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Imaguan Section of the Workers' Internationale | |
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| First-Secretary | Tembi Miliusis |
| Founded | 1 May, 1899 |
| Headquarters | Cuanstad, Imagua and the Assimas |
| Ideology | Council communism |
| Political position | Far left |
| Colors | Red |
| Senate | 0 / 60
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| Lesser House | 0 / 70
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The Imaguan Section of the Workers' Internationale (Etrurian: Sezione imaguana del lavoratore internazionale, Imaguan Creole: Imakua kuwa a walabeti) is a political party in Imagua and the Assimas that advocates the implementation of far-left politics. Established in 1899, it was the primary left-wing party of the Colony of Imagua from 1900 until 1909 when the Labour Party won a seat in the legislature, and quickly became the main left-wing political party in the country.
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History
Establishment and early years
The Imaguan Section of the Workers' Internationale was established in 1899 by trade union organiser Ethel Cropper, as he believed that the colonial government as existed on the island of Imagua at that time only benefited the "Estmerish bourgeoise," and felt that the only way that all Imaguans could achieve equal rights would be for Estmere to become a socialist state. Thus, on 1 May, 1899, Cropper convened the first party congress, with Cropper being unanimously elected as the First Secretary of the party.
The party's main agenda was to nominate candidates for the Legislative Council: thus, they spent much of the year organising local chapters of the Imaguan Section of the Workers' Internationale, with Ethel Cooper to stand election for the Dockside constituency for the 1900 general elections. Despite only managing to secure ten candidates, Ethel Cropper won the Dockside constituency, allowing the Imaguan Section of the Workers' Internationale to enter the Legislative Council.
During the next four years, the Imaguan Section of the Workers' Internationale gained support from many trade unions, especially the Dockworkers' Union which only helped boost their position in Imaguan politics.
In the 1904 general elections, the Imaguan Section of the Workers' Internationale nominated sixty-seven candidates, with First Secretary Ethel Cropper standing for re-election. During the 1904 general election campaign, they viciously attacked both the Conservatives, and the Democrats for being too capitalistic, while attacking the Labour Party for not being sufficiently socialist enough.
Despite a vicious campaign, Cropper secured re-election, and was joined by Harlan Alardice, who was elected as representative from the constituency of Lundholm. That year, at the Second Party Congress, Ethel Cropper was re-elected First Secretary, and the party platform was further refined.
During the next four years, the Imaguan Section of the Workers' Internationale gained substantial popularity, particularly among members of trade unions and feminist organisations, while their staunch support of labour rights and women's suffrage made them relatively unpopular in much of the rest of the Colony of Imagua.
Regardless, in the 1908 general elections, both Cropper and Alardice were re-elected, and were joined by Rudolph Ekbom. While all three legislators represented Cuanstad, they had established a presence in all seventy constituencies of the Legislative Council. However, after the death of Premier Harmon Lambourne in December 1908, the 1909 general by-election saw the Imaguan Section of the Workers' Internationale lose two of their seats, with only Rudolph Ekbom remaining a member of the Legislative Council.
At the Third Party Congress in 1909, Ekbom demanded that Ethel Cropper resign for his "sheer incompetence" in losing two of the party's three seats in the 1909 general election. Cropper refused, and after heated debates between supporters of Ethel Cropper and Rudolph Ekbom, Ethel Cropper remained the First Secretary.
Thus, during this period, although Cropper was still the party leader, Ekbom's position as the only member of the Legislative Council from the Imaguan Section of the Workers' Internationale meant that Ekbom was by far the most important member of the Imaguan Section of the Workers' Internationale. Despite Ekbom's "official loyalty," in 1911, he was accused by Cropper of attempting to stage an internal party coup to remove Cropper as party leader. While Ekbom was ultimately allowed to stay in the party, the severe infighting within the Imaguan Section of the Workers' Internationale meant that in the 1913 general elections, Ekbom lost his seat to Democratic challenger James Olofson.
First stint in the political wilderness
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At the Fourth Party Congress in 1914, Rudolph Ekbom and his supporters were purged from the party, as Ekbom's loss of a seat in the Legislative Council effectively neutralised his strength within the Imaguan Section of the Workers' Internationale. First Secretary Ethel Cropper was again confirmed to be the First Secretary of the Imaguan Section of the Workers' Internationale.
The main priority of the Imaguan Section of the Workers' Internationale was to regain a seat in the Legislative Council of Imagua, as the infighting between Cropper and Ekbom was perceived to have severely weakened the party. Thus, during this period, the Imaguan Section of the Workers' Internationale sought to present an image of unity, while maintaining their strong positions in favour of labour rights, womens' rights, and the independence of Imagua from Estmere as a socialist state. It also sought to try and attract voters from the Labour Party, as the Imaguan Section of the Workers' Internationale doubted that the Labour Party would "genuinely commit" to the implementation of socialist policies.
However, in the 1917 general elections, despite the best efforts of the Imaguan Section of the Workers' Internationale, they did not gain any seats in the Legislative Council, and to make matters worse, their ideological rivals managed to form a coalition government with the Democratic Party of Imagua.
Despite this setback, the Imaguan Section of the Workers' Internationale continued to build their strength: by 1918, it had around 4,500 members across the Colony of Imagua. At the Fifth Party Congress in 1919, while Ethel Cropper was re-elected as First Secretary, he expressed his intention that if he cannot win a seat in the next general election, he will "tender his resignation" and have the party select a new leader.
This came a year later, when after the death of Premier Peter Hansson, a snap general election was called by new Premier Nelson Egnell. In that election, while the Imaguan Section of the Workers' Internationale came close to gaining a seat, with Cropper nearly unseating Conservative incumbent Burt Moynihan, they were unable to achieve it. Thus, shortly after the results were released, Ethel Cropper called an extraordinary Party Congress to select his successor.
At the 1920 Extraordinary Party Congress, two main frontrunners emerged to succeed Ethel Cropper: Douglas Coulston and Waverly Palmcrantz. Both promised to try and build up the party's strength for the 1924 general elections, and to ensure that the Imaguan Section of the Workers' Internationale would help achieve a socialist revolution on the island of Imagua. However, after heated discussions and debates by factions within the Imaguan Section of the Workers' Internationale, Palmcrantz was elected First Secretary of the Imaguan Section of the Workers' Internationale.
During the next four years, Waverly Palmcrantz continued to build up the party's strength, while upholding the party's traditional policies. When the Sunrosian monarchy was overthrown in the Winter Revolution of 1922, and replaced by the Panswetanian Council Republic, Palmcrantz expressed his congratulations, and expressed hope that "some day, the working class shall rise up in the Asterias just as they have done in Sunrosia." While this position was popular within the party, as well as in certain sections of the Labour Party, many expressed concern that the Imaguan Section of the Workers' Internationale would attempt to overthrow the colonial government much like how the Sunrosian government was overthrown.
Despite efforts to ban the party in 1923 and 1924, the Imaguan Section of the Workers' Internationale ran candidates in the 1924 elections, but due to the Conservatives promoting fears that they would bring about a Swetanian-style government, they were unable to win any seats. Nonetheless, at the Sixth Party Congress in 1924, Palmcrantz was again confirmed to be the First Secretary of the Imaguan Section of the Workers' Internationale.
Great War
Shortly after the Great War began in 1926, the Colony of Imagua, as well as the neighbouring Assimas Islands (then under Etrurian control) were occupied by Gaullica. First Secretary Waverly Palmcrantz condemned the invasion, as he believed that "while Estmerish rule over Imagua is fundamentally illegitimate," it was better to "deal with the devil we knew," and that Gaullican rule over Imagua would only subject "the working class to untold horrors that would make Estmerish oppression seem preferable."
Thus, shortly after the occupation, the Imaguan Section of the Workers' Internationale went underground, with the intention of taking advantage of the Gaullican occupation to launch partisan attacks against the Gaullican occupiers so that over time, they would be weakened, so that the Imaguan Section of the Workers' Internationale can liberate the island and establish a council republic modelled on Swetanian lines. Beginning in 1927, the Imaguan Section of the Workers' Internationale began to wage a liberation war to liberate the "Imaguan proletarian" from bourgeois oppression.
While these attacks against Gaullica did raise the profile of the Imaguan Section of the Workers' Internationale, especially as many Imaguans were beginning to resist Gaullican rule, these attacks drew the attention of the occupying authorities. In 1929, during the Seventh Party Congress, Gaullican officers stormed the house where they were holding the conference, rounded all the delegates up, and then would execute them for treason.
Although it was meant to cripple the Imaguan Section of the Workers' Internationale, Willie Douglas, who was supposed to attend the party congress but was holed up near Nua Taois assumed command of the partisans affiliated with the Imaguan Section of the Workers' Internationale, and thus became the de-facto First Secretary. Under Douglas' leadership, the Imaguan Section of the Workers' Internationale continued to wage hit and run attacks against the Gaullicans. However, due to the Gaullican control of the Arucian Sea, they did not have as much of an effect as was hoped by the members of the Imaguan Section of the Workers' Internationale.
However, in early 1933, with the start of the Maracan liberation war, the Imaguan Section of the Workers' Internationale began to consider a revolutionary war like what was going on in Maracao. However, the Gaullican strength meant that the Imaguan Section of the Workers' Internationale decided to continue committing hit and run attacks against the Gaullican occupiers.
Yet, as the Gaullican strength weakened, the Imaguan Section of the Workers' Internationale began waging more daring attacks in early 1934. Over the next few months, as Gaullica's position became more untenable, the Imaguan Section of the Workers' Internationale won more and more victories, allowing them to carve out a "liberated zone" in parts of Saint Isidore's. However, while some in the Imaguan Section of the Workers' Internationale, including Willie Douglas, sought to establish an Imaguan Democratic Republic, most of the party felt that they should restore the pre-war government, and instead reform the system via "democratic means."
After Gaullica surrendered, and Imagua liberated, the partisans were disbanded, and the Imaguan Section of the Workers' Internationale began to rebuild their organisation: at an Extraordinary Party Congress in 1935, Willie Douglas was confirmed to be the de-jure First Secretary of the Imaguan Section of the Workers' Internationale.
Return to Parliament
In the 1936 general elections, Willie Douglas ran an extensive campaign, saying that as the leader of the partisans during the Great War and the Gaullican occupation of Imagua, the Imaguan Section of the Workers' Internationale should form government as opposed to the "bourgeois parties" (i.e. the Conservatives, Democrats, and Labour) who "stood by and did nothing for the liberation of Imagua until the war ended." While he had the highest number of votes in that year's elections, it was not concentrated in enough constituencies to gain more than two seats, with Douglas and Isaac Brading being elected to Parliament.
Nonetheless, during this period, Willie Douglas advocated for the "quick independence of Imagua" from Estmere, advocated closer ties with socialist states like Chervolesia, Swetania, and Maracao, "equality for all dispossessed groups," and nationalisation of the banks. Douglas also criticised the demobilisation of the colonial militia, with the party insisting that a militia be maintained to "defend the island from imperialists who dare to try and recolonise our island."
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Political positions
The Imaguan Section of the Workers' Internationale advocates for far-left politics. To this end, it seeks to expel all foreign military bases, recognise Maracanese sovereignty over Dunhelm Island, nationalise all major industries, and adopt worker's self management.
With regards to Native Imaguans, it seeks to recognise the Imaguan language as an official language, and to restore the "traditional rights" that were removed with the passage of the Native Integration Act of 1949, while upholding indigenous citizenship.
Electoral history
| Election | Leader | Candidates | Seats | +/- | Position |
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| 1900 | Ethel Cropper | 10/70 | 1 / 70
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| 1904 | 67/70 | 2 / 70
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| 1908 | 70/70 | 3 / 70
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| 1909 | 70/70 | 1 / 70
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Third party | |
| 1913 | 70/70 | 0 / 70
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1
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| 1917 | 70/70 | 0 / 70
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| 1920 | 70/70 | 0 / 70
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| 1924 | Waverly Palmcrantz | 70/70 | 0 / 70
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Extra-parliamentary opposition |
| 1936 | Willie Douglas | 70/70 | 2 / 70
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2
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| 1940 | 70/70 | 1 / 70
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1
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| 1944 | 70/70 | 1 / 70
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| 1948 | 70/70 | 0 / 70
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1
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| 1952 | 70/70 | 0 / 70
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| 1956 | 70/70 | 0 / 70
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| 1960 | 70/70 | 0 / 70
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| 1964 | 70/70 | 0 / 70
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| 1968 | Therman Bloch | 70/70 | 0 / 70
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| 1972 | 70/70 | 0 / 70
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| 1976 | 70/70 | 0 / 70
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| 1980 | 69/70 | 0 / 70
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| 1984 | Eilane Evans | 69/70 | 0 / 70
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| 1988 | 69/70 | 0 / 70
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| 1992 | 68/70 | 0 / 70
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| 1996 | Jack Singleton | 68/70 | 0 / 70
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| 2000 | 68/70 | 0 / 70
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| 2004 | 67/70 | 0 / 70
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| 2008 | Tembi Miliusis | 68/70 | 0 / 70
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Extra-parliamentary opposition |
| 2012 | 68/70 | 0 / 70
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| 2016 | 68/70 | 0 / 70
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| 2020 | 69/70 | 0 / 70
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