Socialist Unity Party (Tarper)

Socialist Unity Party Parti Socialiste Unifié
Former name	New Millennium Party
Abbreviation	SU
Chairperson	Maximilian Herzog
General Secretary	Zoë Belcher
Secretary-General	Noel Sniders
Founder	Tony Castilla
Founded	1999 (as New Millennium) 2002 (as Socialist Unity) 2016 (as Political organization)
Legalised	2002
Preceded by	RUAC
Merged into	Socialist Party of Tarper
Newspaper	The Terraum Journal
Think tank	Herzog-Tapia Theorist Bureau
Student wing	Student Socialists
Youth wing	Young Socialists of Tarper
Women's wing	Women in Socialism
Trade union	Tarperti Confederation of Labour
Paramilitary wing	Tarperti Underground (2000-2002)
LGBT wing	LGBT in the SP
Ideology	Democratic Socialism Technocracy Market socialism Eco-Socialism
Political position	Left-wing
National affiliation	Socialist Party of Tarper
Colors	Purple
Slogan	"Forwards!"
Federal Assembly seats	100 / 242
Party flag

The Socialist Unity Party, abbreviated as SU, is a democratic socialist political organization in Tarper. It was one of the largest parties in Tarperti politics. Founded as an underground party in 1999 in the Second Republic of Tarper under the name "New Millennium Party". The party was made as a successor to the Republican Union of Anti-Capitalists, RUAC, from the democratisation period of the Second Republic of Tarper, although with a more specific base.

Today the organization is a pressure group inside the Socialist Party of Tarper and its largest faction. Aspiring candidates normally hold dual membership with the SU and the SP, but run only under the Socialist Party.

History

Immediately after being released from prison founder and former Chancellor Tony Castilla met up with his friend Brigadier General, William Herzog. Both had been members of RUAC but the banning and dissolution of the party had resulted in many members having been persecuted by the fascist government. Within days of Castilla's release, the two had founded the party and managed to track down every former member of RUAC. The party remained underground and quickly gained popularity within the northern territory of the Republic.

In early 2000, the Governments of Plamyadia, Sanghelios, and Comico had approached the party with a plan to create an uprising against the fascist government. In November the party led the first attack on the port of the city of Citrone thus starting the Second Tarperti Civil War. The party had become the sole ruler of its own faction, North Tarper, and had gained more members. With the end of the Civil War, the party relinquished power from North Tarper in order to create modern Tarper. The first elections were held on the first of September of 2002, the New Millennium Party had won.

Castilla Era & Renaming (2002-2009)

With the election of Tony Castilla as the first Chancellor of Tarper came a feeling of stability and safety. This overall feeling brought political participation to an all-time high and the first opposition party. Within the year of 2002, a niche remnant of the Republican Green Party that was hiding within the NMP, had split and created the Green Party of Tarper. With no real opposition for the first term of Castilla's government, the party managed to pass much of its planned legislation. The 1st Parliament managed to create the foundation for modern Tarper, nationalizing and socializing various industries and services. The Parliament managed to gain large amounts of criticism, which managed to change the tide for the 2005 election.

In early 2004 a large chunk of the party broke off and joined with another breakaway faction from the communist party. These two factions joined together and created the Labour Party. The formation of the Labour party was a huge blow to the dominance of the SU. The SU managed to lose its majority in the Federal Council but not the Federal Assembly and so Castilla remained Chancellor. When asked about the current events he said, "I am not mad, instead, I'm happy. It goes to show that the war was not in vain and that we managed to secure a true democracy here in Tarper.". In the end of Castilla's second term, he called Parliament into the Western Assembly Palace for a constitutional convention. In the 2008 Constitutional Convention, the Parliament amended the constitution to fix biases from the Civil War and for a set due date for the constitution, 2210.

Tapia Era (2009-2013)

After Castilla's retirement from politics, the party was tasked with finding a new leader. In early 2009 the members of the party elected Frederick Tapia. Tapia was elected due to him being related to the Herzog-Tapia political family. His connections and general competence had won over his compatriots and was inaugurated in March of 2010. The party went on to lose the federal election and had to lead the opposition from 2009-2013. The party's new task was being the opposition and it was handled fairly well. Though not much was done by Tapia he is renown for allowing the son of William Herzog, first president of Tarper, into the high ranks of the party. Though at the time, 2011, the government criticized that this was nepotism it is now regarded as one of the strategic moves that led to a resurgence in the party.

Herzog Era (2013-2016)

After a large amount of airtime then General Secretary of the SU, Maximilian Herzog, was becoming an icon of Tarperti politics. The sudden rise in popularity caused a significant disturbance in the state legislatures. When it came to the meeting of the Federal Assembly the SU had achieved plurality and the former SU leader, Frederick Tapia, was chosen by the Federal Council to become president. After this success, Herzog was chosen as leader of the SU.

When it came time for the 2013 Federal Election the SU ran an aggressive campaign. But the party did not achieve the 316 seats needed for a majority. Though the party did have plurality and so it won the office of Chancellor making Herzog the youngest chancellor at only 24. But the Bundestag had ended up in a hung parliament and so the new Chancellor had to make a harrowing decision, whether to coalition with the Labour party or retain their rivalry with them. In the end, three parties, the Social Democrats joined later in the year, had come to an agreement for a coalition. The three parties created the Socialist Front political alliance.

Merger into a Socialist party

With the creation of the Socialist Front, Chancellor Maximilian Herzog created the "One Big Party" program. The goal of the program was to merge together all of the Socialist parties into one large party. In 2015 the Social Democrats and Labour party members signed the accords and started with the integration process. In late 2016 the three parties merged together and reorganized the Socialist Front into the Socialist Party of Tarper.

Along with the Social Democrats and Labourites, the SU now exists within the Socialist Party as a pressure group that pushes policies and decides party stances.

Former sub-organizations

In its lifespan as a political party, the Socialist Unity Party of Tarper was host to three large socialist organizations. These organizations went on to merge with their Social Democratic and Labourite counterparts or where swallowed into the main fabric of the party.

• United Socialist Youths (USY): was the main youth wing of the party and took care of student and youth chapters
• United Marxists (UMX): represented the classical Marxist wing of the party, merged with the main group of the Labour Party
• New Socialists (NSoc): the main faction of Maximilian Herzog, promoted market socialist and environmentally friendly policies, superseded the mainstream of the party and are now the core of the organization and Socialist Party

Federal election results

Election	Seats won	±	Position	Leader	Government
2002	306 / 603	306	1st	Tony Castilla	United Coalition for the Federal Commonwealth
2005	222 / 614	84	1st	Tony Castilla	SU – GPT – SDPT
2009	146 / 622	76	2nd	Frederick Tapia	In opposition
2013	254 / 630	108	1st	Maximilian Herzog	Socialist Front

Leaders of the SU, 1999-2016

Leader	Period
Tony Castilla	1999–2009
Frederick Tapia	2010–2013
Maximilian Herzog	2013–2016

Tarperti Chancellors from the SU

Chancellor of Tarper	Time in office
Tony Castilla	2002–2009
Maximilian Herzog	2013–2016

Tarperti Presidents from the SU

President of Tarper	Time in office
William Herzog	2002–2009
Frederick Tapia	2013–2016