Frontier Workers Party of Wallena
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Frontier Workers Party of Wallena Grenzarbeiterpartei | |
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| Abbreviation | GZAP |
| Secretary of the Party | Flo Köstler |
| Stateholder | Gisela Protz |
| Founded | June 12, 1901 |
| Headquarters | 5 Bödekerplatz, Wilhelmsburg |
| Newspaper | Volksstimme |
| Student wing | Scholars of the Revolution |
| Youth wing | Free Youth of the Union |
| Armed wing | Citizen's Militia |
| Ideology | Libertarian socialism Confederalism Factions: Agrarianism Internationalism Democratic Socialism |
| Political position | Far-left Big tent |
| International affiliation | International Association of Communist Parties |
| Landbund | 402 / 402
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The Frontier Workers Party of Wallena is the sole political party represented in the Wallenian government and legislature as well as the leading force behind the December Revolution in Wallena. Initially founded in 1901, the GZAP as served as the governing party of the Wallenian state since 1918 and effectively has dominated the political processes of the nation since. Founded on a position of big-tent politics, the party has numerous factions within the party structure which represent varying ideological tendencies from socialism, anarchism, and neoliberalism.
The GZAP was initially founded by members of the Radicals Party who rejected the Compromise of 1899, which saw the creation of a political coalition with the pro-capitalist and anti-independence Moderates and Republicans. The Radicals saw an exodus of numerous members, including the Wallenian political theorist Aurel Foehrkolb and statesman emeritus Werner Herrmann. The GZAP found limited success in electoral politics prior to Wallenian independence, later instead favoring tactics of worker organization, general strikes, and counter economics. The GZAP would become a leading force in the Wallenian Independence Movement, at first alienating the organization from other political organizations in the legislature, alongside the broader Labor Movement and Self-Determination Movement.
By mid-1913 the military arm of the GZAP, the Citizen's Militia, had participated in the limited armed conflict during the Wallenian War of Independence alongside other paramilitary groups. The Provisional Republican government was resistant to the propositions of the labor movement and the GZAP, leading to the Gridlock Years from 1914-1916. The Gridlock Years were characterized by periods of general strike, demonstrations, and occasional armed clashes between periods of relative peace brought on by attempted talks of compromise. Members of the GZAP in 1916 were heavily inspired by the League of Workers and Farmers of Sulatia and the events of the Sulatian Revolution.
History
Factions
Since its founding the GZAP has taken a position of 'big-tent' politics in order to represent the numerous revolutionary tendencies that emerged during the Wallenian War of Independence and the December Revolution. The majority of these tendencies fall into the category of anti-capitalism and far-left politics, generally sympathetic of socialism and common ownership of the means of production. Confederalism and federalism are also common political positions across the party. 'Reformist' factions formed several years after the Revolution with the political goal of restoring private ownership and a capitalist mode of production.
New Radicas
Perpetualists
The Perpetualists formed in 1932 with the goal of formulating a more internationalist outlook on foreign policy as well as a more centralized government. The Perpetualists rallied around the ideals of Landsbund member Lars Niedenthal who advocated for a form of democratic centralism and interventionism, with the aim of exporting revolutionary ideals through a form of soft power. The Perpetualists were also in favor of foregoing close ties with capitalist nations and eschewed regional conferences and alliances. Due to orientation of the Wallenian military towards self-defense and citizen militias, the Perpetualists advocated spreading ideology through economic and social influence as well as arming paramilitary groups abroad. Since the 1950s the Perpetualists have become increasingly more nationalist in their rhetoric, advocating for stricter immigration legislation as well.
Since reaching a historic peak in popularity in 1955, the Perpetualists have since been a minority faction in the Landsbund.