia)
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Alliance of Ornivian Progressives | |
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| Leader | Elizabeth Oldman |
| Secretary | Luke Tason |
| Founded | 2015 |
| Preceded by | Ornivian Alliance of Progressives and Social Democrats |
| Headquarters | Minervia City |
| Student wing | Students for Social Democracy |
| Youth wing | Progressive Youth |
| Membership (2025) | 2,152,000 |
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| Colors | Red |
| Slogan | "No Ornivian Left Behind" |
| Member-Parties | Numerous |
| Parliament | 138 / 700
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| Councila | 7 / 25
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| Member-State Governmentsa | 7 / 25
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| Member-State Legislatures | 348 / 1,574
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a.Includes Coalitions | |
The Alliance of Ornivian Progressives is a Centre-left federative political party in Ornivia, and is a Federation of Social Democratic and Progressive parties across Ornivia's member-states. It was formed in 2015 after the signing of the Treaty of Federation. The party as of the 2025 Parliamentary Election is the third largest in Parliament, and is currently coalition partners with the United Liberalist Party for the Federative Government.
Socialism in Ornivia originally started as a philosophical counter/rebellion from Liberalism, they argued that Liberalism and the Nationalists both embraced Capitalism, who's purpose was to exploit the working class, and could not be considered progressive as worker empowerment, equality, liberty and living standards could not be improved under Capitalism, demonstrated by Nationalist rule. Socialism was able to challenge the duopoly of philosophical and political thought enjoyed by Liberalism and Nationalism as there theories increased in popularity, though like Liberalism they faced heavy suppression towards the end of the 19th century as Nationalism and Militarism became more prevalent.
During the early 20th century, a fundamental split occurred in the party due to this suppression. One side believed that Socialism could be implemented through Democratic means (Democratic Socialism), while the other side believed that Socialism could only be achieved through Revolution (Revolutionary Socialism). These two sides would soon drift further and further apart from each other during the early and mid 20th centuries, however the side in favour of Democratic reform became by far the largest of the two sides by the mid-20th century up to the Great Ornivian War
In the aftermath of the Spring of Ornivia, it had become evident that Socialism was fracturing, and as such the 2nd Ornivian Socialist and Communist Council was called in 1962 to mend this ties. Insted of this, half of the individuals representing parties and trade unions walked mid way through the 10 day event and renounced all allegiance to decisions made. These were the result of the rapidly rising popularity of Social Democracy, a third faction. They believed in Democratic means to power, like the Democratic Socialists, but unlike them they believed that they should be working with Liberals in rebuilding the region and that the Nationalist's were not capitalists. They also endorsed more moderate policies then other Socialists. Eventually, Social Democracy and Socialism would split off from eachother, as Social Democracy gained more and more support from Socialists throughout the 70s and 80s, as well as Ornivian Capitalism proving that it can get results when it comes to worker empowerment and exploitation.
While the ideals of social democracy were practiced by moderate trade unions and intellectuals before the Great Ornivian War, political suppression of left wing ideas had meant that by the late 19th century, the ideas of social democracy had, like the Liberals, been forced underground. During the Spring of Ornivia, Social Democrats made up the left wing of the movements that formed across Ornivia in alliance with the Liberals. Because of this, the relationship between the Liberals and Social Democrats is usually the strongest in parliaments across the Federation, and the Federative Parliament is no exception to this rule. Nevertheless they still do disagree on key issues. With its support base coming from most Ornivian Trade Unions and the Urban Poor, the Progessives make up the bulk of moderate left-wing Federative politics.